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double office of charity and police. I was especially thank- 
ful for so good an opportunity for seeing the salmon-rivers on 
the north shores which come rushing and tumbling down 
every few miles from mountain heights, to swell the tides of 
the Gulf. It gave me the advantage of conversing with the 
government agents who superintend the fisheries, some of 
whom had been employed to supervise the fisheries under the 
Hudson Bay Company for many years; and all agreed that 
the Company had greatly depleted the rivers of salmon, and 
necessitated the exercise of wisdom and care on the part of 
the government to restock them with a supply as ample as 
would be required for rendering them profitable, besides sup- 
plying the needs of the growing population. I was glad to 
be thus furnished with data for correctly reporting the con- 
dition of the salmon-fishery ; and in that report to the Spirit 
of the Times, having had no pique or prejudice to gratify, 
but, on the other hand, entertaining the most lively sense of 
gratitude for the hospitality with which ] was every where 
greeted, I expressed the wish that their people might become 
“altogether such as we are, except our bonds.” 
The week’s sojourn at the St. Louis in Quebee was in itself 
a great treat. The hotel is first class, and intrinsically good. 
Mr. Russell, its accomplished proprietor, is enterprising, and 
his guests are as well served as are those of the best hotels 
in New York, leaving nothing to be desired. The suburbs 
of Quebec are beautiful, besides being interesting from a his- 
torical point of view. In sight of the city are the Falls of 
Montmorenci, the picturesque islands in the river below the 
city, Point Levi on the opposite shore, with a broad belt of 
green foliage and pasture lighted up by country residences, 
some of which partake—with their surroundings—largely of 
the ornate. The weather was highly refreshing, and the 
promenade on the Plaza, with the enlivening music belonging 
to the military station, made the time pass gayly. I would 
here state, parenthetically, that Quebec is a beautiful place to 
remain for a few days on a bridal tour. But the day arrived 
