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bold design of ascending to the top.of these 
-banks, commonly called the Heights of Abra- 
ham. To prepare the way for it, possession 
was taken of Point Levi, the point situated 
opposite to that on which Quebec stands, and 
from thence a heavy bombardment was com- 
menced on the town, in order to deceive the 
enemy. In the mean time boats were pre¬ 
pared^* the troops embarked; .they passed the 
town with muffled oars, in the night, unob¬ 
served, and landed at a cove, about two miles 
-above. The soldiers clambered up the heights 
with great difficulty, and the guns were 
hauled up by means of ropes and pulleys fixed 
round the trees, with which the banks are 
covered from top to bottom. At the top the 
plain commences, and extends close under the 
walls of the city: here it was that the memo¬ 
rable battle was fought, in which General 
Wolfe unhappily perished, at the very moment 
when all his noble exertions were about to be 
crowned with that success which they so emi¬ 
nently deserved. The spot where the il¬ 
lustrious hero breathed his last is marked with 
a large stone, on which a true meridional line 
is drawn. 
Notwithstanding that the great Wolfe 
dered so much stronger since his time, yet 
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