Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-20
"ouEER OLD QUEBEC.
An Interesting City. Built Upon q
Mighty Cliff.

A Vivid Reminder of the Great Struggles
Rotween the French ana English Two
Centuries Ago--Its Attractions brightly
Pictured by "The GaLette's" Special
Correspondent.
sneoialCorrespoudonce OF Gazette ana Journal
ouEsro CANADA, July l0.-Nothing
seems TO describe this strange city so we'll
as the words of Henry Ward Beecher;
nOueer old Quebec OF all the cities on
the continent Of America, the quaintest.
II is a populated cliff, mighty rock,
scarped and graded aud made 70 hoio
houses and castles, which, by an proper
natural laws, ought to slide off from its
| haek like an ungirded load from camels
hack. But they stick. At the foot OF the
| rocks the space Of several streets has been
stolen from the river.
This AFTERNOON at about o'clock. we
landed in this strange foreign city,. One
| cannot imagine the sensation which thrills
\ one on his first approach to tins CITY,
which Howeils says mas '.eyerytning a ~ y
| that ever read about, but never expected
| TO see."
The great wall which surrounds the city,
| making it the only walled city in America,
| is plainly in view as the train rolls into
the depot. Vast gates admit one into TINS
walled city, and We are told they were
formerly closed at o o'clock at night, as no
|
after that hour. The population is largely
composed of French, as more than three
fourths Of the people are OF this ns-
tionality.
one point of interest is the citadel on
Cape Diamond. promohtory, rising 5oo
feet perpendicularly above the river From
the ramparts of this fertilization, TO which
the tourist is escorted by one OF Her
Majestys soldiers, he views scene OF
surprising beauty. Standing on the very
beak Of the promontory he sees the land
on the opposite side of the river, rising.
slope upon slope, until the purple noun.
tains break the view, these slopes studded
with villages and crowned with steeples,
look down upon the river flowing at their
base
From this citadel the visitor may obtain
good view OF the Plains OF Abraham, on
which fell the illustrious Wolfe, to whose
memory handsome monuments erected,
: as well as the precipitous bank up which
Wolfe's army climbed on that night when
the French power in the. western world
was finally destroyed.
y Dufferin Terrace is beautiful prone,
|, made on the brow of cliff overhanging
the lower town. 1t is over LOCO feet long
and 1872 feet above the river, and com
mands an excellent view of the harhol
u and opposite side of the stream.
, A drive of about nine miles from Quebec
along most Deuulllul TOdu, Wulcn duOFu'
\ fine opportunity of viewing the city
4 from distance, brings one tothe Falls OF
\ Montmorenci, which is a scene of gran
Il deur. If one wishes TO venture to thu
:, lowest extremity of the falls, he may de
Y scend stairway of 1867 steps. 1t is advisa
. Bile to supply ones self with an umbrella
before descending all of these steps, as th'
= spray falls upon you like shower of rain
e Some large modern buildings may bI
e seen here, as well as some OF the mos
y ancient-looking structures. Among To
more modern are the Parliament build
II ings, the new court house and some fine
{, looking hospitals and hotels.
y Here may be seen some ancient build
u ings, such as the Basilica, built in 1856 tn
= Church of Notre Dame, also built in th
y 18th century, and the Laval University
II founded in 1868, which is said to contain
y. library of n, 900 volumes and an herbariuI
y of 10000 plants. Fourteen colleges an
q four seminaries are affiliated to this un
Yersity.
p Altogether the city of Quebec is probs
3; bly, the most foreign-looking city i
~ America, and in beholding its ruins one
ie forcibly reminded of the severe struggle
y, which took place here between the Englis
a. and French two centuries ago 5. II. ).