CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. 121 ble. This mcc, and with rail* and so boy can d tender, .ongucuil try to the proprietor orth, and rings the a stupen- an eleva- idge cost d on this laire Sta- oppage to ,e a bird’s Behind the fore- lampbell, [he pleas- On the tertained tablish a : lake at a Beloeil- i a hotel resort to to leave n excur- i French- Hilaire d passes pot here waiting- rooms comfortably fitted up. The engine-house, which is eighty- eight feet by forty-one, contains a turning-table similar to that at Longueuil. St. Hyacinthe stands on an angle formed by a bend of the Yamaska, and is a thriving town, containing a population of about twenty-five hundred. The houses are generally built in a superior style, and very respectably tenanted. There is a large and handsome church; and the college has long enjoyed considera ble celebrity as an educational establishment. Being on the main road between Sorel and the frontier, it is much frequented by per sons passing to and from these ; and the hotels afTord good accom modation. The neighbourhood is very agreeably diversified by rich gardens and orchards, farms, &c. Near the town is a considera ble waterfall, and there are also grist and saw-mills. Before closing this notice we must say a few words of the superior manner in which the cars are fitted up, with a view to the entire comfort and convenicncy of the passengers. The first-class cars, which reflect the highest credit on Messrs. M'Lean & Wright, of Montreal, are balanced upon air-springs, and thereby have a peculiar smoothness and ease of motion. The scats are likewise fitted-up with spring- cushions. Each car is also furnished with an elegant apartment for the ladies, should they choose to be invisible ; and in each train is a smoking-room for the accommodation of the lovers of the fragrant weed! In short, the cars are replete with every possible conve nience ; whilst most experienced men have been engaged to superin tend and manage the line in all the departments. L