the river above the Chiteau is charm- ing. and a boat or (fame trip may be taken to Lake St. Clnrles through a most: delightful sylvan ;ountry.

The Hurons liw in the Indian village. They are iidustrious and peaceable, carrying on he manufacture of snowshoes, moccasils, and basket work, etc. In the heigh of the summer a good number migrate to the populous resorts of Murray Bay and the Lower St. Lawrenc.

There is a fine View to be obtained by going 1p the eminence on which stands the attractive French village of Loette.

Lakes St. Charles and Beauport, the Jacque. Cartier River, Lake St. Joseph, and the river Ste. Anne are all deligitful objectives, and they are within convenient reach of the city.

Quebec is fortunate in the possession of be;utiful environs, and at Montmorency Falls there is a spectacle of grandeur that in itself is worthy of a pilgrimage of hundreds of niles to behold. Montmorency is about eight miles from the city, and i'may be reached by carriage over the St. Charles River and by war of Beauport, or by the electric railway. The cataract has a fall )f over 250 feet. The roar of the waters, the fascination of the billowy masses of white foam, and the rainbow«like play of colors in the (lashing spray all held the spectator spellbound. A fine general *iew is obtained from the station of the electric railway; but no adequate con— ception of the real grandeur of the sight may 1‘: formed until the view is taken from the observation platforms. A full descent should be made to the bottom of the steps that hav: been provided, and the VlCW should be seen from the upper platftrms or terraces as well.

The piers of the old suspension bridge are stil standing near the brink of the falls. The bridge gave way and sweit to destruction a farmer and his family who were driving across at tle time.

Another good View of the falls may be Obtahed by crossing the Montmorency Bridge to the park on the eastern .ide of the river.

The natural steps in the solid rock of the rngr bed, about a mile above the falls, are no longer visible since the heght of the river at that point has been much increased by the dan below. They were hewn out by the action of the rushing water 0 past centuries. While they were visible thousands of people were atracted there to

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