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arranged as follows: Botany, in charge of Prof. Penhallow ; 
Geology, Sir J. W. Dawson; Entomology, Mr. Caulfield. 
Each class was driven to its respective points of interest in 
the suburbs of the village, where they spent several hours 
in search of specimens of their various hobbies. 
To those whose tastes are less scientific, St. Hustache is a 
very attractive place, as being the site of the old struggle 
for autonomy in 1837. And the Natural History Society 
has done well in inviting those societies which are interested 
in the history of Canada in its various phases to accompany 
them in their visit to such an historic place. The ancient 
church still bears signs of the fight of 1837, and like a vet- 
eran watrior, still shows the scars of combat. The old 
cemetery which formerly lay under the shadow of the 
church has been done away with, but otherwise the scene 
of the struggle has been little altered, and the twin towers 
to-day look down upon the excursionists as they did upon 
the fierce fight that raged there half a century ago. Inside, 
one sees the chancel window from which Dr. Chenier and 
his two companions jumped when the church was burning 
all over, and the only chance for life was to escape from the 
burning building. In the churchyard cutside, Dr. Chenier 
died, gallantly fighting to the last, and from there his body 
was taken to Addison’s Hotel, then known as the Bull, 
which still stands in all its original simplicity and which 
was then used as a hospital for the wounded. Among the 
participants in the fight was Captain Marryat, who achieved 
greater fame as a novelist than as a soldier, and who 
described the battle of St. Eustache for his English readers, 
The old seignioral mansion then owned by Mr. Dumont, 
now by the De Bellefeuille family, stands in very much the 
same condition as when Colonel Wetherall ordered the 
troops to clear it of the rebels who were using it as a fortress 
or rifle pit. The old Globensky House also still retains a 
good deal of its primitive simplicity. Almost opposite the 
station is a very old house, the date stone on its walls show- 
ing it to have weathered the storms of a century. 
Although the village has some touch of interest in its past 
