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and some parts thereof tastefully decorated* 

 This establishment being well worth inspec- 

 tion, is usually visited by strangers ; for which 

 purpose a permission or introduction from the 

 Catholic Bishop is necessary, and always will- 

 ingly granted upon an application being made. 

 The Monastery of the Jesuits, now converted 

 into a barrack, is a spacious stone building, 

 three stories high, forming a square, or rather 

 parallelogram of two hundred feet by two hun- 

 dred and twenty-four, inclosed within a wall 

 extending more than two hundred yards along 

 Ste. Anne Street, and the whole of Rue de la 

 Fabrique. On the arrival of some of the order 

 in Canada in 1635, their first care was the 

 erection of a suitable habitation, which being 

 destroyed some years afterwards, made way 

 for the present structure : it was formerly sur- 

 rounded by extensive and beautiful gardens; 

 but these, to the great regret of many, have 

 been destroyed since the house, in common 

 with the other property of the order, has re- 

 verted to the crown, and now form a place of 

 exercise for the troops ; indeed, no one could 

 view without much reluctance the fall of some 

 of the stately and venerable trees, yet untouch- 

 ed by decay, that were the original tenants of 

 the ground at the first foundation of the city. 

 As a building, this is one of the most regular 



