New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-21
TRAVELS AT HOME.
MONTREAL, July Q.
TX.
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nat the scenery Of the river cannot be properly
.ypr, cistes at single visit. Viewing the same
sRiects second time, we found them markedly
syasdtr and more imposing. The river is repro
austion-truly on a contracted scale-of the 0ords
A the Norwegian coast. One of my companions
was also fellow. traveller in Norway with me three
vesn asO, and was no less struck with the resem.
Nance than myself. The DARK mountains, the
tens pdous precpces the fir forests, even the set
nenents Of Hs-ha Bay and L'Ause Eau Eek
s<pt hat the houses white instead Of red, are
ns completely Norwegian as they can be. The
scandinavian skippers who come ~ Canada all
notice this resemblance, and many Of them learn,
settle here.
Az We parsed again under the headlands of
Trinity ard Eternity, tried my beet 10 make them
l,b90 feet IN hght-but withoutsuccess. The Rock
Of Gibraltar and Horseman leland, both of which
stain that hight, doomed sp, in my memory to
mach lOftier elevation. The eye, however, is likely
b be deceived, when all the proportions Of lanl-
scope are on the same vast scale; as inst. Peters,
Tie colossal cherubs which hold the font appear,
at the first glance, to be nc larger than children of
six years old. From long practise, can measure
kahs and distances with tolerable accuracy BY the
ere. under ordinary circumstances; but even our
nest certain and care uly-trsiRed faculties are
more OF less influenced by habit The compOsitor
mAs has been usirg minion type for some days.
ksews how unusually large long primer appears
and lew small, after pieG. have no doubt but
aAat the amensioDs of the saguenay scenery we're
ssmo~hat dwarfed to me- by coming directly from
he White Mountains.
Cant. Howard kindly ran his boat little out Of
her course to give us the best view of Trinity and
Ne sublime landscape of Eternity Cove. The
wall Of suD-cOlOred syeDitie granite, ribbed with
vertical streaks Of black hung for moment direct.
h ever cur heads, as high as three Trinity spires,
stsp of one another. Westward, the wall ran
inland, projecting bastiOn after bastiOn of inacces
sble rock over the dark forests in the bed of the
valley. Photographic on board took two or
tAree views, but no artist, either human or solar,
can give more than the faintest hint of such seen.
err, because o rear view is impossible and the
eject dininshss in geOmetrical ratio as you re-
sede.
Leaving the black water and the giant cliffs
behind us, We steamed across the ST. Lawrence
% Ri,iere du Loup, which we reached at dusk.
The ssme crowd Of Canadian teams waited patient
b 90 the long pier but waited in vain 0ur.cap-
SatD took advantage of the moonlight TO continue
As journey, and we slept until morning dawned on
he Isle Aux COudres. A slight accident detained
NJ On hour or more, and We did not see the silvery
ssoss Of Quebec until after noon. Nevertheless,
we were 90 well satisfied with the trip, that most
Of us would have willingly repeated it.
The shy threatened rain, but we set oat boldly
kI the Falls Of NOntmOrency. Descending through
IN ancient and fsh-lke quarter Of the city, we
crossed the ST. Charles River and entered the long
suburban street which extends to the Falls. This
highway, GROWING the undulating rice of thenorth-
ssp shore, commands broad and superb view OF
Sae qaeenly city, the st. Lawrence, the Ise dor
lanr, and the opposite bank. 1t lie therefore
fSsrite location for country residences, though the
greater part of the soil seems to have been pre-
eceupied by the French IabiteHs. Quaint old
homes, old gardens (Which are always beautifully,
small Selds of grain and potatoes, and village
s,astsTa Of neat cottages succeeded one another
rapidly on both siAes-aI with the same mellow
aspect of age and use. ] saw scarcely half dozen
new houses in al the eight miles. The old dwell
nss, with their heavy stone walls tin roofs, tall
sAinpeys, and the snug way 10 which they crOuched
BeT shelter among groves of fire. were strongly sug
ssstive of comfort and dOmesticity. But was
syeu more charmed with the French cottages and
heir cheerful occupants For the most part siu-
ne, Sns-stOry structures, 8 hundred years old or
more, they were serupulously neat and orderly and
tAo women and girls whom we saw through the
spss doors and windows, at their knitting and
sewing, or engaged in lively gossip, were the fitting
pic.urts for such frames. Many of the cottages
had their little gardens with beds of csbbages and
onions, and acme lunches of gaudy marigolds,
snapdragOns, bergamOt and lavender. Ali the
ssrtAern bank, slOping below US, carefully cult
yated and thickly inhabited, bssked in an atmos-
pbsre Of pastoral peace and simplicity, while In tbs
background lowered the city and citadel mouu-
balm Of glttering roOfs.
We passed the Insane Asylum, a handsome build
ing Of gray granite, in front Of which harmless
patient, in fantastic attire, was walking with
banner 10 his band. A mile or two beyond on the
ether side of the road stood an ancientst stone build
ns, with steep rOofs and tai chimneys, which, &C
esrdipg to the coachmsD, was once the residence
Of the Marquis de MOntcam. Little boys with
bunches of wild Hers, lay IN wait for us as we
advanced, and all the French children, standing in
fae oottsge doors saluted us by quaint, Od-fash.
sped wave Of the right hand. I wish Our own race
partoOk little more Of the ngrained cheerfulness
and courtesy Of the French These hG6itaHs are
not only kind faithful, andas vrtuous az the aver
ahaa,fnl a0rdiaIitV