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Judge Mabane, as one of the leaders among the 

 dominant race, was often viewed by the sensitive, sullen 

 or downtrodden French party, as un Anglais ; therefore 

 an enemy, still the upright, impartial and unswerving 

 position he assumed on many of the burning questions 

 of the hour, made him distasteful to the British party ; 

 it ended in his downfall and dismissal from the seat of 

 justice. To a high-minded, sensitive man, accustomed 

 to the sweets of office, the change, though borne 

 silently — proudly shall we say — was gall and worm- 

 wood. Eetiring to his lovely rustic home in Sillery, he 

 lived for a few friends — such as General Haldimand 

 and General Kiedesel, his familiars. He had also, 

 perhaps, dearer friends, his books, and his family circle 

 who idolized him. Even the green glades and enchanting 

 landscape of Woodfield (Samos as it was then called) 

 failed at times to bring joy and peace to the ill-used, 

 able, once powerful judge ; like his predecessor Bishop 

 Dosquet, the former proprietor of Samos, he too pined 

 there, drooped and longed for a release from his 

 earthly tenement. One bleak December morning, whilst 

 a rising storm swept over the glades of his beautiful 

 home and the hoary pines and old oaks of Woodfield 

 sighed to the breath of the blast, the venerable judge, 

 unmindful of his advanced age, sallied forth as was 

 customary with him, on foot towards the city, across a 

 path then existing on the Plains of Abraham ; the 

 blinding snow-flakes had hidden the path. Wearied 

 and exhausted he plodded on, until he lost his way and 

 was met and taken home, chilled and nearly speechless. 

 Inflammation of the lungs set in ; on the 3rd January, 

 1792, all Quebec learned with concern of the death of 

 old Judge Adam Mabane. We congratulate the author 

 of this excellent biography for the research and ability 

 displayed, and trust the Abbe Louis Bois, from his 

 cosy studio, at Maskinonge, will add others to the 

 remarkable historical sketches due of late years to his 

 prolific pen. 



