The Falls, Riviére du Loup 
     
     days. From this point, too, may be had one of the best Views of the 
     
     north shore mountains found along the whole river. 
     
    

    
     No more pleasant a way of reaching Tadousac and the world- 
     
     famous Saguenay River can be imagined than that enjoyed by taking 
     
     a steamer of the Trans St. Laurent Company from Riviere du Loup 
     
     wharf. It is a delightful trip of about two hours and a half, and it 
     
     is doubtful whether any other way of approaching the Saguenay gives 
     
     the pleasure and breadth of prospect that this commands. 
     
     ear where the steamboat lies at the starting wharf, great 
     
     three—masted merchantmen anchor to (,lischarge and take on freight, 
     
     and tied up by the wharf itself huge steam barges receive their freight 
     
     of pulp wood for the U. S. A. 
     
    

    
     As the crossing is made, numerous craft of all kinds come into 
     
     \‘l(‘\V. Boats, launches, barges, yachts, schooners, steamships, ocean 
     
     liners and naval vessels all pass by. The air is delightful and invigor- 
     
     ating, and the salt breeze from the ocean is both perceptible and 
     
     stimulating. The water is smooth, with just a gentle swell. There 
     
     is hardly a ripple to be seen, save here and there where without 
     
     apparent reason a tiny wavelet bursts on the surface and spreads 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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