cars are needed; and, as a result, 
     
     all who Visit the homelike capital 
     
     will know more of it than they 
     
     possibly do of their own city. Here 
     
     it is a delight to walk and ramble; 
     
     and, of course, driving is a great 
     
     joy with such woodland surround— 
     
     ings and fine river scenery. An 
     
     inhabitant of Fredericton once 
     
     actually expressed a desire to live 
     
     in New York! Incredible! Im- 
     
     possible! you cry. And so say all of well-balanced mind. But 
     
     mortals do not always know when they are well off; and a fit of 
     
     temporary insanity sometimes gains a flitting lodgment in the 
     
     brightest mind. 
     
    

    
     Few cities are better or as well situated as Fredericton. It 
     
     stands on the noble St. John, which here is nearly three quarters of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     a mile wide. The five older streets and the two newer ones all run 
     
     parallel with the river. 'l‘here are shady trees on pleasant streets 
     
     wherever you go. In the heart of the city you are still in the 
     
     country. Nature everywhere is so profuse and abundant that it 
     
     almost shuts out the view of Cathedral (‘hurch and Parliament 
     
     Buildings, and enwraps fountain. statue and river—bank-seat with its 
     
     wealth of foliage; while in many a shady street the tree branches 
     
     knock at, the house windows for admittance, and place smiling clusters 
     
     of bloom in the hands of those who throw open the casement in 
     
     response to the call. 
     
    

    
     Queen Street is the principal thoroughfare. At its west end 
     
     is the substantial building known as Government House. the official 
     
     residence of the l.ieutenant—(lovernor of New Brunswick. Between 
     
    

    
     Queen 8 t re et and the river, in a c e n 1 ral 
     
    
   
   
    
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     situation, are the large barracks that were 
     
     formerly the headquarters of the British army 
     
     in this province. At the lower end of the street 
     
     is the handsome Parliament Building, where a 
     
     small but choice library may be consulted, and 
     
     from the. dome of which building an extensive 
     
     view may be enjoyed. 
     
    

    
     (‘hrist (‘hurch ('athedral, the recent fire 
     
     damage to which has been repaired, is patterned 
     
     after that delightful type of old English church 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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