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the grand battery, where it overlooks the har- 

 bour : the length is one hundred and seventy- 

 two yards, and the breadth two hundred. It | 

 is well laid out and ornamented by many hand- 

 some trees. In the year 1703, the whole of 

 the buildings belonging to the seminary were 

 destroyed by fire, and no time was lost in re- 

 placing them ; when, unfortunately, they again 

 fell a sacrifice to a similar calamity in 1705; 

 The Catholic Bishop of Quebec has fixed his 

 residence in the seminary, where he lives sur- 

 rounded and respected by his clergy, and not 

 less esteemed by the laity of all persuasions for 

 his learning, piety, and urbanity. The Hotel 

 Dieu, including under that name the convent, 

 hospital, church, court-yard, cemetery, and 

 gardens, contains within its walls a space of 

 ground extending from the French burying- 

 ground, or Cimetiere des Picot6s, to the Rue 

 des Pauvres, or Palace Street, a length of two 

 hundred and ninety-one yards by a depth of 

 one hundred and ninety-six from Couillard 

 Street to the rear wall. This establishment, for 

 the reception of the sick poor of both sexes, 

 was founded by the Duchess D'Aiguillon, in 

 1637, through whose charitable zeal some nuns 

 were sent from Prance for the purpose of com- 

 mencing it, and superintending its progress. 

 The principal structure is three hundred and 



