During the recent holiday your: correspondent had occasion to see something of the country highways! at first-hand, and was pleasantly surprised by their general excellence. Leaving Montreal. the party proceed-westward towards the extremity' of the Island of Montreal, passing Ste, Anne de Bellevue the fine build ings of Macdonald College, where there are agricultural courses, and school for teachers.
Crossing over to the mainland. we followed the banks of the St. Lawrence River and soon reached the Soulanges Canal, which mak navigation possible past the long series of rapids at that point. 'Then we were out of Quebec, and into! Ontario, and soon could look across the river into the United States on the south shore. Cornwall with its: busy factories. was the first large town reached; here there are two paper mills, a' chemical plant, and a rayon silk' mill, as well as several smaller industries, Shortly after leaving Cornwall we arrived in Morrisburg, where turned north from the river, and headed in. the direction of Ottaws few miles along this road Williamsburg, the home of Dr. M. Locke, the "practitioner who "has! brought patients from all over the continent to be treated. He was not at work, but his patients were erowded round the little square where he: works with them. Tt was said. that he had started his treatments at 5:30 that morning, and was taking the rest of the holiday off to see some horse races, of which he is fond.
At Winchester, which is some ten miles north of Williamsburg, we turned east again, and worked our way gradually back to the Lake of 'Two Mountains through quiet country roads. Some were surfaced and smooth, others were gravelled and not as good. But. on the whole, they were good enough to be quite enjoyable, "and provided a delightful' change from the city streets. The Lake of Two Mountains, which is but a widening of the Ottawa River, we followed unti we reached the bridge for Ste. Anne, and then finished the trip over the same road as we started on,
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