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college, where their church ftands, is a pretty long 

 ftreet, in which is the convent of theUrfuline nuns. 

 The whole of the upper town is built on a bottom 

 partly of marble and partly of flate. 



Such, Madam, is the topographical defcription 

 of Quebec, which as you fee is of a confiderable 

 large extent, and in which almoft all the houfes are 

 built of ftone, though for all that they do not rec- 

 kon above feven thoufand fouls in it *. But in or- 

 der to give you a compleat idea of this city, I muft 

 give you a particular account of its principal edi- 

 fices, and mail afterwards fpeak of its fortifications* 

 The church of the lower town was built in confe- 

 quence of a vow made during the fiege of Quebec* 

 in 1690. It is dedicated to our Lady of Vidtory, 

 and ferves as a chapel of eafe for the cofrveniency 

 of the inhabitants of the lower town. Its N ftru£tere 

 is extremely fimple, a modeft neatnefs forming all 

 its ornament. Some lifters of the congregation, 

 whom I mall have occafion to mention in the Tequel, 

 are eftablifhed to the number of four or five, be- 

 tween this church and the port, where they teach a 

 fchool. 



In the epifcopal palace there is nothing finifhed 

 but the chapel, and one half of the building pro- 

 jected by the plan, according to which it is to be an 

 oblong fquare. If it is ever compleated, it will be 

 a magnificent edifice. The garden extends to the 

 brow of the rock, and commands the profpedfc of 

 all the road. When the capital of New France, 

 mail have become as flourifhing as that of Old 

 France (and we mould not defpair of any thing, 



* One may eanly fee by the plan of this city that it has 

 confiderabiy eucreafed within thefe twenty yeajs laft paft. 



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