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noble river covered with shipping; the purple mountains, 

 and the distant sea. The constant " Hi doncs" and 

 sacres of the driver; the priests and nuns moving 

 in all directions; and the ever-recurring Virgin Marys 

 and shrines by the wayside, are suggestive of Southern 

 Europe; while the wooden houses and bright tin roofs, 

 the rough snake-fences, and towering hickories are 

 forcible reminders of America. 



The Montmorenci Fall is one unbroken sheet of water, 

 higher than that of Niagara, and is lost in a cloud of 

 spray, which far below the feet of the spectator is 

 spanned by a rainbow down among the sparkling trees 

 that spring from the clefts of the rocks. The dark 

 eddying pool into which one looks, is covered with what 

 appear from the height to be sticks or straws spinning on 

 the boiling surface, but are in reality large pine trees 

 which have been carried over the cataract. 



There is abundance of trout fishing in every direction 

 within a few miles of Quebec, as the following list taken from 

 Mr. Nettle's* description of the lakes and rivers affording 

 this sport will show : " Lake St. Joseph, Lake St. Charles, 

 Lake Laurent, Lake Joan, Lake McKeiizie, Lake Beaufort, 

 Lac Sagamite, and other less important lakes ; rivers St. 

 Charles, Joan, St. Pierre, and many inferior streams. 



* Fisheries of the St. Lawrence. 



