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lands. One of them that stood in the angle of 

 a field redoubt where General Wolfe is said 

 to have breathed his last, has been 2;reatly 

 impaired by the pious reverence of curious 

 strangers, who, wishing to bear away a rehc of 

 anything from the spot consecrated by the hero's 

 death, have broken oft* pieces of the stone 

 placed there thirty years after that event. Be- 

 yond these stones are some open fields belong- 

 ing to the Hotel Dieu, but retained by govern- 

 ment for military uses. Further to the west- 

 ward is a property belonging to Dr. Mountain, 

 Bishop of Quebec, that, from its fine and com- 

 manding situation, is admirably well calculated 

 for the erection of a country house and forma- 

 tion of pleasure grounds. Contiguous to this 

 property is the beautiful estate of the Honour- 

 able Mr. Percival, called Spencer Wood, for- 

 merly known by the name of Powel Place, and 

 which used to be the country residence of the 

 Governor-General. Woodfield, the property 

 of Mr. Bell, is another house and garden, which, 

 from its charming position, is very deserving of 

 notice. The beach directly under the height 

 upon which these houses stand is divided into 

 many valuable timber grounds, extending to 

 the westward as far as Pointe k Puisseaux, 

 which chiefly belong to Messrs. Patterson, 

 Dyke, and Co. Wolfe's Cove is the largest of 

 all the bays in the vicinity of the city, and 



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