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Amherst captured the» city from the French, while in 1775 General Montgomery, an American revolutionary officer, occupied the town. In the following year it was retaken by the British. Montreal was incorporated as a city in 1832, and five years later, the Board of Trade was organ- ized. From Montreal went forth the intrepid explorers and missionaries, the first to carry the white man’s religion and enlightenment to the dusky races and the pioneers, who blazed the trails through the pathless forests, sailed the uncharted waters of the Great Lakes, and discovered and descended the mighty Mississippi.

At the back of the city is Mount Royal, which gave the city its present name. The harbour is one of import- ance and has the distinction of being the farthest inland ocean port on the continent, being one thousand miles from the Atlantic. It has a frontage of eight miles, a depth of water of twenty-five to thirty feet, and berth accommo- dation for one hundred vessels.

Montreal has over three hundred churches, two thou- sand five hundred factories, including the largest flour mills in the world, two sugar refineries, ship-building yards, bridge works, rubber goods, clothing, boots and shoes, etc., etc.

As an educational centre, Montreal ranks very high. McGill University has a world—wide reputation.

On our morning drive around Montreal we saw (I) The massive homes of the wealthy English-speaking resi- dents in Westmount, which makes its own laws, and has total prohibition. Westmount is a good example of a city within a city. It is beautified by 3,000 maple trees, all of

which stand as living memorials to the soldiers who lost their lives in the great war.