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were aa f )llows : - Breakfast at eight, lunch at one, and dinner at six. 

 All these were served in the large dining saloon, and the cuisine was as 

 good as could be obtained in any first-class hotel. Between meals each 

 one amused himself in his own way— some reading, some playing 

 various games, some walking en the decks, and others amusing them- 

 selves with conversation or music. The ordinary rules of etiquette are 

 suspended on board ship ; no formal introduction is necessary, but 

 everyone is invited to " make himself at home " with his fellow-passen- 

 gers. The voyage passed over without any incidents worth mentioning. 

 A grand sight was witnessed off Belle Isle, when a large number 

 of enormous icebergs were seen. With the sun shining upon them, 

 the sight was one never to be forgotten. Their presence was 

 also felt, the temperature going at once several degrees lower. 

 The sail up the St. Lawrence was delightful : on each side could be 

 seen the neat and small dwellings of the French Canadians. The 

 mails were landed at a smril town (Bimouski) during the night, and 

 none of the passengers \ve)'e aware of that fact, being sound asleep at 

 the time. The last evening but one of our voyage, we had a concert on 

 board, in which several meml)ers of the Welsh choirs took part ; the 

 playing of the Welsh harpist was specially enjoyable. 



Our first real stoppage was at Quebec, where we arrived on 

 Quthcc. the 2nd of September, and landed the steerage passen- 

 gers and those who were en route for Chicago. We had 

 only a few hours here, but managed to see many of the principal 

 sights and histprical places, such as the Plains of Abraham, the Wolfo 

 and Montcalm Monuments, the Basilica, and the Citadel. , ; . 



Next morning at daybreak we left Quebec, still in tHe 

 Montreal. " Vancouver," for Montreal, where we arrived about noon 

 on Sunday, the 3rd of September, tan days after leaving 

 Liverpool. Montreal is a town or 250,000 inhabitants, and is th^ 

 Liverpool of Canada. It contains some magnificent buildings, including 

 some of the most beautiful churches in the world. After dinner, we 

 went to the Notre Dame and listened to the service there. The singiiig 

 was very good. The service was conducted in the French language. 

 The building, both inside and out, is a magnificent one. In the 

 evening we visited the Church of the Jesuits. This is not quite so 

 large, but is more costly, if possible, than the other one ; it contains 

 some very valuable pictures. We also saw the Montreal bridges, and 

 other places of interest. The favourite mode of locomotion is by the 

 electric tram ; indeed, so great is the passion for the service of electricity 

 here, that the poles and wires along the streets are, in my opinioTi, 

 positively ugly. We counted 100 wires together, in groups of tens, 

 on one pole. On Monday we v*"ited the Grand Trunk Railway 

 Station, the Canadian Pacific Eailway Station, the " Windsor " 

 Hotel, and St. Peter's Cathedral, which took 25 years to build, and is 

 said to be built on the plan of St. Peter's Church, Home : it is not yet 

 finished. We also went up Mount Boyal in an elevator, which goes u^ 

 almost perpendicularly, the track being 900 feet in length. Froiu the top 

 we had a lovely view of the town, which seemed to be full of fine 

 trees. We couU also see the courtry on each side the St. Lawrence, 



