22 THROUGH CANADA 



the mount's height looks out on a population of nearly 

 half a million souls. Where the first pioneer of this 

 rapidly expanding colony saw a thousand Indians 

 wildly gesticulating on the river's bank and marking 

 their welcome to the mysterious stranger by song and 

 dance, miles of storehouses are piled. Where the 

 weird fires of the redskins' camp flickered in the dusk 

 of evening, the arc lamp of modern civilization 

 sheds its light. The rattle of chains of ocean liners 

 along busy quays has displaced the liquid plash of 

 the Indian's paddle, and the barges of the St. 

 Lawrence, deep laden from the world's granary, fill 

 a space once held in monopoly by the trapper's 

 canoe. 



Montreal has made great strides in progress of 

 recent years. Not only has the population rapidly 

 increased, but with it have grown up those institutions 

 incidental to social and communal renaissance. The 

 McGill University provides for the scholarship of its 

 youths, and the Royal Victoria for that of its women. 

 Elementary seminaries, such as Peel Street, and 

 Aberdeen High Schools, accommodate nearly 2000 

 scholars between them. The Roman Catholic com- 

 munity, which is very strong, has Laval College ^for 

 the study of law, art, medicine and theology, together 

 with the colleges of Montreal and St. Mary's for 

 more elementary subjects. With these the Redpath 

 Museum and Redpath Library are connected. Banks, 

 flourishing institutions all over the Dominion, have 



