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LA CARRIERE DU GENIE. 

 Now Called the' Race Course. 



This property is bounded on the north by the Grande Allée, on the 

 south by the River St. LawTence, on the east by a line near the toll gate, 

 and on the west by the Marchmont property. 



For some reason, probably on account of the passages in " Picture 

 of Quebec," referred to in the foregoing paper, and which have been 

 repeated by other authors, this ground has been considered as the site 

 of the battle of September 13th, 1759. 



Indignation was expressed, both at home and abroad, when it was 

 known that this land was about to be divided into building lots, although 

 no attention seems to have been directed to the land on the opposite side 

 of the road, or to the fact that houses are at present being built there- 

 on. If a battle had occurred in this part of the town, it seems clear 

 that it must have extended to the other side of the road, the scene also 

 of the battle during the following year. No explanation, so far as I 

 have, seen, has been offered as to why this part of the ground should 

 be considered more sacred than any other portion of the field, even pre- 

 suming for the moment that an engagement was proved to have taken 

 place here. No one claims it as the scene of the death of Wolfe, or of 

 Montcalm, and the place of the death of the former is already marked. 

 The place where Wolfe was wounded, and wheTe he fell, is clearly shown 

 even by Mr. Hawkins, to have been eastward of the monument, and 

 this ground is already covered by the buildings of the gaol. It has been 

 proved by eye-witnesses that many brave Canadians were killed on the 

 borders of Cote Ste. Geneviève. Why should not this ground be pre- 

 served ? It has also been shown by eye-witnesses that many were killed 

 under the walls of the city. Why should not this place be marked ? 

 There is not one writer of the period who states that any loss occurred 

 on the race course ground, and yet there is a desire to preserve it as the 

 battle ground. I do not think that any one, after studying the ground, 

 and the nature of its surroundings, would believe for a momeTit that a 

 general, when practically in possession of the whole of the high ground. 



