22 A COUNCIL OF WAE AT FOET RICHMOND. 



that lie did not stay long enough to discuss their symptoms. His 

 mind was so versatile that he could not content himself -with mere 

 practice but interested himself in every matter which concerned the 

 Island. 



When the Quarantine war broke out he boldly issued the Sepoy, 

 and afterward established the Gazette, and many a terse and telling 

 article was written by him. Afterward, like so many professional 

 men, he became enamoured of agriculture and bought a large farm 

 on the South Shore which he conducted in the most expensive man- 

 ner, wrecking his fortune. The establishment of a floating hospital 

 (the removal of the Quarantine), is his diirect work, and is a worthy 

 monument to his determined effort. 



A COUNCIL OF WAR AT FORT RICHMOND, 



BY IEA K. MOEEIS. 



THE LAST PALE KAYS of a Summer's twilight were slowly 

 I fading away as the horizon in the West dimly marked the course 

 of the setting sun. The flag of old England, moved lazily now and 

 then by the evening breeze, hung suspended from the top of a tall 

 staff imbedded in the rude ramparts of Fort Richmond. At intervals 

 in the dark canopy of Heaven sentinel stars glittered brightly, and 

 caught the eye of the desciplined guard or gunner, as he passed the 

 monotonous hour in impatient expectation of the next " relief." The 

 little village of "Cucklestown" lay so quiet at the foot of the great 

 hill that it seemed to be dreaming in the holy hush of that sum- 

 mer evening. "The rude forefathers of the hamlet" had scarcely 

 as yet learned to call it by its new name — Richmond towne. 



The little red jail, which even at that day had withstood the storms 

 of three-quarters of a century, was used as a rendezvous by the bru- 

 tal Simkoe, while his famous "Queen's Rangers" were quartered 

 near by. The jail (which the visitor to Richmond may look upon 



