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failed to bring. The only desir- 

 able thing we did forget was a box 

 of Bermuda onions. These could not be procured in Canada, and 

 were ordered thither from Boston by telegraph. They only reached 

 us ten days after our arrival upon the stream ; and if a tippler longs 

 for his drams as we did for the onions, after a diet of fish and salt 

 meats, we pity him. 



To one about to make a trip to Canada East, we would say : 

 Start in all 'cases from New York, even though you live in 

 Boston. Take express trains direct from New York to Montreal 

 without change, and then the Grand Trunk Railway or night 

 steamer to Quebec. We started twice from Boston, going once 

 by Portland and the Grand Trunk, and once by the Passumpsic 

 Railroad. One can on these routes endure waiting from six or 

 seven p. m. until ten p. m., and then, after two hours' additional 

 travel, waiting from midnight until three a. m. at Newport, . Rich- 

 mond, or Island Pond ; and at Richmond being crammed in a small 

 room packed with French- Canadian laborers who never heard of a 

 bath — I say one can, but he doesn't wish a second experience of the 

 same sort. The Frenchman's remark, that all roads are good which 

 lead to victory, didn't console us when we arrived in Quebec on time. 



A day in the quiet, quaint old city of Quebec is not without 

 pleasure and profit. One goes away feeling that, after all, heavy 

 taxes with progress and improvement are not such objectionable 

 things. The quiet of Quebec is broken but once each day — upon 

 the departure of the steamer for Montreal. 



