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Title: Remarks, made on a short tour, between Hartford and Quebec, in the autumn of 1819;
Year: 1820 (1820s)
Authors: Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
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Publisher: New-Haven: Printed and published by S. Converse
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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YGUR BETWEEN HARTFORD AND QUEBEC. 211 rock ; only a very small part of it, and no portionof the houses of the upper town is visible from thispoint of view. * * * * * * * Arrived in the bay of Quebec, we found itswarming with ships, and presenting every appear-ance of a great seat of commerce. The bay is abeautiful piece of water, looking like a perfectlake, with most nobly formed swelling shores.—It is bounded by the ground just mentioned—by the Isle of Orleans, four miles down the river,and by a delightful country, on the north andnorth east, intersected by the Montmorenci andSt. Charles rivers, which fall into the bay ; theground slopes v/ith charming declivity to the w^ater^around which it sweeps gracefully like a bow, andpresents in a long circuit, so many snow whitecottages—handsome country houses, and fine popu-lous villages, that it seems for leagues, almost onecontinued street. The land is finely cultivated,and even now, is covered with the deepest verdureand sprinkled w

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