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sublime than are tlie several prospects presented 
to the sight of the delighted spectator. From 
Cape Diamond, situated one thousand feet 
above the level of the river, and the loftiest part 
of the rock on whicjithe city is built, the pros¬ 
pect is considered by many as superior to that 
from any other spot. A greater extent of 
country opens upon you, and the eye is here 
enabled to take in more at once, than at any 
other place ; but to me it appears, that the view 
from the cape is by no means so fine as that, 
for instance, from the battery; for in surveying 
the different objects below you from such a 
stupendous height, their magnitude is in a 
great measure lost, and it seems as if you were 
looking at a draft of the country more than at 
the country itself. It is the upper battery that 
I allude to, facing the bason, and is about three 
hundred feet above the level of the water.. 
Here, if you stand but a fewyards from the edge 
of the precipice, you may look down at once 
upon the river, the vessels upon which, as they 
sail up to the wharfs before the lower town, 
appear as if they were coming under your very 
feet. The river itself, which is between five 
and six miles wide,' and visible as far as the 
distant end of the island of Orleans, where it 
loses itself amidst the mountains that bound 
it on each side, is one of the most beautiful 
objects in nature, and on a fine still summer’s 
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