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wounded ; after he had been carrid to the rear of the front line, and while 

 lying upon the ground, that he was told that the enemy was giving way. 

 It is, therefore, apparent that he must have fallen very near to the place 

 where the firing occurred." 



If so, how comes it th'at on this plan A, General Wolfe is made to 

 advance and fall on the Grande-Allee, about 70 feet from the Western 

 gable of the Female Orphan Asylum, that is to say, nearly a quarter of a 

 mile from the spot where he died. All the ingenuity and figures of Mr. 

 Doughty cannot remove this land mark of the monument, nor the truth 

 of the inscription : " Here died Wolfe Victorious." 



Nor can he obliviate the tradition of the fatal spot, marked with 

 reverence by Major Holland, as a meridian stone, on the eminence of 

 the gaol, from whence the fainting hero was carried to breathe his last. 

 (Boucliette, Description Géographique, &c., pj. 483). 



These discrepancies between the text of the writer and the plan 

 he produces to demonstrate the correctness of his contentions, seem to 

 us so palpable, that we venture to assert that the whole of his system 

 being built on such a foundation, it must necessarily make the whole 

 fabric fall to the ground. 



Mr. Doughty might easily have had Jefferys' diminutive plan veri- 

 fied by projecting it on a large map of the lo'cality, by means of a nega- 

 tive on glass, on the proper scale, by the magic lantern. It would give 

 him a perspective view, and reproduction mechanically correct and 

 more reliable than any other hand drawing. 



Thus he would have been able to follow Jefferys' text so as to com- 

 ply with his pJan and adapt that plan correctly to the ground measure- 

 ments of to-day. 



3. On some other less important points Mr. Doughty continues to 

 be inaccurate and sometimes obscure. It should have been made more 

 clear in what direction he extends the slope of the hill he mentions 

 on plan No. 1. It ought to be toward the river and not towards the 

 town. 



Also he might have settled at once the exact position of the " King's 

 mill " and adjoining bakery-house, which were situated opposite the 

 horn- work, (Johnstone, p. 44). 



He took considerable trouble to find the distance of a musket shot. 



Wolfe himself had marked that distance : " The fire is to begin 

 in a regular manner, when the enemy is within shot, at about two hun- 

 dred yards." Instructions, etc., 1755, Entic, Vol. IV, p. 93. 



4. Another point developed by Mr. Doughty we find altogether- 

 novel : It is the probable route taken by the British army in its marchi 



Sec. II., 1903. 9. 



