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— " On what grounds, enquired Mr. Kir by, do you 

 settle on this spot, as the locality where expired the 

 hero ? No one yet has cleared up this debated point." 



Captain John Knox, a contemporary, appears to me 

 quite astray, in his account of the event; even Frs. 

 Parkman and subsequent historians, have failed to solve 

 the problem. 



— " Well, I replied, the disquisition would involve 

 much more space than this sketch could afford." 



I challenged investigation, in a French essay, in 

 1871, in I' Album du Tourists ; I repeated the challenge 

 in an English review, in 1890, the Canadian Anti- 

 quarian, of Montreal, but no one, so far has picked up 

 the glove. 



What a sorrowful sight, this artistocratic thorough- 

 fare must have disclosed, about noon, on the 13th 

 September, 1759, when Wolfe's intrepid rival, with face 

 bronzed by Italian and Canadian suns, was returning 



is still in existence. In this St. Lewis street appears merely a 

 broad road between the original forest street, and is called 

 " La Grande Allee," without a building immediately on either 

 side. 



" At a little distance to the north of " La Grande Allee," is 

 a narrow path called ' le Petit Chemin,' running parallel, and 

 leading into the forest. The house of Mde de la Peltrie, the 

 founder of the Convent, is described as occupying, in 1642, 

 the corner of Garden street. The Ursuline Convent stood at 

 the north west of Mde de la Peltrie's house, abutting on u Le 

 Petit Chemin," which ran parallel to St. Louis street, and 

 fronting towards Garden street. It is represented as being a 

 well proportioned and substantial building, two stories high, 

 with an attic, four chimneys, and a cupola or belfry in the 

 centre. The number of windows in front was eleven. In other 

 compartments of this interesting map, are seen La Mere de 

 V Incarnation instructing the young Indian girls, under an 

 ancient oak tree, and other nuns proceeding to visit the 

 savages. In La Grande Allee, the present St. Louis Street, we 

 see Mr. Daillebout the Governor on horseback, and Mde. de 

 la Peltrie entering her house, &c. 



11 This plan is probably the most ancient, as it is the mos 

 interesting rej^resentation extant of any portion of Quebec.' 



