house of one Jpmes MacPonald. The present church, which is of "brick was "built in I869 when the Reverend Thomas Phelan , residing at Tracadie , htd charge of the mission, Mr. John Corhett "being the architect. The dimensions of the church are one hundred and two feet In length "by forty five feet in width. » It was not completed interiorly until 1881. In 1382 a very fine altar "built "by Mr. Thomas Raymond , w?s placed in the church. The altar has recently "been painted and the interior of the Sanctuary frescold "by Mr. L. Edwardes , who also painted the wood work of the church. The ceiling which is in the gothic style, rests uwon pillars that are an excellent imitation of malachite. / The windows painted to represent stained glass, are done with considerable skill, A very fine statue of the titular saint of the parish, St. Patrick, stands shove the high altar. Altogether this church of St. Patrick is one of which the parish may Eeel proud. In 1870 the Rev. . Angus MacDonald went to reside at Port Augustus, find during his pastorate, the exceedingly spacious and handsor.e "brick preshytery was "built. The cemetery which is in excellent' oiver, contains a mission cross commemorating the visit of the Redemptorict Fathers to the Parish in 188U. For many years Fort Augustus was attended "by the Rev. James Br .-jdy, who, until IZGO gave the people mass every fourth or fifth Sunday. From 18£0 to 1870 Father Thomas Phelan served the mission, he was succeeded hy the Rev. Angus "ecDona.ld who was the first resident priest of Fort Augustus , he in I876, was replaced hy the Rev. IT. C. A. Bordreault , who remained there one year, when he gavu place to the Pev. Allan MacDonald who is the present highly esteemed pastor of the mission. When viewed from the opposite side of the Hi11shorough, or from the sanny heights around the church, the country hears small trace of the wild st.-.-te in which the ancestors of its present prosperous :" . rs first sew it.