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countrymen on the other side of the Atlantic, who may be 

 desirous of making a tour j which would afford him plea- 

 sure during the remainder of his life; let me assure him, 

 that a three month's excursion to our shores, will give him 

 food for reflection ; he will see for himself, and be led to ad- 

 mit, that he knew little of the beauty, wealth or resources 

 of the British North American Provinces. 



He will find on his arrival at Quebec, the good sea-boat 

 Steamer Saguenay, prepared to receive him and other 

 tourists, and to convey them to the different watering 

 places and fishing stations below Quebec. The trips are 

 made semi-weekly ; touching at Rivifere Quelle, Murray 

 Bay, Riviere da Loup, Cacona, Tadousac, Ha I Ha ! Bay, 

 and Chicoutimi ; where they may wander amid scenery 

 the most delightful, and spend a week in Elysium ; 

 viewing the towering peak and dashing torrent of our 

 shores and rivers, and the exclamation Ha ! Ha ! will 

 indeed escape them, when, steaming up the Saguenay the 

 broad expanse of the bay, so called, bursas upon their 

 view, and when "Eternity," that towering cliff, 1800 feet 

 in perpendicular height, threatens destruetion to the tiny 

 bark. Returning per steamer Saguenay, to which I would 

 here add my meed of deserved praise, and would state, 

 that for comfort and attention to the wants of the pas- 

 sengers, nothing is left to be wished for. The best 

 evidence in favour both of Captain and ship, is the fact : 

 that she has been on the route beveral years, and no ac- 

 .cident has happened during the whole period. We must 

 sincerely hope that "the sweet little little cherub that 

 sits up a-loft," will still keep watch o'er ship, passengers 

 and crew, and that the number of tourists may so increase, 



