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should be given to another forest-path near the Coteau 

 Ste. Genevieve, now Kichelieu street, and that it ran 

 paralled to another uneven road, called after a pious 

 French Duchess — d'Aiguillon street, whilst the street, 

 laid out due north parallel to St. Louis street, took the 

 name of the French Queen, the beautiful Anne of 

 Austria. Did the royal master of Versailles realise then 

 what a fabulous amount of Canadian history would be 

 transacted on this rtide avenue of his budding capital 

 in New France ? " " Suppose," said I to the poet, " we 

 saunter down the street as far as Dufferin Terrace, 

 refreshing our memory and feasting our eyes on the 

 pageants and stirring events of yore — of which this 

 street has been the arena ? " 



— " A sight which doubtless powerfully appealed to 

 every British heart must have been the spectacle pre- 

 sented at St. Louis Gate, on the afternoon after the 

 surrender of the keys of Quebec, by de Eamsay, to Bri- 

 gadier General Townshend : the 18th September, 1759. 

 Let us peer through the mist of years, and watch the 

 measured tread of Wolfe's veterans. The three com- 

 panies of Louisbourg Grenadiers and some light infantry, 

 under the command of Lt. Col. Murray " preceded, " 

 says Capt. Knox, their comrade in arms, " by fifty men 

 of the Eoyal Artillery and one gun with lighted match, 

 and with the British colours hoisted on its carriage, the 

 Union nag being displayed on the citadel. " " Captain 

 Paliser with a large body of seamen and inferior officers 

 at the same time took possession of the low town, and 

 hoisted colours on the summit of the declivity (Moun- 

 tain Hill) leading from the high to the low town "...... 



Halt! says Murray to his victorious men, on reaching 

 through the battered city, " the grand parade (the King) 

 where the flag-gun will be left-fronting the Main guard. " 



Such says this contemporary historian, Capt. John 

 Knox, of the 43rd, the mode of taking possession of 

 Quebec. 



