GLIMPSES OF QUEBEC 



DURING THE 



LAST TEN YEARS OF FRENCH DOMINATION 



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A PAPER READ BEFORE THE " LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 



3rd dec, 1879, by the president, j. m. LeMOiNE. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, 



Had my object been merely to please your fancy and 

 captivate your imagination by exhibiting those noble 

 traits of individual bravery, those examples of sacrifice 

 of self for love of country, those hair-breadth escapes 

 by flood and field, of which our annals abound, closing 

 my narrative with the grand spectacle of the triumphal 

 march of civilization over Indian ferocity in its most 

 repellant forms, it is not the era of expiring French 

 power, at Quebec, I should have searched for material. 



My eyes would have reverted to those brave old 

 times of Champlain — d'Iberville — de Frontenac — Dol- 

 lard des Ormeaux — Brebceuf — Mile de Vercheres, &c. 



However, the dark days which heralded the loss of 

 Canada to France, are not without their interest. To 

 the student of history, they are pregnant with teachings ; 

 every where you read the bitter lesson, which in all 



