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plan Iliade of the environs of Quebec, by Noel Levasseur, in ITGG, 

 seven years after the battle. This shows the Borgia })roperty. 



Plan E. Is a copy of the ])lan drawn by a captain in His Majesty's 

 navy, with a view of the action gained by the English, brought from 

 Quebec by an officer of distinction. 



This plan was published by Thos. Jeffreys, geographer to the 

 King, and was inscribed to The Right Honourable Wui. Pitt, Secre- 

 tary of State. 



The book to which this plïin belongs, was dedicated to General 

 Townshend, who coniniandod the field on the 13th of September, 

 1759, after Wolfe had received his fatal wound. 



General Murray probably contributed to certain portions of 

 Jeffreys' book, or allowed the editor to make use of his letters and 

 journal, as many events are described in exactly the same words as 

 those found in the letters and journal, especially those referring to 

 General Murraj^s actions while Governor of Quebec. 



Plate C. This plate is made from an old engraving, now very 

 scarce, which was kindly lent to me by Mr. Phileas Gagnon. The 

 engraving was executed from a drawing by Capt. Hy. Smytlie, Aide-de- 

 Camp to General "Wolfe. 



The perspective is not very good, but the details of the four-gun 

 battery on the left of the landing place, are valuable. It will be ob- 

 served that the line of the army is towards the left, and that the view 

 on the right is broken by some obstruction, possibly the "rising 

 ground" or "hill," so often referred to in the text. This plate is about 

 one-fourth of the size of the engraving. 



Plates D and E are sufficiently explained by their titles. 



Several quotations are given at length in this paper from the 

 writings of those who were present at the engagement on the 13th of 

 September, 1759, and some of them are perhaps longer than may be 

 considered absolutely necessary; but to those who are unfamiliar with 

 the locality they may be serviceable. 



The first authority quoted is Captain John Knox, who served 

 under Wolfe during the campaigns in iS^orth America, and who took 

 part in the action of the 13th of September, 1759. The journals were 

 published in London in 1769, and were dedicated to Lieut. -General Sir 

 Jeffery Amherst. Minute details api)ear to have been recorded almost 

 daily during the years 1758, 1759, and until the close of the war in 17G0. 



September 12th (1759). — "A soldier of the Royal Americans de- 

 " serted this day from the south shore, and one came over to ns from 

 " the enemy, who told the General that he belonged to a detachment 



