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Then, again, in the numerous engagements which have crowded upon His Excellency during his stay in Montreal, the enlightened statesman and scholar has never for a moment been lost in the simple representative of royalty.

In the halls of our universities and colleges Lord Dufferin has spoken like a scholar, and suggested matter for reflection.

In his reply to the literary and national societies he has exhib- ited an ease which shows how familiar he is with the guise and the language of the polished man of letters.

Often when it might have seemed to others well nigh impossible to keep clear of the most formal expressions, " il a sem des flcurs sur un terrain aridf " some literary ornament has redeemed the reply from formality.

Among merchants he has shown himself conversant with the great commercial questions of the day, and in the presence of the leading men of the bar, the clergy, and other professions and callings, His Lordship has been equally at home.