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     Historic Quebec 
     
    
   
   
    
     T 15 undoubtedly best to approach 
     
     Quebec by way of the south shore; 
     
     the city, as is generally known, being 
     
     on the north side of the St. Lawrence. 
     
     Whether coming from Montreal and 
     
     the south-west, or St. John, Halifax 
     
     and the east, the Intercolonial Rail- 
     
     _ way brings the traveller to the most 
     
     convenient point, Lévis, immediately 
     
     opposite Quebec. 
     
    

    
     Here, taking one of the ferries, and with a seat under the 
     
     awning of the upper deck, a splendid View is had of the further 
     
     shore as the steamer makes its way across the river. No need to 
     
     ask, “\Vhat place is this P” or “Is this Quebec P” Such a question 
     
     would be absurd, for here in all its grandeur is the great St. Law- 
     
     rence River, there clusters Quebec around the grim old rock, and 
     
     yonder, high up, where proudly floats the flag of empire in the active 
     
     breeze, is the King's Bastion, with the old citadel, the Chateau 
     
     Frontenac and all the spires, peaks and towers that make this place 
     
     like an ancient picture from the Old World. 
     
    

    
     What a delightful experience it is to look upon sights and 
     
     scenes that are novel and beautiful, full of charming local color, 
     
     and permeated with that atmosphere of grandeur and power that 
     
     quickens the pulse and causes the thrill of emotion to telegraph its 
     
     way through the nerve centres. As soon as Quebec is approached 
     
     it becomes immediately apparent that it is rich in all those things 
     
     that excite human interest; and if the opinion of others is needed, 
     
     the testimony of that galaxy of the great, famous in geography, 
     
     literature, science and art—that long procession of renowned men 
     
     and women that has taken its way hither in unbroken pilgrimage 
     
     through the past centuries—is all based on the one majestic keynote 
     
     of wonder, admiration, reverence and love for all that Quebec typifies 
     
     for the people of two hemispheres. 
     
    

    
     How pleasant to sit and View the magnificent prospect up 
     
     and down the noble river, and see the great mountains that tower 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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