APPENDIX E 



CXVII 



"The tablets, in shield form, are of statuary bronze, with the 

 *' lettering cast in relief. As works of art they reflect very great credit 

 "on the makers, Messrs. Walker and Campbell, of Montreal. 



" The large one, on the rock nnder Cape Diamond, measures six 

 "feet three inches by five feet nine inches, and weighs about 1,000 

 " pounds. It is thus inscribed : 



HERE STOOD 



THE UXDAUNTED FIFTY 



SAFEGUARDING 



CANADA 



DEFEATING MONTGOMERY 



AT THE PRES-DE-VILLE BARRICADE 



ON THE LAST DAY OF 



1775 



GUY CARLETON 



COMMANDING AT • 



QUEBEC 



" The wording is designed to bring out the notable fact that there 



were only fifty men on the British side, defending this barricade 



against jMontgomery, who had a force at least ten times as strong. 



These fifty are described as ' undaunted ' because, apart from their 



gallantry in repelling the assault, they had been long exposed to the 



' invaders' threat of treating them with the utmost rigours of war, if 



' they persisted in their allegiance. They are also said to have been 



' "' safeguarding Canada,' because, although they could not have fore- 



knoT^m so great a destiny, they were then the real, and the only safe- 



' guard of the Dominion we live in now. 



" The tablet on the IMolsons Bank measures two feet ten inches 

 ■ by two feet six inches, and weighs about 200 pounds. Its inscription 

 is as follows : 



HERE STOOD 



HER OLD AND NEW DEFENDERS 



UNITING GUARDING SAVING 



CANADA 



DEFEATING ARNOLD 



AT THE SAULT-AU-MATELOT BARRICADE 



ON THE LAST DAY OF 



1 r<o 



GUY CARLETON 



COMMANDING AT 



QUEBEC. 



