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doubled at the city gates ; no vehicles allowed to leave, 

 except after undergoing a searching investigation. 



I can re-call the bakers' carts and other vehicles 

 filing down St. Louis street to Prescott Gate ; and 

 fancy I can yet hear the profane language uttered by 

 the Jehus on being challenged and stopped by the 

 sentries. Few then were aware of the mode of escape 

 of the distressed warriors ; the captives had been con- 

 cealed by those rank rebels, the " Chasseurs Canadiens, 

 a secret and daring club, each member bound by a 

 terrible oath to promote the rising of the patriotes." 

 The Grande Place (or Ring) to the east of the Court 

 House for two centuries or more played an important 

 part in city pageants, public meetings, military parades. 

 Until the year of the castle's destruction by fire, in 

 1834, the Tandem and Driving Clubs in winter used 

 to meet there and the first drive each fall, presided over 

 by the English Governor, occupying the adjoining cha- 

 teau, was a memorable one. The Ring was planted with 

 shade trees by the Mayor of Quebec, Thomas Pope, 

 Esq., in 1862 ; recently, it has been provided with a 

 fountain and a jet d'eau. 



On the site adjoining the residence of James Dunbar, 

 Esq., Q. C, No. 1 St Louis street, one would now seek 

 in vain for any vestige of the Palais or SSnechausse'e 

 of 1664, where sat the Sovereign Council. In 1665 it 

 was allotted as the residence of the proud Marquis of 

 Tracy, on his arrival from France. Francis Parkman will 

 acquaint us with this great dignitary of the ancien 

 regime : — 



" When Tracy set sail he found no lack of followers. 

 A throng of young nobles embarked with him, eager to 

 explore the marvels and mysteries of the western world. 

 The King gave him two hundred soldiers of the regi- 

 ment of Carignan-Salieres, and promised that a thousand 

 more should follow. On the thirtieth of June, 1665, he 

 anchored in the basin of Quebec. The broad, white 

 standard, blazoned with the arms of France, proclaimed 



