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Tourists--Descriptions--by Francis Parkman--M. Sand-- Eliot Warburton--Thoreau--Mrs. Moodie--Charles Dickens--Marmier--Sir Charles Dilke--Henry Ward Beecher--Professor Silliman--Charles Lever-- Capt. Butler--Alfred Hawkins--Hon. P. J. O. Chauveau.
CHAPTER II.
FOUNDATION OF QUEBEC.
Samuel de Champlain--_L'Abitation_--the Dwelling of Champlain--Chief Donaconna--Jacques Cartier's Landing--Interview between Cartier and Donaconna.
CHAPTER III.
THE ANCIENT CAPITAL.
Streets and By-ways of the Old City--Names of Famous Men preserved by Street Names--Dangerous Streets.
THE UPPER TOWN.
Louis H��bert, the First Resident--The First Street--The First Horse-- Marquis de Tracy--St. Louis Street--The Quebec Gazette--William Brown-- Samuel Neilson--Dr. Wilkie--Lawyers--Madame P��an--Montgomery's Assault-- Death of Montcalm--SOCIETY IN EARLY ENGLISH TIMES--Theatre--Early Society Poets--Literature--United Empire Loyalists,--ST. LOUIS HOTEL--THE FR��CHETTE DINNER--Mr. Fr��chette's Speech--Mr. Lamier's Speech--Mr. Stewart's Speech--Mr. LeMay's, Speech---Mr. LeMoine's Speech---FORT ST. LOUIS--CH?TEAU ST. LOUIS--HALDIMAND CASTLE--The Council--Dress of the Councillors--A Braggart Mohawk Hanged--The New Chateau--Fealty and Homage--Re-building by Frontenac--Quebec Agricultural Society--The Loyal League--An Antique Stone--Lord Edward Fitzgerald--The Duke of Richmond-- Sir Peregrine Maitland--John Galt--Lord Dorchester--Isaac Weld--Dufferin Terrace--Laying of Corner Stone--Rev. Dr. Sparks--St. Andrew's Church-- The Lymburners--Hugh McQuarters James Thompson--The Rosses--The Georges-- Parloir Street--Jupiter Street--St. George Street--LAVAL UNIVERSITY-- Palace Street--Statue of General Wolfe--St. Famille Street--St. Stanislas Street--Trinity Chapel--Theatre Royal--THE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY--Mr. LeMoine's Lecture on Arnold's Assault--The Centenary Fete-- The Jesuit's Church--The Jesuit's Barracks--The R��collet Convent--The Palace--Couillard Street--The Union Hotel--The Prisoners of 1812--Bell's Cavalry--Rue du Tr��sor--Royal Notaries--St. John Street--Le Club des Anciens--La Crucifix Outrag��--Olden Times in the Ancient Capital--Durham Terrace.
THE LOWER TOWN.
Le Chien d'Or--The Elevator--Mountain Hill--Landing of the Marquis de Tracy--Landing of the Earl of Durham--The Inconstants--St. Peter Street-- Jean Tach��--The Chronicle Building--The Neptune Inn--Press Gangs at Quebec--Notre Dame Des Victoires--Notre Dame Street--Dalhousie Street--- Public Whipping--Sous-le-Fort Street--The Cul-de-Sac--The King's Wharf--A Fighting Stevedore--M. Marmier--Sault-au-Matelot Street--Dog Lane--St. Paul Street--Pointe �� Carcy--The Duke of Saxe Weimar.
ST. ROCH'S SUBURBS.
La Friponne--The Intendant Bigot--The Intendant's Palace--La Vacherie-- C?te �� Coton--St. Valier Street--The Blue House--Horatio Nelson in Quebec --Dorchester Bridge--Crown Street--The Harbour Docks--The Graving Dock at Levis.
THE GATES OF QUEBEC.
The New Gates--The Kent Gate--The Citadel Gates--Theller and Dodge's Escape from the Citadel--The Men of '37.
CHAPTER IV.
SUBURBS OF QUEBEC.
St. Louis Road--Parliament Buildings--Bleak House--Martello Towers-- Buttes-��-Nepveu--Wolfe's Landing Place--Ste. Foye Road--Association Hall.
CHAPTER V.
MODERN QUEBEC.
City Government--Boundaries of the Wards--War Department Property.

PART II.
THE ENVIRONS OF QUEBEC. SILLERY OUR COUNTRY SEATS THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM THE BATTLE-FIELD BATTLE-FIELD PARK THE DUKE OF KENT'S LODGE--MONTMORENCI L'ASYLE CHAMP��TRE MARCHMONT--Anecdote of Wolfe's Army WOLFESFIELD--Carlyle's Account of the Capture of Quebec ELM GROVE THORNHILL SPENCER WOOD--The Perceval Family--A F��te Champ��tre in 1809 SPENCER GRANGE--Audubon at Quebec BAGATELLE COTTAGE WOODFIELD SOUS LES BOIS SILLERY HOUSE ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH--SILLERY MOUNT HERMON BARDFIELD--The Mountain Family BENMORE--The Sparrows and Quails CLERMONT THE WILD FLOWERS OF SILLERY BEAUVOIR MONTAGUE COTTAGE--The History of Emily Montague KIRK ELLA CATARACOUI ROSEWOOD RAVENSWOOD THE WOODS OF SILLERY LONGWOOD MEADOWBANKS--A Raid in 1775 THE HIGHLANDS WINTER FOX HUNTING IN CANADA CAP ROUGE COTTAGE BEAUS��JOUR BELMONT--Irish Education in the Olden Time HOLLAND FARM THE HOLLAND TREE--A Scandal of the last Century HAMWOOD BIJOU--Anecdote of Wolfe's Army MORTON LODGE WESTFIELD COUCY-LE-CASTEL RINGFIELD--Journal of Chevalier Johnstone CASTOR VILLE THE JOYS OF WINTER THE MANOR HOUSE--BEAUPORT--The Inscription MOUNT LILAC--Beauport A VISIT TO INDIAN LORETTE TAHOURENCHE AND THE HURONS OF LORETTE INDIAN CUSTOMS CH?TEAU BIGOT--The Algonquin Maid--Marmette's Romance THE FALLS OF THE CHAUDI��RE
APPENDIX. Jacques Cartier's Officers and Crew Jacques Quartier, the Pilot Discovery of the Remains of Jacques Cartier's Vessel The Bronze Cannon The French who remained after the Capitulation of 1629 The Arms of the Dominion Militia Uniforms Horses Ship-building at Quebec under French Domination The Conquest of New York The French Refugees of Oxford, Mass. The Venerable Mother of the Incarnation Variation of the Needle at Quebec Our City Bells General Wolfe's Statue Vente d'une N��gresse �� Quebec The Ice-Shove--April 1874 The Pistols and Sash of General Wolfe The Post Office Monument to the Victims of 1837-8 Fines for Duelling Memorabilia Executions at Quebec Gaol Quebec Golf Club Quebec Snowshoe Club French Governors of Canada English Governors
MAPS. Plan of Quebec in 1759 Map to Illustrate the Siege of Quebec in 1759 Map to Illustrate Operations of Generals de Levis and Murray, 1759-60 Plan of the Links--Quebec Golf Club
The description of ASYLE CHAMP��TRE was written by Dr. P. Bender, the biographer of Joseph Perrault, the founder of ASYLE CHAMP��TRE.

PICTURESQUE QUEBEC
CHAPTER 1.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF QUEBEC.
Quebec, founded by Samuel de Champlain, in 1608, has certainly much to recommend her, by her monuments, her historical memories and her scenery, to the traveller--the scholar--the historian. The wintering of the venturesome Jacques Cartier on the banks of the St. Charles in 1535-6, by its remoteness, is an incident of interest, not only to Canadians, but also to every denizen of America. It takes one back to an era nearly coeval with the discovery of the continent by Columbus--much anterior to the foundation of Jamestown, in 1607--anterior to that of St Augustine, in Florida. Quebec, has, then, a right to call herself an old, a very old, city of the west.
The colonization of Canada, or, as it was formerly called, New France, was undertaken by French merchants