New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-26
A WEEKS VACATION.
TIE GAGUEvAY
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anchor and by 3. the Roiria id mn va '' ''''
way over the s. Ia~rencc.
The dis.suce acrcss. from tacoma IS Some
th,f,y mics. +, was fairy dayhsh' NleH W'
,...el tho o.r.rsrons shoals o Isle Rous'e IN
ihe 81. Lawrence, just above 'he en.'Ahce o' IN
saeucnay and the san had lusi flashed over Inc
Nh. a. we touched a; charming hiiie place.
Lilo a.alog. or Tad0ssac. Just within the
.,ou,b THIS IS the first post Of the Hudson 9
Rav Company. which formerly had an entire
.,onopoly Of the river, and kept iof he" 70
,,e,ept vessels from entering II they YET mo-
.opolize the fur trade and salmon fisheries,
vb,eb. though less considerable than formerly
.,ll possess value and their posts extend
along the riyer far up INTO the interior all OF
which Is wilderness. with some exceptions tnaI
are trlflInq compared 10 the magnitude o. the
country
Lasalou hes IN green del among the ragged
and barren hills broken apart for the passage OF
tbe river II Is completely sheltered except
toward the south Its half dozen cottages,
slaced A. convenience, not regularity has die
ta,ed look down the slope with coquettlsh PIC
turesoueness and as If 70 complete the picture,
a. our boat draws toward the wharf, three or tour
rirs in light dresses and with the broad brlmmed
straw hats, that in Canada fill the place OF both
earasol and bonnet, come Ike nymphs tripping
across the dewy sward TO welcome some fncnd
expected among our passengers more de-
hclous scene could not be imagined. and some OF
our Younger comrades behold II as II they would
gladly end their travels there nor seek 70 explore
further the wonders Of the Saguenay. For a
moment We all feel the attraction shall we
debark here and Try the experiment OF a lite
which shines 50 tempting ia It's setting of granite
and pine forests
But the Rouiand hIH, as If afraid OF such Sc
duetions. scarcely pauseS; IN a twlnklmg the
passengers are landed we glide past Juttins
promontory and the lovely village Is seen no
more. We are IN the silence and solitude OF
the Saguenay
know no art OF language to pant the prime
val wlldness and largeness OF this rver and all
that pertains 10 IT, 1t rolls to-day utterly new
and lonely as when ITS bed was first torn out
the mountains that are It's shores hurled asundcr
and its black ank mysterious waters poured
through the nit. OF rock are rs SIDES and OF rock
it's bottom. No ship can find holding ground
there, were her cables long enough TO sound the
depths No habltatlon has place upon the
eraggy and pIecipitous shores In ascending
or descending YOU see no signs OF human lite
except some Indian IN his s,eaIthy canoe hunting
for seals, OF padding down 10 lasalou with his
last nights cargo of salmon. Or at long inter
walls YOU pass n cove where some creek emp
tics and where a saw w.mlll has been set mp 10
convert the lorcs; into boards and timber. There
possibly you may see ship waiting tor her Ia
ding But for these You must suppose yourself
and your companions the first advonturers IN
ueion without parallel You listen but hear no
sound save the struggle OF the engine and the
plashne OF the wheels and even they arc ah-
sorb,d and lost IN the Unsuitable VastueS'. No1
bird, Weakened Ivy the sunrise. cuts the clear air
YOU watch the shore with impauonce' hut ioi 4
beast ~ seen crawling down the cl1s to Stake
his morning thirst Even the trees tha, cling to
the sides and Sunnlts OF the mountains. are
blasted hy fire or dead from exhaustion OF the
.canty SOIL as lfa curse had been land upon the
locality where Man Is forever an exile and
stranger. never a COnQucror ana mhabtant.-
The countless ranges of hills that he back
Of the rlyer he can plumber OF their woods, but
must then leave them TO deeper loneliness The
ships that occasionally ascend the stream dur
MY the brlcl season OF navigation, will come no
more after the forests are removed and then save
che visits OF summer curiosity from distant cities
thc Saguenay and It's territories Will tee ahan-
doned to the wandering savage and outlying hdn'-
er-ii indeed thclr race bcuot also eNtngulshed
Such destiny hehtS this monotonous magnll'-
eencc of power and barrouness II Is IN keeping
with the mystery and grandeur that here are
native The Saguenay l. alone IN Nature o,heF
rivers whose names are stored IN our remcn-
brancc. have relationship with Man which
makes them dear and admirable. Human achieve
ments and traditions, and the miracles oi AT,
lend them fame and beauty, and rradiato their
shores with luStcr that touches every heart.
We recall them as flowing amid fields and Nlne
yards, as renectlng the loneliness Of gardens ant
Of homes towns rise there, and their waters are
our highways Not such Is The Saguonay. For
the Imagination It has no romance. FOR the eve no
charm save that ol mystery and ave. II Is
grand hike the Alps, bu, unlike them It Is living
Al first, as yoU stem IL rapid curron, and pass
betwlxt ITS nwallmg cTags, your fancy dreams oi
valleys and habitable plains beyond, to which
thls ,s the gateway, and Which vii bloom all the
fairer because OF the stern and iorblddng en-
trance. But vaiuly the wcared voyager watches
for rhmpses OF that better country Sull the
same panorama OF cliff and mountain Is uniodc,l
before the oppressed aud ocwildered vision, still
thc same Sombro food tompt> you 10 rlangc an.
learn It's proioUndesI secret You ask eagerly,
and are told by the cld hunters and lumbermcn.
that back of the rNor log leagues aad leagues
on each side, are only other hills like these
you see on either shore. and those you SAW yes
,crday IN descending the -. Lawrence. They
can never Ice inhabited OF civilized AID thus