580 CANADIAN LOCAL HISTOftY. 



The following, then, were the miscellaneous articles belonging to the Crown advertised to b3 

 Bold to the highest bidder on tlie 15th and following days of March, 1S32, at Penetanguishene, 

 and so, We may conclude, disposed of accordingly :-=-Tlie Tecmnseh, schooner, 175 tons. The 

 Neivaslii brigantine, 175 tons. The See, gunboat, 41 tons. The Mosquito, gunboat, 31 tons. 

 The Wasp, gunboat, 41 tons. Batteaux, three in number. Thirty-two feet cutter. Two thirty 

 two feet gigs and their fui-niture. One whale boat. One jolly boat. One nineteen feet gigi 

 Twenty-two pounds old bunting. Canvas, mildewed slightly, 366 yards. Canvas, of all sorts, 

 cut from frigate sails, 2170 yards. Old canvas, 491 yards. Packing cases, 23. Iron casks, 12. 

 Iron bound casks, 8. Wood bound casks, 24. Chests, common, 2, Chests, top, 2. Cordage, 

 worn, 038 fathoms. Cordage, in rounding, 318 fathoms. Cordage, in junk, 28 cwt. 20 lbs. 

 Cordage, in paper stuff, 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 1 lb. Covers, hammock, 5. Iron, old wrought, 12 cwt. 

 '8 qrs. 16h lbs. Eigging, brigantine, standing, complete, 1 set. Running, in part, 1 set. Rig- 

 ging, schooner, standing and running, comiileto, 1 set. Rigging, Durham boats, standing and 

 running, in part, 2 sets. Rigging, boats, standing, worn, 1 set. Sails for a 32 gun ship, 1 set 

 brigantine sails, 1 set schoonej- sails, 1 set Durham boat sails, 18 in number boat sails, 18 in 

 number unserviceable stores. Axes, felling, 8. Bellovfs, camp forge, 2 pairs. Blocks, single, 

 11 inch, 1. Blocks, double, 10 inch, 1. Brushes, tar, 15. Buckets, leather, 14. Chisels, of 

 Borts, 12. Coro.j>ass glasses J.. Cordage, 552 fathoms. Glass, broken, 16 panes. Hammocks, 

 16. Locks, stock, 1. MallH caulking, 1. Oars, fir, 7. Paint, white, 1 qr. 2 lbs. Paint, yel' 

 low, 2 qrs. 18 lbs. Planes, 10 in number. Punts, boats, 1. Saws, cross-cut, 5, Saws, hand, 6. 

 Saws, dove-tail, 1. Saws, rip, 3. Spout, for pump, 1. Sweeps, 4. Shovels, 9. Twine, fine, 

 8j- lbs. Twine, ordinary, 17^ lbs. Seines, 1. The document which supplies us with the fore- 

 going list announces that, "the stores will be put up in convenient lots, and that a deposit of 

 25 per cent, will be required at the time of sale, and the remainder of the purchase money pre- 

 vious to the removal of the articles, for which a reasonable time will be allowed." The vi^hole is 

 signed — Wm. Henry Woodin, Lieutenant commanding, June ISth, 1832. 



We here bring to a close our Collections and Recollections in regard to Tonge Street. That 

 our narrative might be the more complete, we have given a notice of the ancient terminus of 

 that great thoroughfare, on Lake Huron. It will be seen that in Penetanguishene and its 

 environs, Toronto has a place and a neighbourhood at the north abounding with interesting 

 memories almost as richly as Niagara itself and that vicinity, at its south : memories intimately 

 associated with its own history, not alone before the present century began, but also before 

 even the preceding century began, taking into view, that is, the local history of this part of 

 Canada prior to the acquisition of the country by the English. 



From- remote Penetanguishene, dismantled and abolished in a naval and military sense, our 

 thoughts naturally turn to more conspicuous places that have in our day successively under- 

 gone the same process : to Kingston, to Niagara, to Montreal, to our own Fort, here at Toronto, 

 and, finally, in 1871, to Quebec. The 8th of November, 1871, will be a date noted in future 

 histories. On that day, the Ehrenbreitstein of the St, Lawrence, symbol for a hundred years 

 and m_ore of British power on the northern half of the North American continent, was 

 voluntarily evacuated, in accordance with a deliberate public policy. The 60th Regiment, it is 

 singular to add, which on the 8th of November, 1871, marched forth from the gates of the 

 citadel of Quebec, was a regiment that was present on the heights of Abraham in 1759, and 

 helped to capture the fortress which it now peacefully surrendered. Is the day approaching 

 when artistic tourists will be seen sketching, at Point Levi, the bold Rock in front of them for 

 the sake of the ruins at its summit, not picturesque probably, but for ever famed in story ? 



tThe Collections and Recollections in regard to Toronto of Old terminate here. Revised 

 and corrected, they are on the point of being reproduced in book form, with portraits on steel 

 of the founder of the city. Governor Simcoe, and the first Chief Justice of Upper Canada, 

 the Hon. W. Osgoode. The section on the early Marine of the Harbour will be given in the 

 forthcoming volume. By an oversight, it will seem as it there were one or two gaps in the 

 numbering of the Sections of this series in the Journal. There are, however, no gaps. No 

 eections have been omitted.] 



