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serves during the summer season as a sort of 

 harbour for the gunboats and king's batteaux. 

 From thence to the Cul de Sac is almost an 

 uninterrupted succession of store-houses and 

 wharfs, at the greatest part of which ships can 

 lie without taking the ground at low water. 

 At Dunn's Wharf are the large and valuable 

 premises called the Cape Diamond Brewery, 

 where an extensive business is carried on, not 

 for the home consumption alone, but in porter 

 and ale for exportation. The Cul de Sac is 

 situated between the King's and Queen's 

 Wharfs, forming an open dock, dry at every 

 tide ; ships can be there conveniently laid 

 aground to receive any necessary repairs; in 

 the winter, boats and small-decked vessels that 

 navigate the river between Quebec and Mont- 

 real are also laid up in security from the ice. 

 It spreads five hundred and forty feet in length, 

 and about two hundred and forty in depth : all 

 craft lying here for repair, or otherwise, must 

 observe the rules and regulations prescribed by 

 the Trinity-house, and are placed under the 

 immediate superintendance of the assistant 

 harbour-master. Between the Queen's and 

 M'Callum's Wharf is the principal landing- 

 place, about two hundred feet wide, where 

 boats and canoes usually set their passengers 

 on shore, but where much inconvenience is 



