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embark from Jersey with a design of proceeding- to France, and par- 

 ticularly to that part of the coast which I have described, unless you 

 shall hereafter receive from me directions contrary to those of this 

 dispatch, to which, in the present state of affairs, I must request you 

 will pay immediate and particular attention. One reason in parti- 

 cular which induces me to urge this precaution is that I have reason 

 to believe an intercourse has lately been established between Jersey 

 and the coast for the sale and distribution of forged assignats. The 

 parties concerned in this speculation will of course make every exer- 

 tion to prevent its failure, and it will therefore be necessary that 

 any person supposed to have taken a share in it should be carefully 

 watched, and it is of the greatest importance, particularly at the 

 present moment, that no communication should be permitted with 

 the coast, except by the boats which Capt. D'Auvergne may think 

 proper to detach with such persons as he may select for the service, 

 which requires the grea^test secrecy and caiition. It is principally 

 with a view of securing these points — absolutely necessary in a com- 

 munication of this nature- — that I have entrusted the management of 

 it to Capt. D'Auvergne exclusively, who, by his situation on board 

 a ship, can execute my directions without incurring any risk of their 

 being divulged, which, whatever precaution may be taken, they 

 would frequently be if the same measures were carried on from the 

 Island. I xmderstand that you have received permission to return 

 to England as soon as you can be relieved in the command of His 

 Majesty's Forces in Jersey. In the meantime, I rely with the fullest 

 confidence in your zeal and attention in the discharge of this impor- 

 tant trust, and I can assure you that you will find Capt. D'Auvergne 

 ready to concert with you, whatever measures may be thought most 

 expedient for the safety and defence of the Island, inasmuch as it 

 depends on the naval force under his command. I am. Sir, your 

 obedient humble servant, Henry Dundas. Major-General Hall, &c." 

 In the debates on the Bill for the division of the Province of 

 Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, Mr. Dundas's name appears 

 several times ; and in the Simcoe correspondence preserved at Ottawa 

 are several official communications addressed to and received from 

 him. I transcribe a sentence or two from those in which the project 

 of a street or military road is spoken of, viz., that to which by way 

 of compliment the Governor attached the name of Dundas. In 1793, 

 he writes : "I have directed the surveyor early in the next spring 



