After Seeing Them, I Had Some Milk At The 'Billy Button,'
A Public-House Kept By A Yankee, Who
Deals in the Indian ornaments made
in the village, and shows the falls, and then drove round to Quebec,
through
A fine and richly-tilled district; and, in passing, saw a
hotly-contested heat run upon the course on the plains of Abraham - for
it was Quebec races."
* * * * *
"TORONTO, "Saturday, September 6th, 1851.
"Returning to Montreal, I spent Thursday in visiting various
institutions of that city, and drove out with Mr. - - to see the
country residence of a friend of his, which is hidden in a sweet little
glen, from whence, however, glimpses of the St. Lawrence river are
obtained. This gentleman lives here in summer, and employs his leisure
in the cultivation of the fruits and flowers, which a fine soil and a
forcing climate produce in perfection. He complains of the destruction
of the large trees in his vicinage, regretting that those who own the
neighbouring woods should be impelled to bring down, first, the oldest
and finest timber, and should be unable to preserve even so much of it
as might illustrate hereafter the magnificent proportions of the native
forest wood. This is truly one of the sad features of advancing
civilization. The fine old forests, like the native Indians, lose their
noblest chieftains, and, degenerating to a few dwarfed and scattered
specimens, at last disappear and are forgotten.
"Mr. - - told us much of the happy and comfortable lives of the farmers
and settlers hereabouts.
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