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and conquer, and die — the Gibraltar of the "Western contineht, 

 and the capital of the British North American Provinces ; — learn- 

 ing that the "Steamer Saguenay, Capt. Sitoard," would leave 

 next morning, oh a pleasure excursion down the St. Lawrence, 

 and up the Saguenay, of which I had heard so much, and from . 

 which the good steamer received very appropriately its name, I 

 lost no time in making arrangements for the trip, and through 

 the courtesy of the agent, John Laird, Esq., and of Captain Simard, 

 and others both on the boat and elsewhere, I have made the trip 

 with great comfort and pleasure ; and oh my return now hastily 

 g'ive you some little account of my experience. 



" Owing to a strong head wind, we werp late in our arrival at 

 Riviere du Loup, 120 miles below Quebec, on the shouthern shore, 

 - where we were to spend the night, and where many passengers 

 landed to spend a few days, in a spot romantic in situation, 

 commanding an extensive prospect of the Saint Lawrence, there 

 upwards of twenty miles wide, studded with islands and bounded' 

 on the opposite shore by lofty and rugged mountains. The village 

 contains about a thousand inhabitants ; and the sojourners 

 resorting there for health or pleasure, enjoy pure air, and look 

 out upon the broad expanse of waters, over whose surface numerous 

 large vessels under steam, or outspread canvass, are constantly 

 gliding. At that point commences the Grand Portage Road, 

 leading by Lake Temiscouata, and the Rivers, Madawaska and St. 

 John, to the town of St. John in New Brunswick, and to Halifax. 

 " I of course have not time here to speak particularly of the 

 many points of interest we pass on the route, after leaving Que- 

 bec ; — Point Levi opposite, with its steeple-crowned height, from 

 which Wolfe first opened his ineffectual batteries, the broad 

 capacious basin, twenty-eight fathoms deep, and covered with 

 almost innumerable large vessels ; the imposing aspect of Cape 

 Diamond, surmounted with defiant fortifications, and the Citadel- 

 City with its tin-covered cupolas, domes and roofs, gleaming in 

 the sunlight ; the beautiful Falls of Montmorenci, which you pass 

 in full view ; the Isle of Orleans, with its green fields and forests, 

 and pleasant country seats, and exhibiting everywhere marks of 



