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 rooms for students. Many beautiful pictures, including rare engravings, hang on the walls. Among the pictures are some by Paul Kane, the celebrated Canadian painter of Indian life, and by Frank Craig. The library contains 20,000 printed books and pamphlets relating to Canadian history. Displayed in cases are historical souvenirs and valuable autograph manuscripts. A painting by Sir Ben. West, presented by Lord Lovat, depicts the death of Simon Fraser at Saratoga. This young officer was with Wolfe at the siege of Quebec in 1759, and was with the officer who answered the historic challenge of the French sentry. In the Archivist's office are documents of the highest interest, among them the plan of Quebec used by Wolfe during the siege. In a corner of the room is the very chair used by Wolfe. On the second floor is the manuscript room with 20,000 volumes, containing over two million documents, a very large portion being originals. These deal with the country from its discovery to Confederation, and are the main sources of Canadian history. An index makes them available to students. On the third floor the map room contains 6,000 manuscript plans of Canada, and the original surveys of the country. An interesting item is a plan of Quebec in relief, on a large scale, showing every house in Quebec as it appeared in 1800. This stood in Woolwich Arsenal for 100 years. It has been restored recently by Father O'Leary.

The building is open from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Named after Lord Aylmer, a former Governor General of Canada, and situated on Lake Deschenes beside the old highway from Montreal to the Upper Ottawa and the lumbering districts, this quaint little town is about 9 miles from Ottawa by road or electric car (for car service, see p. 48). Here many prominent Ottawans first saw the light of day. The ride alone is well worth the time spent, and in the town itself a visit should be paid to the picturesque old Conroy Hotel on the lake shore, the old Court House, and "Talaly-Ho Farm" at the entrance to the town, on the Aylmer Road. Here Mr. Wright of Ottawa, has his green houses, with some 400,000 feet of glass covering part of the magnificent display of flowers which subsequently find their way to Ottawa and elsewhere. Visitors are admitted at all times. At the Victoria Hotel beyond the town, and fronting on Lake Deschenes, the traveller and tourist can find good accommodation and all that thereto appertains.

Dufferin Bridge is named after the Marquess of Dufferin, Governor General of Canada from 1872 to 1878. The bridge crosses the Rideau Canal between the entrance to the Chateau Laurier and east gate of the Parliament