CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. 109 repose in their plank shanties. Sometimes, however, rafu may be seen floating quietly down the stream during the still night, while, brilliant fires light up the figures of the raftsmen. Within these few years much has been done to facilitate and assure the passage of lum ber down the Ottawa by the construction of slides and dams, and by the removal of many obstructions, such as rocks, See. The fobr following slides, viz., the Madawaska, Mountain, Calumet, and Joachim, cost £24,438 2s 3d. Bytown is the head-quarters of the lumberers, upon whom it principally depends for support. It is 5 Chante, rossignol, chante, Toi qui as le coeur gai; Tu as le coeur a rire, Moi je l’ai A pleurer ; II y a longtemps, &c. &c. 6 Tu as le coeur A rire, Moi je 1’ai A pleurer J’ai perdu ma maitresse ! Sans pouvoir la trouver ; II y a longtemps, &c. &c. 7 J’ai perdu ma maitresse, Sans pouvoir la trouver ; Pour un bouquet de rose Queje lui refusai; II y a longtemps, &c. &c. 8 Pour un bouquet de rose Que je lui refusai; Je voudrais que la rose Fut encore au rosier ; II y a longtemps, &c. &c. 3 Je voudrais que la rose Fut encore au rosier, Et que le rosier mfeme Fut dans la mer jete. II y a longtemps, he. he. K