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LOUISBURG—PAST AND PRESENT —HONEYMAN,. 20 
On Feb. 9th of the following year, 1760, (Secretary Pitt sent 
the King’s orders) orders came from England to demolish and 
raze the fortifications of the town and harbour of Louisburg, 
and to transport garrison, artillery, stores, and useful buiiding 
material to Halifax. Nine months after the fortifications were 
razed and blown up, the Key Curtain destroyed, every glacis 
levelled, and everything of use transported to Halifax. This 
was in the 46th vear of the reign of George, second, and the 37 
years of Louis XV. reign. Thus in the course of 57 years Louis- 
burg rose, culminated, and set. It had a short but eventful 
history. 
The close of the seven year’s war and the peace of Paris oc- 
curred in 1763, ¢. e. three years after the destruction of Louis- 
burg. 
In September, 1861, I visited Louisburg, shortly after it had 
been visited by Prince Napoleon. The object of my visit was 
more for geological than historical investigation. Finding no- 
thing of geological interest between Mira Coast and its Carboni- 
ferous (coal) Formation and Louisburg harbour, as all the rocks 
were obscured, | made my way to the shore at North Cape 
near the light-house. Here I saw stretching along the shore a 
maenificent expanse of Syenitic rocks, which I did not expect to 
find. 'Fhey were of reddish color with broad green bands. I 
secured a specimen representing this interesting feature. At 
that time I vegarded the rocks as of igneous origin and uncertain 
age. With Dr. McLeod and others I then visited the ruins of 
Louisburg, and examined them. The orders received for the 
demolition and razing of the fortifications were certainly faith- 
fully executed, still there are interesting remains that seem to 
mark the place where the fortifications stood. Here are what is 
styled remains of the “ Bomb proof vaults.” There are three of 
them which were used as sheep pens, sheep taking shelter there. 
and making an organic deposit. There are evidently portions of 
the casements which I have indicated from the plan as forming 
part of the King’s Bastion or Citadel. After lingering as long as 
our time would permit we proceeded towards Gabarus Bay. £ 
had seen molybdenite taken from the rocks of Gabarus, and it 
