New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-21

Of its fall. The chains gave way few years
ago. as farmer with his horse and cart was pass
ing over the bridge and all plunged down the
abyss together. A safe platform leads along the
rocks TO pavilion on point at the side of the
fall, and on level with it. Here the guH, nearly
three hundred feet deep, with its walls Of chocolate
coored earth, and lite patches of emerald herbage
wet with eternal spray, opens to the st. Law
renee.
Montmorenci is one q the loyeliest of water
falls. In its general character it bears some re-
semblaDce to the Pisseyache, in Switzerland,
which, however, is much smaller. The water is
sBow.white, tinted in the heaviest portions of the
fab, with a soft yellow, ike that of raw silk. In
fact broken as it ia by the irregular edge OF the
rock it reminds one Of the masses of siken, fossy
skeins, continually overlapping one another as they
fall. At the bottom, dashed upon pile of rocks,
it shoots far out in star6ke radii of spray when
share the regular throb or pulsaton Of the faDiag
masses The edges Of the fall hutter out into lace
like points and frDges, which dissolve into gauze
as they descend. The peculiar charm OF
cataract depends on the character OF these ex-
quisite, transient forms.
The view of the fall from below must be sill
finer, in some respects but it can only be obtained
BY taking circuitous path too long to be Travelled
in driving rain. We omitted visiting the Nat
ural Steps for the same reason, and set of, drip
ping. for Quebec. All afternoon the windows of
heaven we're opened, and muddy cataracts poured
down the steep streets. At RusseD's, the roof of
tie dining saloon leaked in such a manner that
little streams poured upon the heads of the
guests, and portion of the floor was swamPed
After the long drouth, this rain was indeed bless
ing.
Ever since, as boy, read Prof. Silliman's
"Tour TO Quebec" it had been one Of my wishes
to visit the city. Pictures and descriptions, l
found, had given me very accurate idea of its ap
pearance. The high, massive, sheep-rOofed stone
houses, crowded together at The foot of the rock
and climbing around its Eastern side, the narrow,
crooked streets, old churches contracted, badly
paved squares and the citadel with its huge walls
of defense, GROWING all, exactly answered my
anticipatiOns; but l was conscious of disappOint
ment in one particular. The rock s not perpen-
dicular Cliff but slOping, covered with growth Of
hardy shrubs, and capable Of being scaled 10 some
places. 1 read, some years ago, of a soldier on
guard having incautiOusly stepped over the edge
and fallen 257 feet through the air, alightsg upon
a pile of earth in the back yard OF house below,
without any other inconvenience than general
sense of soreness from which be recovered in
few days This struck Inc as one of the most
beautiful accidents of which had ever heard. l
IL e 10 ha
side the case of the Vermont Quauyman who had
crow-bsr shot through his brain. But l fear /
must give il up When l came to look at the cita
del, found no place where such an accident could
possibly happen. A man, indeed, might roll from
top to bottom, and find himself sore at the end of
the journey.
We walked on Durham Terrace, the view from
which surpasses that from Cation Hill, in Edin-
burgh. The Citadel cannot be entered without
special permission. The fat summit of the hill,
westward is the celebrated Plains of Abraham,
which we saw from the other side of the ST. Law.
renee, but were not able to visit In fact when
we left Quebec this morning, it was with the con.
seriousness that we had not done justice either to
its natural beauties or its historic associations.
Several weeks might be spent with great pleasure
and profit here and in the neighboring portions of
Lower Canada,
We returned hither by the Grand Trunk, which
We shan resume to plight for Toronto, in order to
reach Niagara before Sunday. Our Summer tour
draws to an end, and have reserved the greatest
spectacle purpOsely to the last
1t is pleasant to notice the friendly feeling which
is growing up between the inhabitants of Canada
and the United States, The number of American
tourists and sportsmen who come this way is an.
nually increasing and with it there is a certain
assimilation of habits, by which both parties are
the gamers. For travellers the frontiers is but a
nominal line, and in the newer parts Of Canada
there is nothing but the preponderance of English
faces amoDg the inhabitants to indicate difference
of nationality. On steamboats,, and 10 hotels, the
two peoples fraternize readily and naturally, and
discuss their points of difference without acrimony.
Twenty years ago this was not the case. An
American was looked upon with prejudice, if not
not with suspicion, and If he settled in the country
was treated as an unwelcOme intruder. Now,
there are communities Of American residents in
Montreal, Toronto, and the towns of Canada
West, many of whom are desereedly honored BY
their Canadian brethren. The increased facilities
of intercourse the intimacy of commercial rela-
tons, and above all, the difference of tone adopted
toward the United States by the English Govern
ment-for Canada not only reflects, but e1agge-
rates English opnion-hsve wrought an entire
revolution in public sentimen. Let me confess,
also, that this change is reciprocal. No decent
American can visit Canada without finding many