22 TOURING QUEBEC AND THE“ MARITIMES

in Chicoutimi. Across the river, nestling in the side of a high hill, is the village of Ste. Anne de Chicoutimi.

We left Chicoutimi in the morning, thus enjoying the trip down the dark and mysterious Saguenay to best ad- vantage. After we passed St. Alphonse on the downward trip, settlement ceased; then as the panorama gradually unfolded itself, the great river continued to grow more solemn and awe-inspiring, until the climax was reached at Capes Trinity and Eternity, about midway between Chicoutimi and Tadoussac. They are on the south shore, 1,800 feet in height, and face one another with a small bay intervening, standing guard over these black waters, and dwarf the largest ships to insignificance. Cape Trinity is the more westerly of the two, and while one mountain, it has three elevations, as seen from the Saguenay, hence its name. It appeared as if it might fall over and crush the steamer. Thrice happy were those of us who found the Indian profile on the foot of the Cape. Just above the Indian head, and standing out prominently from the Cape, is Notre Dame du Saguenay, a beautiful statue erected in I881 by Charles Napoleon Robitaille who was suddenly struck with an incurable disease on one of his voyages up the river. He made a vow that he would erect a statue in honor of the Virgin if he lived ten years longer. After the time elapsed, he kept his promise. The statue is 25 feet high, with an outer covering of heavy lead.

A little farther down the river, a gasoline launch ap~ proached us from a tiny village at the foot of the moun- tains. She carried passengers who boarded our steamer, while some passengers, who went aboard with us at Chi— coutimi, got into the launch. Soon our good ship reached Tadoussac, where we stayed for ten minutes. Then we sailed southwest, crossing the wide estuary of the St. Lawrence, anddisembarked at Riviére du Loup in Quebec,