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TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES 19

Dr. Crews, the chairman, announced that there would be an innovation: “No big dinners (groans i), no big speeches (0 joy!) for the next three days.” After all we were just human.

Some—I wonder who—strolled on Dufferin Terrace that night, or sat upon the benches, that look down upon the lights of the lower town, and the moving lights upon the water. There is probably no more romantic spot upon this earth. The myriad windows of the Chateau Frontenac cast a subdued radiance, while its towers pinnacle against the sky. The black mass of the fortress looms jaggedly above. It is truly a delightful sight, and it was with reluctance that one returned to the Chateau and to bed for we had to be up early in the morning to board the Str. Saguenay on our way to the Saguenay River.

At seven o’clock next morning we left historic Quebec for a sail down the St. Lawrence to the famous Saguenay. It was a matter of deep regret to all, that our Chief, Dr. Fallis, was not with us, he having had to return to Toronto from Quebec owing to ill health. However, as we were in the capable hands of Dr. Crews, who succeeded Dr. 'Fallis, Mr. T. C. Harrison, Assistant Chief, and Mr. Reg- inald A. Burch, representative of the Canadian National Railways, all went well with us.

The sail along the south shore of the Isle of Orleans was a welcome change. We saw miles and miles of long narrow farms, whose verdure against the blue gray of the Laurentian mountains, thirty miles distant, presented a picture which we shall never lose.

To add to our enjoyment, a good orchestra provided music. We stopped at St. Irenee, and at Murray Bay about noon. We walked up street to see the quaint shops, many having purchased souvenirs, post cards, etc. We admired the famous Murray Bay homespuns. Here we saw the