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and plain," says Eliot Warburton, " sinuous river, and 

 broad, tranquil waters, stately ship and tiny boat, gentle 

 hill and shady valley, bold headland and rich, fruitful 

 fields, frowning battlement and cheerful villa, glittering 

 dome and rural spire, flowery garden and sombre forest 

 — group them all into the choicest picture of ideal 

 beauty your fancy can create, arch it over with a 

 cloudless sky, light it up with a radiant sun, and lest 

 the sheen be too dazzling, hang a veil of lighted haze 

 over all, to soften the lines and perfect the repose, — 

 you will then have seen Quebec on a September, 

 morning." 



" The scenic beauty of Quebec," says Dr. John 

 Charlton Fisher, " has been the theme of general eulogy. 

 The majestic appearance of Cape Diamond and the for- 

 tifications, the cupolas and minarets, like those of an 

 Eastern city, blazing and sparkling in the sun, the 

 loveliness of the panorama, the noble basin, like a 

 sheet of purest silver, in which might ride with safety 

 a hundred sail of the line, the graceful meandering of 

 the Eiver St. Charles, the numerous village spires on 

 either side of the St. Lawrence, the fertile fields, dotted 

 with innumerable cottages, the abodes of a rich and 

 moral peasantry, the distant Falls of Montmorency, the 

 park-like scenery of Point Levi, the beauteous Isle of 

 Orleans, and more distant still, the frowning Cape 

 Tourmente, and the lofty range of purple mountains, of 

 the most picturesque forms which bound the prospect, 

 unite to form a coup- d' ceil, which, without exaggera- 

 tion, is scarcely to be surpassed in any part of the 

 world." 



The Walled City has been truly styled the key to i 

 Canada, and the Levi earthworks, casemates and new 

 forts, to meet the requirements of modern warfare, still 

 make good this proud boast. It was considered so 

 when its citadel was crowned with the Fleur de lys of 

 old France. It may yet be called on to play a part in 

 the future. Under its grim, mossy walls, the two fore- 



