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revolution, is erected on the plains of Abraham, 

 about one mile beyond St. John's Gate on the 

 western side of the city, and on the spot where 

 tradition says the hero breathed his last. 



It is formed of a square base about six feet 

 high, from which rises a round shaft, entirely 

 plain, excepting a few beads near the top, which 

 terminates with a hemisphere, on which rest a 

 Koman sword and helmet, the latter encircled 

 with a wreath of laurel. The whole monument 

 is about thirty-five feet high ; a substantial iron 

 railing protects it from injury. The shaft and 

 base are made of the dark grey stone found in 

 this part of Canada, and the sword and helmet 

 of bronze. On two sides of the base brass plates 

 with inscriptions cast in relief are sunk into the 

 stone. The one on the north side reads thus : — 



" Here died 



WOLFE 



Victorious, 



September 13, 1759." 



That on the south side as follows : — 

 " This pillar was erected by the British army in Canada, 

 A. p. 1849. His Excellency, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Benjamin 

 D'Urban, G.C.B., K.C.H., K.C.T.S. &c., Commander of 

 the Forces, to replace that erected by Gov.-Genl. Lord 

 Ay'lmer, G.C.B. in 1832, which was broken and defaced, 

 and is deposited underneath." 



Weld, in his account of Quebec (see Travels in 

 N. America in the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, 4to. 

 London, 1799, page 179.), says, " the spot * * * * 

 is marked with a large stone, on which a true me- 

 ridional line is drawn." The one now standing 

 is therefore at least the third monument which 

 has been placed here to his memory. Near by is 

 a well from which it is said water was brought to 

 allay the thirst of the dying hero. 



In the governor's garden in the eastern part of 

 the city is another monument in the form of an 

 obelisk and base about sixty-five feet high, on the 

 north side of which is the name montcalm, and 

 on the south wolfe. The other two sides are 

 filled with a very lengthy Latin inscription pur- 

 porting that it was erected in 1827 by the united 

 contributions of the British and French residents 

 in Quebec to commemorate the virtue and he- 

 roism of the opposing generals who fell in the 

 contest for supremacy in Canada.* It may not be 

 out of place to add here that the remains of 

 Montcalm have reposed since the day of his death 

 in the Ursuline convent in the city. T. H. W. 



Richmond, Va., U.S. 



General Wolfe. — When he found himself mor- 

 tally wounded, his principal care was that he 

 should not be seen to fall : " Support me," he 

 said to those near him; "let not my brave soldiers 

 see me drop. The day is ours. Keep it." These 

 were his last words. (Oent. Mag., xxix. 496.) 



[* This Latin inscription is given in our 1" S. v. 186.] 



Lieut.-Gen, E. Wolfe, Col. 8th Keg., died 

 March 27, 1759. (Ibid., 1759.) 



Gen. Wolfe's remains were landed from the 

 "Eoyal William," Spithead, on Saturday, Nov. 17. 

 (Ibid., xxix. 548.) Mackenzie Walcott, M.A. 



General Wolfe, his Death, Sec — As you have 

 inserted so many memoranda touching General 

 Wolfe, the following quotation literatim from a 

 MS. of the last century may not be unacceptable: 



" General Wolfe was wounded in the arm, then again, 

 and carried off by two grenadiers. They said, They 

 run ! He said. Who run ? threw himself against a tree 

 and died. He had red hair, was pretty well made, abste- 

 mious from a boy, consumptive, but the upper lip united 

 to the rim of the nose. 



" His letter to Mr. Pitt. 



"He was ordered to come to action." 



Cl. Hoppeb. 



GOIXG THE WHOLE HOG. 



(P* S. ili. 224. 250.; iv. 240. ; 2"'' S. v. 49.) 



Just as the inquiries in " N. & Q," respecting 

 the " Rule of Thumb " have brought out a variety 

 of explanations, distinct and independent, but all 

 tending to illustrate the phrase, so is it likely to 

 happen with regard to the expression now before 

 us, "going the whole hog." 



One of your correspondents, for instance, sug- 

 gests that the expression may have taken its rise 

 from Cowper's lines, " The love of the world re- 

 proved" (1*' S. iii. 224.) This reference is so 

 much to the purpose, that perhaps it may be well 

 to cite a portion of the. lines in question, which 

 your correspondent has not quoted. Mahomet, 

 says the poet, taught the Mussulman that in all 

 swine there was a certain part that might not be 

 eaten, leaving his followers to discover which. 



" But for one piece they thought it hard , 

 From the whole hog to be debarr'd. 



Much controversy straight arose, 

 These chose the back, the belli/ those ; 

 By some 'tis confidently said 

 He meant not to forbid the head. 

 While others at that doctrine rail, 

 And piously prefer the tail. 

 Thus, conscience freed from every clog, 

 Mahometans eat up the hog." 



Then comes the application. Such are you, 

 sings the poet, who profess to have renounced the 

 world. One sees no harm in a " friendly game of 

 cards ;" another thinks there can be no evil " in a 

 play." Others, again, make an exception in favour 

 of a " concert " or a " race," or " shooting and the 

 chace." 



" Reviled and loved, renounced and follow'd. 

 Thus bit by bit the world is swallow'd ; 

 Each thinks his neighbour makes too free, 

 yet likes a slice as well as he ; 



