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be protected in their persons, property, and re- 

 ligion. The proclamation had a good efi'ect ; 

 the Canadians afforded Arnold such assistance 

 as was in their po^ver, and he marched on in 

 ease and safety, and arrived at point Levi, No- 

 vember the 9th,* with about seven hundred men. 

 'j'he arrival of Arnold with his troops, was 

 not known at Quebec for twenty four hours ; 

 at this period, the inhabitants of that city were 

 not in a situation to have made any defence. 

 An univeisal discontent and division prevailed 

 among the British inhabitants, owing to the op- 

 position of the British merchants and others to 

 the Quebec bill. The French inhabitants were 

 still less disposed to engage in hostilities. It 

 was known that they were very generally wa- 

 vering and undetermined ; and many were 

 much inclined to favor the American procee- 

 dings. No confidence could be placed in either, 

 to undertake the defence of the city ; and had 

 it not been for the intervention of the river, it 

 does not seem that there would have been much 

 difficulty or opposition to Arnold's marching in 

 and taking immediate possession. 



On the twelfth of November, colonel Maclean 

 marched into the city, with one hundred and 

 seventy of his new raised regiment of emigrants. 

 On the intelligence of this event, the next day 

 at nine o'clock in the evening, Arnold began to 

 embark his men on board a number of canoes 

 which he had procured ; and by four the next 

 morning, five hundred of his men were landed 

 at Wolfe's cave, undiscovered by the enemy. 



* Gordon. Vel. I. p. 408. 



