1 6 Quebec and its Environs. 



the blue summits of the Laurentian range rise to the skies. 

 The monument is decidedly the handsomest public monu- 

 ment in or near the city. Of bronzed metal, standing on a 

 stone base, and surmounted by a bronze statue of Bellona, it 

 is a most prominent object in the landscape. The face of 

 the pedestal fronting the Ste. Foy road has the simple inscrip- 

 tion, surrounded by a laurel wreath, "Aux Braves de 1760, 

 erigeparla Soci^te St. Jean Baptiste de Quebec, i860." On 

 the face looking towards the city is the name " Murray," on 

 an oval shield surmounted by the arms of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, and supported by British insignia. On the other 

 side is a shield bearing the name " Levis," surmounted by 

 the arms of France under the Bourbons, the crown and the 

 lilies, with appropriate supporters. In rear, looking towards 

 the valley, there is a representation of a wind-mill in bas- 

 relief — in allusion, we suppose, to the wind-mill which was 

 an object of alternate attack and defence to both armies on 

 the occasion of the battle. This portion of the column also 

 bears the national arms of Canada. — The idea of erecting a 

 monument here was conceived many years ago. For a long 

 time the plough of the farmer and the shovel and pick-axe of 

 the workman, as he labored at the foundation of new build- 

 ings along the Ste. Foy road, turned up human remains — 

 evidently the relics of the slain. Rusty, half-decayed arms, 

 accoutrements and buttons, bearing the arms of the French 

 and British regiments, told to whom they belonged. In 

 1853-4 an unusual number of these bleached fragments of 

 humanity were found, and the St. Jean Baptiste Society con- 

 ceived the idea of having them all interred in one spot. 

 They were accordingly collected, and the Christian intention 

 of the Society was carried out on the 5th June 1854, when 

 the national societies, troops, volunteers, public bodies, &c, 

 followed in procession a magnificent funeral car containing 

 the bones of the slain to this their last resting place. — The 

 battle of Ste. Foy was one of no ordinary character, being 



