102 Augtifl 1749. 



In each ftory is a narrow gallery with rooms 

 and halls on one, or both fides. 



VI. The Hotel de DieUy where the fick 

 are taken care of, fhall be defcribed in the 

 fequel. The nuns, that ferve the fick^ are 

 of the Augufiine order. 



VII. The houfe of the clergy* is a large 

 buildingj on the north-eaft fide of the ca- 

 thedral. Here is on one fide a fpacious 

 court, and on the other, towards the river, 

 a great orchard, and kitchen-garden. Of 

 all the buildings in the town none has fo 

 fine a profped as that in the garden be- 

 longing to this houfe, which lies on the 

 high fhore, and looks a good way down 

 the river. The Jefuits on the other hand 

 have the worft, and hardly any profpedl at 

 all from their college -, nor have the Reco- 

 lets any fine views from their houfe. Iri 

 this building all the clergy of ^lebec lodge 

 with their fuperior. They have large pieces 

 of land in feveral parts of Canada, pre- 

 fented to them by the government, from 

 which they derive a very plentiful income. 



VIII. The convent of the IJrfuline nuns 

 jfhall be mentioned in the lequel. 



These are all the chief public buildings 

 in the town, but to the north-weft, juft 

 ^^fpre the town, is 



* he Seminaire^ 



