of St. Helena, and the ships, steamers, and small craft, two hundred and seventy miles above salt water, and more than five hundred from the sea, all open into view, and exhibit a grand, varied, and most interesting picture.

CHAP. XIX.

MONTREAL. - GENERAL APPEARANCE. - ST. PAUL'S AND NOTRE
DAME STREETS. NELSON'S MONUMENT. - CHAMP DE MARS. -
SUBURBS. - PUBLIC BUILDINGS. - CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AND
CHURCHES.
SCOTCH KIRK. - COURT-

HOUSE.

ENGLISH CHURCH.

NUNNERIES.

GAOL. GOVERNMENT HOUSE. FRENCH COLLEGE. M'GILL COLLEGE. - NATURAL HISTORY

SOCIETY. - MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. HOSPITAL.

POPULATION.

PUBLIC

PERIODICALS.

BATEAUX. - SCOWS. COMMITTEE OF TRADE.

-THE

SOCIETY. - HOTELS. - AMUSEMENTS. ATRE AND CIRCUS. - ENVIRONS OF MONTREAL. - THE MOUN

TAIN SCENERY. - OUTLETS OF MONTREAL. - LA CHINE, ETC.

THE island, on the south side of which the city of Montreal stands, is about thirty-two miles long, and from five to ten broad. On the north, the Rivière de Prairie separates it from Isle Jesus, which is also a seigniory, and about twenty-one miles long, and from Isle Bizarre, which is four miles long. Some miles above, "Utawa's tide" divides into two branches; the lesser, winding betwixt these islands and the main continent, joins the St. Lawrence on the east at Repentigny; and the greater, rushing among a cluster of islets and rocks, lying in the channel between the pretty wooded island of Perrault, and a sweet little village, Moore's " St. Anne," mingles its waters on the west with those of Lake St. Louis. At the lower end of this lake, the St. Lawrence

contracts, and boils, and foams, and whirls, and dashes along, among and against small islands, and over rocks, for nine miles, forming the rapids of La Chine, and Sault St. Louis. A little below Montreal there are unbroken rapids, too powerful, however, for sailing vessels to surmount, except with a strong fair wind. Steam vessels not only easily ascend them, but also tow brigs and ships up to Montreal.

The city of Montreal is on the south side of the island, in latitude 45° 30', longitude 73° 25′ W. Betwixt the royal mountain and the river there is a belt of low land, nearly two miles in breadth: on a more elevated part of this, close to the river, does the town stand. Including the suburbs, it is more extensive and populous than Quebec. Both cities differ very greatly in appearance; the low banks of the St. Lawrence at Montreal want the tremendous precipices frowning over them, and all the grand sublimity, which characterise Quebec. Until lately there were no wharfs or quays at Montreal; and the ships and steamers were ranged in pretty deep water close to the clayey and generally filthy bank in front of the city. * Neither is there that busy incessant movement and commercial air near the water, that usually distinguishes Quebec and Halifax. The whole of the lower town is covered with gloomy-looking houses, with dark iron window-shutters; and although the streets are cleaner than in the lower town of Quebec, there is much improvement still necessary. They