Baie St. Paul and the Isle aux Coudres. Montmagny is fairly near the railway station, but the other places are on the river front and a drive of a mile or two is necessary from each station to reach a town.

Baie St. Paul, on the north shore, is a place of call for the St. Lawrence steamboats, and is within easy reach of Quebec. In a country where the grandeur of nature is visible on every hand, it is difficult to do justice to all the beautiful sights without seeming to overpraise them. And yet in this romantic little resort is a wealth of beauty that must be seen if all that is lovely in nature is not to be slighted. It is French through and through, and therefore delightful. Looking up the valleys of the two rivers, Gouffre and Moulin, there is a fine View of a mountain range that fades away in the far distance in different shades of blue. Following the rapid course of the Gouffre there is a road from which many charming views may be seen. The beautiful groves of trees, the bright cot- tages, and the water falling over the precipice in long, silvery bands are pleasant features of the landscape. There is a grand View from the top of Cap au Corbeau, after the birds that make this place their haunt have been frightened away. It was off Les Eboulements that Jacques Cartier's three little vessels, the Grande Herm'ine, Petite Hermine and Emerillo, nanchored in the bay, near the end of Isle aux (‘oudres, when he made his second voyage to the West.

Isle aux Coudres is even more French than Baie St. Paul". Here Jacques (‘artier landed on his second voyage to New France. He gave to the island the name it has since retained, a name derived from the numerous hazel trees he found here. It is recorded that in 1663 a mountain was lifted by an earthquake and cast bodily over the water on to this island. It was thus made much larger than before. At present the inhabitants are content with their acreage, and have no desire for further additions of this kind. A survival of the old Norman life is here, and for this and the View of island and mainland it is worth a visit. Small white whales are

often caught near here in great abundance. A quartette of famous north—

shore resorts is brought within pleasant *' reach by the Canadian Government Steamship Champlain. There is a hotel here where people from nearby places stay in the summer time to enjoy the 1 cool river air. The steamship Champlain leaves the wharf twice daily for north-

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