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NOTES. 



1 " Moreover, I was assured bj* your deserters you had no troops on the Heights 

 " of Abraliani."— Johnstone, page 33. 



- The River St. Charles is not visible from the Marchniont property. General 

 Wolfe was probably upon the St. Foye road at the time. 



3 Since this paper was submitted to the Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society, 

 I have received several plans from Europe which show that the battery referred to 

 by Mr. Hawkins was erected after the 13th of September. 



* Mr. Noble, in his "Journal of the Siep:c," says that this battery was captured 

 without the loss of a man, and that the powder was destroyed. 



' It is shown on the larpe manuscript plans which I have received since this 

 paper has ])cen in the press, that the condition of the ground now forming the race- 

 course would have prevented operations there on the day of the battle. 



* This is a very good estimate of the distance, and it is important in view of the 

 other estimates made by Fraser. 



" On a manuscript plan obtained from England this small eminence is shown to 

 be in this position. 



8 "This bakehouse appears to have been somewhere at the foot of Abraham's 

 " Hill. " — Sir .James LeMoine, " Picturesque Quebec," p. 433. 



9 It would have been impossible for any action on the south side of the Grande 

 Allée to have been seen from the walls of the citj', if it had occurred west of de Sala- 

 herry street, on account of the height of the hill, and also on account of the distance 

 (nearly one mile). 



'" At the time of the battle the racecourse was not a clear piece of ground as it is 

 to-day. 



" A part of the ground was inclosed. 



'-According to the three manuscript plans I have lately received, the 3rd bat- 

 talion of Royal Americans was placed near the site of the Marchniont buildings. 



'" For many interesting particulars relating to the death of Wolfe, the readers 

 attention is directed to an excellent article in "Canadiana," vol. i, by Mr. George 

 Murray, F.R.S.C. 



^* François Derré, Sieur de Gand, was buried beside Champlain as a mark of 

 honour. 



^^ Le Tardifl' was one of the first inhabitants of Côte Beaupré. 



',", T^^cnty-one days before the death of Champlain, which occurred on Christmas 

 day the same year (1(53.5). 



*^ AlM"aham Martin, styled l'Ecossais, was of Scotch descent. He was a king's 

 pilot. He left only one son, who became a priest. His daughters are the ances- 

 tresses of most of the French Canadian families. 



** Guillaume Hubou was one of the first settlers. His house occupied the present 

 site of .Mr. Darlington's establisnment, corner of Buade and Du Fort streets. The 

 said ilubou was collector of revenues of the parish church of Quebec. 



^" Jean Bourdon's name is perpetuated in that of St. John street. 



