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He speaks of this road as crossing the plains, and meeting the St. 

 Louis Eo'ad at the entrance to the race course. 



The road may have joined the St. Louis Road at this point some 

 time afteT the battle, but in 1759 it wound round by the hill upon which 

 the gaol now stands, and formed an angle with the St. Louis Road near 

 de Salaberry Street. It is shown in this position on five different maps 

 of the time, and the journal of Knox supports this position. " We are 

 " drawing artillery and ammunition ashore .... and have found a con- 

 " venient road for the purpose, leading directly from the Cove to the 

 ^' camp." The camp was situated, according to the same authority, at 

 a distance of 1,000 yards from the garrison. Mr. Hawkins, believing 

 that the road from the Cove joined the St. Louis Road at the entrance 

 to the race course', and seeing that the line of the English army, on 

 Jeffrey's plan, which he consulted, was placed at the point of union of 

 the two roads, might have concluded, quite naturally, that the most 

 severe part of the battle occurred here. We have shown, however, that 

 the roads did not meet at the race stand in 1759. 



On the map dedicated to the members of the army in 1841, Mr, 

 Hawkins does not place this road from the' Cove as meeting the St. 

 Louis Road at the Race Stand, but at de Salaberry Street, in the same 

 position as given on other maps. 



Whether, there'fore, in the interval between the publication of his 

 book in 1834 and the issue of his plan in 1841, Mr. Hawkins had reason 

 to alter his opinion, is not known, but the fact that his latest work 

 agrees with the maps published by those who were present, is in itself 

 significant. 



Before considering the writings of other historians, we refer again 

 to the rising ground or redoubt. Mr. Thompson thus speaks of it : 

 " The General at first moved about everywhere, but after the beginning 

 " of the action he took up his position on a rising ground near to whe're 

 " our right flank was resting, from whence he had a view of the whole 

 ^' field. Th« enemy's line of battle was completed soon after ours." 

 There is no mention here of any attack being directed against this 

 redoubt, led by Wolfe. It is also implied that this was before the de- 

 cisive firing, as the right flank was resting near here. 



Mr. Hawkins apparently did not receive his information concern- 

 ing the redoubt from Mr. Thompson. 



The venerable historian. Sir James LeMoine, whose books have 

 done so much to popularize the history of Quebec, now claims our 

 attention-. 



In 1876, Sir James published a valuable book entitled " Quebec 

 Past and Present," in which he devoted a chapter to the battle of the 



