[casgrain] remarks ON "THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC" 133 



that day, but soon after they met at Lawfeldt, to meet again at the siege 

 of Quebec in 1759, where Casgrain, though lame from former wounds, 

 still served the Lower Town batteries against the English fleet. He died 

 in 1802, very near completing his 86 years. If therefore, personally, I 

 rely with some degree of confidence upon the veracity of the persons al- 

 luded to, who were well acquainted with the men and events of their 

 times, in a comparatively limited community, Mr. Doughty will allow 

 me, with all due respect for his attainments, to differ from him, and re- 

 tain my old cherished ideas on both battles of the Plains of Abraham. 



So far we have confined ourselves exclusively to the review of this 

 monograph, in pointing out Doughty vs. Doughty. It would require a 

 more complete criticism by comparing him with the divers writers on the 

 subject, weighing each authority and the whole of them in a true scale, 

 and not taking approximate estimates of distances as correct or con- 

 venient data. A careful and studious writer might do this with the view 

 of adding valuable and precise information to one of the most salient 

 points in Canadian history. 



Mote.— This aj>p.endiix Is not inte^nded to form part of the above notes, 

 nor presented lin vioLation of the rule as to printed documents,— but simply 

 to spare the reader's time and trouble in referring to the files of the Quebec 

 Morning Chronicle, In order to ascertain the date and nature of the objections 

 raised and published against some of Mr. Dougihty's views and Statements. 



