Nepigon and Saguenay Rivers. 137 



freres. Monsieur E. R. Dutou cannot block 

 up a shaky reputation by signing himself 

 Eelnavo Reanne Dutou. He cannot ele- 

 vate the neighborhood by forcing his name 

 under society in the form of a wedge as 

 E. Reanne Dutou ; nor can he send the 

 chain-shot name of Eelnavo Reanne- 

 Dutou hurtling through a startled public 

 if he is personally deficient in powder. 



The Nepigon has completed its duty 

 when the tribute of waters is freely paid 

 to Lake Superior, but the Saguenay 

 avariciously makes its current pass 

 through a long estuary before deliver- 

 ing its property to the sea. The es- 

 tuary is full of weird interest. The 

 sombre current, the beetling mountains, 

 and the cold northern air are all in keep- 

 ing. White whales gleam out of the dark 

 flood in striking contrasts of color. A 

 beluga is not " sort of white," but is one 

 of the most beautiful of white animals, .the 

 quality of his coloring reminding one of 

 the soft, supple white of a pure white 

 stallion. 



At Tadousac, with its lofty terraces of 



