CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. 117 ings, so that a large body of infantry, cavalry, and artillery were stationed here. A very great reduction has since taken place, and Chambly is now garrisoned by a single company of infantry. Upper Chambly contains a neat and substantial Episcopal Church and an excellent Academy, at which all the higher branches of a classical education are taught. Here are several handsome private residences; but the Manor-house and grounds, formerly belonging to the late seigneur, the Hon. Samuel Hatt, chiefly attract notice. Here the Basin terminates, and the Richelieu is seen rushing along in rapid currents amid a cluster of islets. On both sides are situated exten sive grist and saw-mills, and near the Manor-house is a paper manufactory. The grist-mills are much frequented by the habitant* along the valley of the river, as the generally level character of the district prevents the erection of similar establishments. The saw-mills have of late years furnished a large quantity of lumber for the markets in the United States. An immense water-power is still available here. The fall of the river in the course of two miles is not less than seventy feet.—Beloeil Mountain, which is about twelve miles distant from Chambly, is by far the most prominent object in the surrounding landscape. Beloeil is the name of the village and parish on the opposite side of the Richelieu; by which name, as well as by those of Chambly and Rouville, the mountain is popularly called, although its proper name is Mount St. Hi laire. The Richelieu being crossed, a very picturesque road con ducts the traveller to the southern base of the Mountain, which towers like a wall of rock above the flat country around. This road passes through the seigneury of Chambly West, the property of the heirs of Colonel de Salaberry, and that of Rouville, now owned by Major Campbell, late of the 7th Hussars. Here are soon reached a hamlet embowered amid luxuriant orchards, and a mill on the edge of a ravine. At a small tavern a little beyond, the traveller usually leaves his caleche, and perchance baits for a brief space before com mencing the ascent. The road winds through a deep grove of maples, and has been recently so far improved as to offer no obsta cles even to the enterprising female who may be desirous of making the ascent. Soon the traveller reaches a lake of singular formation,