CHAPTER VII. 



LIFE IN MONTREAL: 1865-1877. JET. 46-57. 



Philip, with his wife and Robbie, sailed from Liverpool by the 

 steamship " Peruvian," October 26, and on his birthday, No- 

 vember 4 (when he had completed his 46th year), they w r ere 

 steaming through the Straits of Belle Isle (north of Newfound- 

 land) : — " It was a clear, bright, frosty morning, and the. sun 

 rose on as glorious a sight as a voyager can well look on. On 

 our right was a long line of Labrador coast, entirely covered 

 with snow, behind which rose the Laurentian mountains, well 

 peaked, and with beautiful outlines, like small white Alps. 

 The full moon lay over them, and the sun, which had scarcely 



N.B. — The vignette is of Brandon Lodge, Montreal, Philip's last 

 residence: see p. 301. The side-walk, etc., is planked, in Canadian 

 fashion. 



