CHAPTER XI

Summary

The necessity of embracing the entire tour in a single volume compels me to compress my narrations into as small a compass as possible, which is a circumstance very adverse to excellence of composition.

The great event of Tuesday, the 21st of August, was the levee at the Province Building, upon which occasion the Speakers of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Colonial Parliament were knighted. I was present and saw the slender burnished blade of the Duke of Newcastle's sword passed to the hand of the Prince, who waved it gently from the left shoulder to the right of the gentleman in the long robe, who rose Sir Narcisse Belleau, an honor which was a few moments later shared by one of the great Smith family, surnamed Henry.

In the afternoon, His Royal Highness and suite drove out to the Falls of Montmorenci, and afterwards walked a mile or more across some fields to the natural steps, so called from a succession of rocky shelves over which the waters of the Montmorenci River rush wildly through a gloomy gorge.

In the evening, the citizens' ball, in his honor, took place. It was attended by the élite of the city, and was brilliantly successful, and much enjoyed by His Royal Highness, who took part in every dance.

On the following day the illustrious scion of the House of Hanover visited the La Val University, a seminary for priests, where an address was read to him.