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convoy from Bougainville was expected that very 

 night, the sentinel was deceived, and allowed the 

 English to proceed. 



A few moments after, they were challenged 

 again, and this time they could discern the soldier 

 running close down to the water's edge, as if all 

 his suspicions were aroused ; but the skilful replies 

 of the Highlander once more saved the party from 

 discovery.^ 



They reached the landing-place in safety, — an 

 indentation in the shore, about a league above the 

 city, and now bearing the name of Wolfe's Cove. 

 Here a narrow path led up the face of the heights, 

 and a French guard was posted at the top to defend 

 the pass. By the force of the current, the fore- 

 most boats, including that which carried Wolfe 

 himself, were borne a little below the spot. The 

 general was one of the first on shore. He looked 

 upward at the rugged heights which towered above 

 him in the gloom. " You can try it," he coolly 

 observed to an officer near him ; " but I don't think 

 you'll get up." ^ 



At the point where the Highlanders landed, one 

 of their captains, Donald Macdonald, apparently 

 the same whose presence of mind had just saved 

 the enterprise from ruin, was climbing in advance 

 of his men, when he was challenged by a sentinel. 



1 Smollett, V. 56, note (Edinburgh, 1805). Mante simply mentions 

 that the English were challenged by the sentinels, and escaped discovery 

 by replying in French. 



2 This incident is mentioned in a manuscript journal of the siege of 

 Quebec, by John Johnson, clerk and quartermaster in the 58th regiment. 

 The journal is written with great care, and abounds in curious details. 



