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the representative of royalty, and Pointe Levi and Cape 

 Diamond and the distant Cape Tourmente roared back 

 the sound of saluting cannon. All Quebec was on the 

 ramparts or at the landing-place, and all eyes were 

 strained at the two vessels as they slowly emptied 

 their crowded decks into the boats alongside. The boats 

 at length drew near, and the lieutenant-general and his 

 suite landed on the quay with a pomp such as Quebec 

 had never seen before. 



" Tracy was a veteran of sixty-two years, portly and 

 tall, ' one of the largest men I ever saw,' writes Mother 

 Mary. 



" The Chevalier de Chaumont walked by his side, 

 and young nobles surrounded him, gorgeous in lace and 

 ribbons and majestic in leonine wigs. Twenty-four 

 guards in the King's livery led the way, followed by four 

 pages and six valets ; and thus while the Frenchmen 

 shouted and the Indians stared, the august procession 

 threaded the streets of the Lower Town, and climbed 

 the steep pathway that scaled the cliffs above. Breathing 

 hard, they reached the top, passed on the left the dila- 

 pidated walls of the fort and the shed of mingled wood 

 and masonry which then bore the name of the castle of 

 St. Louis, passed on the right the old house of Couil- 

 lard and the site of Laval's new seminary, and soon 

 reached the square between the Jesuit College and the 

 Cathedral. The bells were ringing in a frenzy of wel- 

 come. Laval in pontificals, surrounded by priests and 

 Jesuits, stood waiting to receive the Deputy of the 

 King ; and as he greeted Tracy and offered him the 

 holy water he looked with anxious curiosity to see 

 what manner of man he was." 



Let me, in closing, point out the vanished splendor 

 of the historic pile, which cost both France and England 

 fabulous sums, from 1620 to 1834, to keep it in repair. 

 How many proud French Viceroys held here their quasi- 

 regal court, to impress the surrounding savage tribes, 

 with the idea of French power ? How many distinguished 



