TOURING QUEBEC AND THE MARITIMES 25 the Forest." The city embraces a territory of 17,360 acres, or nearly two acres to each inhabitant, which means that there is abundant room for visitors. A stranger, visiting Fredericton , with its population of only 10,000, and gazing in wonder at her level elm-shaded boulevards, is very apt to ask in the words of the immortal Burns, "Why God made the gem so small, and why so huge the granite ?" And the answer will naturally suggest itself, "because God intended mankind should place the greater value on it." We saw (1) The Parliament Buildings. A number of beautiful oil paintings adorn the walls of the Assembly Chamber, including those of King George III and his consort, Queen Charlotte, from the brush of the famous artist, Sir Joshua Reynolds . The library of the Legisla¬ tive Building includes among its volumes Audobon's book of birds, once the property of King Louis Philippe of France, and valued at $20,000. A copy of the Old Domes¬ day Book may be seen in one of the library vaults. In the Judges' Chamber may be seen a wonderful old table, brought from York by the Loyalists , and around which the first Governors' Council sat in the early days of the province. Unfortunately we did not see the interior of the Parliament Buildings, as it was Sunday. (2) Christchurch Cathedral, which stands amid a grove of old elms, poplars and maples on the bank of the St. John. This has been described as "The first cathedral foundation on English soil, since the Norman Conquest ." It is said to be the best example of pure Gothic architecture in the Dominion. It is almost an exact copy of the Anglican church in Snettisham, England . This beautiful cathedral stands as a monument to the faith of good Bishop Medley, first bishop of the diocese of Fredericton . He worked very hard to get sufficient funds for its building. When the