I4 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES

British territory. A walled fortification with gates, surrounds the old city. The fortifications and best resi- dential portion of the “Upper Town” are on the high land, and the business part, and the older portion of the city are at the base of the cliff along the St. Lawrence, and along the bank of the St. Charles.

The Citadel, constructed at a cost of $25,000,000 is on the highest point, facing the St. Lawrence, 340 feet above the river, and a wall from the citadel runs along the top of the promontory, between Upper and Lower Town. In- side this is the famous public promenade, known as Duff- erin Terrace, and at the east end of this terrace is the Chateau Frontenac, a noble adjunct even to so grand a spot.

After breakfast at the Chateau Frontenac, we travelled by electric car to Ste. Anne de Beaupré. The route from Quebec to Ste. Anne may be compared to a splendid pan- orama. There are shady woodlands and green pastures, undulating hills and sparkling rivers, whose banks are lined with pretty villages, tinned spires of the parish churches rising above the rest of the houses sparkling in the sun. The Falls of Montmorency and the river St. Lawrence add a touch of grandeur to the scene. The Falls, higher than Niagara, are thunderous and imposing. Nearby is Kent House, the former home of the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria. Kent House is now a wayside inn. The past romantic history of Kent House is of much interest to visitors. It was built by General Sir Frederick Haldimand, who became Governor-General of Canada in 1778, and who, in 1782 entertained here the beautiful Baroness de Riedesel, the wife of a distinguished Brunswick General, who crossed the Atlantic in 1775 to fight for George III in the American War of Independence. The beautiful villa, the home of the late Sir Frederick