The Land of the Winanishe 



"journey," like Dr. Syntax, "in search of 

 the picturesque," and to many others who 

 have seen it through Mr. Howells's eyes. 

 While the boat stays at Tadoussac it will 

 be worth while to pass by the life of to- 

 day, whether in the fisherman's cabin or 

 the fashionable villa, to rest for a little in 

 the old church, successor of a still older 

 one, and reflect on the heroism of those 

 Jesuit fathers to whom, whatever we may 

 think of their faith or their aims, we must 

 accord the merit of a self-abnegation which 

 has never been surpassed. And before we 

 turn away from the little altar we may 

 give a thought to Father La Brosse, who 

 as he had himself foretold, closed a life of 

 saintly devotion while kneeling before it. 

 The legend runs that, tolled by angelic 

 hands, the bells of every mission he had 

 served marked the moment of his passing 

 soul. 



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