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of ^ehec^ in 1690. It is dedicated to Our Lady of Viâîory^ and 

 ferves the Inhabitants of the lower City. It is a yery plain 

 Building : All its Ornament is a modeft Neatnefs. Some Sifters 

 of a Congregation which I fhall mention hereafter, are lodged 

 between this Church and the Port. There are but four or five, 

 and keep a School. 



This Epifcopal Palace is finifhed, excepting the Chapel, 

 and half the Buildings of the Defign, which was intended to be 

 a long Square. If it is ever finilhed, it will be avery fine Build- 

 ing. The Garden extends to the Brov/ of the Rock, and com- 

 mands all the Road. — When the Capital of Ne^jo France fhall be 

 as flourifhing (a) as that of the Old^ (we muftdefpair of nothing, 

 Paris was a long Time much lefs than Qjiebec is now,) as far as 

 the Eye can reach they will fee only Towns, Caftles, Country 

 Houfes ; and all this is already fketched out : And the River St» 

 Laurence^ that majeftically rolls her Waters, and brings them from 

 the Extremity of the North or the Weft, will be covered with 

 Vefiels. The Ille of Orleans^ and the two Banks of the two 

 Rivers that form this Port, will difcover fine Meadows, rich 

 Hills, and fertile Fields ; and nothing is wanting for this End, 

 but to be more peopled. A Part of a charming Valley (which 

 the River 6*/. Charles winds pleafingly through) will, no Doubt, 

 be joined to the City, of which it will certainly make the fineil 

 Quarter : And when they have bordered all the Road with no- 

 ble Quays, and we lhall fee three or four hundred Ships loaded 

 with Riches which hitherto we have not known how to value, 

 and bringing back in Exchange thofe of the Old and New- 

 World, you will acknowledge, Madam, that this Terrafs will 

 aiFord a Profped that nothing can equal. 



The Cathedral would not be a fine Parifh Church in one of 



rhe Cathedral î^^^. ^"^^^^^^ Towns in France, Judge, then, 

 ; ^7 o • it deferves to be the Seat of the only Bi- 



ana the oemmary, n • 1 i - i • • n i 7^ 7 -n • • 

 Ihopnck which is m all the French Empire in 



America, of greater Extent, than was ever that of the Romans, 

 The Architedure, the Choir, the great Altar, the Chapels of 

 this Cathedral, appear only fit for a Country Church. The 

 moft tolerable Thing belonging to it, is a very high Tower or 

 Steeple, folidly built, and which at a Diftance makes fome Ap- 

 pearance. The Seminary, vv^hich joins to the Church, is a large 

 Square, the Buildings of which are not finiftied : What is built, 



(a) The Event of Things has fhewn, that this Author had not a true Pro- 

 phetic Spirit. How muft the French be mortified, to ûnd ail their fond Hopes 

 of raifing Quebec to fuch a Height of Magnificence, fruftrated by the Valour 

 of the Englifh Arms 5 and to fee that vaft Empire, which they flattered 

 themfelves they fhould be able to eftabli/hin North America, ail transferred and 

 annexed to the Imperiai Crown of Britain ! 



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