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Title: Seeing America first : with the Berry brothers
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Colby, Eleanor Pfeiffer, F. W, ill Berry Brothers
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Publisher: Detroit : Berry Bros.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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on. In the old Chateau de Ramezay, which used to be the governors residence, were signed thepapers which made the colony an English instead of a French one. A hundred and seventy two miles beyond Montreal lies Quebec. No, it does not lie, forit stands way up on a high bluff above the St. Lawrence. This bluff is called the Citadel and isone of the strongest fortresses in the world. It is sometimes called the Gibralter of the WesternHemisphere. Quebec is divided into two parts called the Lower Town and the Upper Town, so thatthe city seems to have an upstairs and a downstairs. You can climb up or down through somequeer, crooked, narrow street like Mountain Street or Breakneck Stairs, or can ride in a biglift which is the English word for elevator. The Lower town is very picturesque and artistslike it, but we boys think the Upper town is much more cheerful and beautiful. We often read of walled cities, but until we saw the ruins of the old wall in Quebec, we hadnever seen a walled city.
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^t~Old street QUEBEC 4&*%-*&^BEfifa We are visiting Aunt Penelope who lives in a part of Boston which is called the Back Bay.The waters of the bay used to roll right where her house stands, but by filling in with earth theBostonians made the land and some of the finest buildings in the city stand on this made land. We can see the golden dome of the State House from our window and in walking over to seethe building we went through the Public Garden. It seems like a magical spot, for yesterday theflower beds were filled with violets and crocuses, and today those are gone and tulips are in theirplaces. When these begin to fade, other blooming plants will be set out. In the old part of Boston are some very narrow crooked streets and people say these were oncethe path made by cows across the meadows. There are very few of these streets left and thenewer part of Boston has some of the finest streets in the world. Commonwealth Avenue is famousfor its width and costly homes, and Brookseeingamericafir418colb

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