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hundred feet high, and supported towards the 

 steep by a solid work of masonry, rising nearly 

 half the height of the edifice, and surmounted 

 by a spacious gallery, from whence there is a 

 most commanding prospect over the bason, 

 the Island of Orleans, Point Levi, and the sur- 

 rounding country. The whole pile is one hun- 

 dred and sixty-two feet long, by forty-five broad, 

 and three stories high ; but in the direction of 

 the Cape it has the appearance of being much 

 more lofty : each extremit}^ is terminated by a 

 small wing, giving to the whole an easy and 

 regular character : the interior arrangement is 

 convenient, the decorative part tasteful and 

 splendid, suitable in every respect for the resi- 

 dence of the governor-general. It was built 

 shortly after the city was fortified with solid 

 works, consequently had but little to recom- 

 mend it to notice : for a long series of years it 

 was neglected so much as to be suflfered to go 

 to decay, and ceasing to be the residence of 

 the commander-in-chief, was used only for the 

 offices of government until the year 1808, when 

 a resolution passed the provincial parliament 

 for repairing and beautifying it; the sum of 

 ^7000 was at the same time voted, and the 

 work forthwith commenced. The money ap- 

 plied was inadequate to defray the expenses 

 upon the grand scale the improvements were 



