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time, took into consideration, whether they would recognise 
his title, because he would, as archbishop, rank in the Canadian 
parliament before the English episcopal bishop. We paid our re¬ 
spects to this worthy man. He received us kindly, surrounded 
by many young priests. His secretary showed us the building 
and the garden. The scholars had a vacation, and the house was 
deserted. They are not all destined for the priesthood; the most 
respectable people of this country have their sons brought up in 
this institution, in which they receive a very good education. 
The Catholic clergy are very much respected here, and they are 
said to deserve it, on account of the information they possess, and 
the benefactions they bestow. The English government left them 
all the emoluments and prerogatives which they possessed before 
the colony was conquered. On this account, the clergy are obe¬ 
dient to the government, and exert their best influence over the 
people in favour of the government. In the seminary is a small 
philosophical apparatus. The natural history cabinet is not very 
rich; the best part of it is a collection of East India shells. The 
garden of. the seminary is rather large, and serves as a fruit and 
vegetable garden, &c. 
Nine miles from Quebec is the waterfall of Montmorency, to 
which we travelled, escorted by Colonel Duchesnay. The road 
passed through the palace gate. This is the gate where General 
Arnold made his attack, when he stormed the place in December, 
1775, and was wounded in the leg. His column had already 
pressed into the city, and would certainly have taken the town, 
if General Montgomery, who attacked the lower town from the 
side of the St. Lawrence, had met him at the same time. This, 
however, was impossible, as General Montgomery fell, and after 
his death his division fell into confusion, and retreated. An 
English artillerist, returning to the only cannon placed there, 
which had already been deserted, set a match to it, killed this 
hero with twelve men, and thus saved the town. 
We crossed the river St. Charles over a long well built wooden 
bridge, and continued our journey partly on a road cut through 
the rock, having the St. Lawrence always in view. The neigh¬ 
bourhood is well cultivated; several farm-houses have a very an¬ 
cient appearance. The handsomest of them belongs to the semi¬ 
nary at Quebec, and serves the priests as a pleasure ground. 
About the middle of the road is the village Beaufort, where one i 
has a very good prospect of the city, the right bank of the St. 
Lawrence, the Isle d’Orleans, and down the stream. We left the 
carriage at the river Montmorency, over which a wooden bridge 
is thrown, and walked nearly to where the Montmorency empties 
itself into the St. Lawrence. At that place are the falls, two hun¬ 
dred and seventy-five feet high. The surrounding country is ex- 
