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WOLFE'S COVE.

I'age ^=4.

QUEBEC.

JJictuvc'j from i^ji JJortfoUo.

By H.R.H. the princess LOUISE

T^ QUAL gallantry, and very unequal for-
■*--' tune, characterized the contest between
the French and the English for the New World.
Had the French Court sufBciently backed
their gallant general, who was fighting against

long odds, the French language might have
been spoken nowover regions more extensive
tlian the Province of Quebec or the State of
Louisiana. Two fruitless victories crowned
their arms, and two defeats brouglit about

\'irw Irum llie W iiidows ol tlio Uovcrnor-Gentr.il's (Juartcrs.

Illustration No. i is
the vieio from the v<indo7vs
of the Governor- General's
(juartcrs in the citadel over-
looking the great St. Law-
rence River. It is always

understood to he one of the finest vicics in the 7i<orld, an n'cr-varying scene of beauty. On the
right bank of the river is Point La'is {named after the gallant French general Marquis de
La'is). At this place the Royal Engineers erected 7C'Ooden huts some years ago, and these are
now used by the Canadian Artillery Militia in the summer time. To the lift is the Island of
Orleans, situated almost midstream six miles below the town of Quebec. The hills beyond rise
over St Anne's, a favourite place for pilgrimages.

the treaty, the results of which were so I that there is no population more attached

loyally acceptetl by the French Canadians ' tl-.an is theirs to the British Constitution.
XXIII-iG

2l8

GOOD WORDS.

High as were the hopes of the gallant com-
manders of the English in 1758, they could
hardly have expected that, witliin a brief
period, the sons of the bravo men who
confronted them would be fighting side by
side with the redcoats to repel the inva-
sion which tlireatencd to absorb Canada in
the neighbouring Republic. But the arma-
ment equipped against the French colonists
wat imposing enough in number of ships and
troops to justify confidence that resistance
could not be prolonged. The first remarkable
action was that at Louisburg. It was one of
the two decisive British successes. The place
shows no striking natural features. Low rocky
shores almost encircle a wide bay. Domi-
nating the recesses of this bay, and to die left
as the fleet entered, rose the strong ramparts
of a citadel, garrisoned by some of the best
regiments of the Royal army of France.

The fleet advances, a cloud of small boats
cover the waters between the sliips and the
shore. The surf is heavy, and the position of
the garrison looks most formidable. A slight
figure in tlie leading boat stands up amid a
storn-i of shot, and is seen to wave his hat.
Some said afterwards that he waved his men
back, thinking the attempt to land too peril-
ous. But his gallant followers think it is the
signal for a dash — on they row amid the
splash of balls and roar of artillery, and, as
each boat touches land, the crews leap out,
and slipping, struggling through the surf, form
amid the terriole fire, and rush to the assault.
The capture of the place was an extraordinary
feat of arms, and the slightly-built man who
waved his cocked hat in the 'eading boat
that day, was soon afterwards nominated
chief of the British forces in North America.
Wolfe's next chance was given him in the
summer of 1759, when Montcalm, calmly
watching his enemy's movements from the
ridges near the Falls of Montmorenci, was
enabled to crush a brigade too hastily
thrown on shore, and compelled it to
retreat, leaving many killed and wounded.
But the hold gained by the invader was not
to be easily shaken off. Already masters of
the Island of Orleans, with the banks of tlie
river below the Falls, and also those opposite

to Quebec in his hands, Wolfe waited until
the autumn. His able opponent lay in the
lines he had successfully defended. They
stretched along the left side of the St. Law-
rence as far as the Isle of Orleans, and en-
circled the city, which on its commanding
cape presented one steep front to the great
river and another tj the wide valley of a
small stream named the St. Charles. On the
third side the citadel batteries looked across
fhe so-called Plains of Abraham, a plateau,
the walls of which rise steeply two hundred
feet above the water. The position was a
difficult one to take, and it was held by
soldiers who, if they had been properly sup-
ported by the Government at Versailles,
would have rendered it impregnable. Joined
with a few of the finest regiments composed
of the Veterans of the wars of King Louis,
M'ere gallant bands of hardy Provincials, who
had proved that they could render most
efficient aid to the Regulars, But there was
a c'ance for the English to place themselves
near the town and on a level with its garrison,
before the French reinforcements, expected
from Montreal, should arrive. Wolfe had an
overwhelming superiority in his fleet, both of
men-of-war and of transports. These he well
employed. Making as though he would
again attempt to force the lines he liad
vainly attacked in the summer, he caused
the mass of his enemy's forces to remain one
autumn afternoon on the Beauport shore, and
then under cover of night, swept up with the
tide above the city. Quickly scaling the
high bank, he drew up his men without
meeting with resistance. Montcalm in the
grey of morning hurried over the St. Charles
and poured his troops through the town on
to the plateau. Impetuously attacking, he
was driven back and mortally wounded,
almost at the same moment that Wolfe also
fell, happier than his rival, who lived long
enough to feel that the desertion of himself
and of his army by the French Court, must
cause the surrender of the town. But its
possession was again stoutly contested the
next year, and the Marquis de Levis revenged
in 1760, too late and uselessly, thcdisaster of
the previous year.

e waited until
lent lay in the
ended. They
f the St. Law-
leans, and en-
i commanding
t to the great
ie valley of a
arles. On the

looked across
ini, a plateau,
r two hundred
)osition was a

was held by

properly sup-
at Versailles,
nable. Joined
ints composed
if King Louis,
rovincials, who

render most

But there was

ace themselves

ith its garrison,

lents, expected

V/olfe had an
js fleet, both of

These he well
gb he would

lines he had
ler, he caused

to remain one
port shore, and
pt up with the
y scaling the

men without
)ntcalm in the
the St. Charles
h the town on

attacking, he
ally wounded,
hat Wolfe also
dio lived long
tion of himself
:h Court, must

own. But its

contested the
Levis revenged

the disaster of

m^'

View

from the

Platform

looking down

upon the

Town

and

Harbour.

Jllustration No. 2 is
almost the same view as in
No. \ {g'vcn on a preceding
page), but taken from the
platform and more extensive,
looking down upon the town
and the harbour, with the
King's Bastion overhanging
them.

QUEBEC.

By Ills ExcKLtENCY THE MARQUIS OF LORNE.

Q FORTRESS City, bathed by streams
^-^ Majestic as thy memories great,

Where mountains, floods, and forests mate
The grandeur of tlie glorious dreams.

Born of the hero hearts, who died

In founding here an Empire's pride \
Prosperity attend thy fate.

And happiness in thee abide,
Fair Canada's strong tower and gate I

May Envy that against thy might

Dashed hostile hosts to surge and break,
Bring Commerce, emulous to make

Thy people share her fruitful fight,
In filling argosies with store
Of grain and timber, and each ore,

And all a Continent can shake
Into thy lap, till more and more

Thy praise in distant worlds awake.

For all must drink delight whose feet
Have paced thy streets, or terrace way ;
From rampart sod, or bastion grey.

Have marked thy sea-like river greet

The bright and peopled banks that shine
In front of the far mountain's line;

Thy glittering roofs below, the play
Of currents where the ships entwine

Their spars, or laden pass away.

As we who joyously once rode
So often forth to trumpet sound
Past guarded gates, by ways that wound

O'er drawbridges, through moats, and showed
The vast St. Lawrence flowing, belt
The Orleans Isle, and sea-ward melt;

Then past old walls by cannon crowned,
Down stair-like streets, to where we felt

The salt winds blown o'er meadow ground.

Where flows the Charles past wharf and dock,
And Learning from Laval looks down,
And quiet convents grace the town.

There swift to meet the batde shock

Montcalm rushed on; and eddying back,
Red slaughter marked the bridge's track :

See now the shores with lumber brown.
And girt with happy lands that lack

No loveliness of Summer's crown.

Ilhislration N't). 3 sho'vs
some of t lie. old poplars which
adorn the lower ramparts,
built on the site of those
which defended the city in
1759. The walls have
been neglected, but are now

viao 0/ the St. Charles valley. After
the British troops left, thebuildings w.< e

■used as a school, and noio as a factory for

small arm cartridges.

222

GOOD WORDS.

Quaint hamlet-alleys, border-filled
With purple lilacs, poplars tall.
Where flits the yellow bird, and fall
The deep eave shadows. There when tilled
The peasant's field or garden bed,
He rests content if o'er his head
From silver spires the Church bells call

To gorgeous shrines, and prayers thai gild
The simple hopes and lives of all.

Winter is mocked by garbs of green.
Worn by the copses flaked with snow,—
White spikes and balls of bloom, that blow

In hedgerows deep ; and cattle seen
In meadows spangled thick with gold,
And globes where lovers' fates are told

Around the rcd-doored houses low ;
While rising o'er them, fold on fold,

The distant hills in azure glow.

Oft in the woods we long delayed.

When hours were minutes al' too brief,
For Nature knew no sound of grief i

But overhead the breezes played,
And in the dank grass at our knee,
Shone pearls of our green forest sea.

The star-white flowers of triple leaf
Which love around the brooks to be,

Within the birch and maple shade.

At times we passed some fairy mere,
Embosomed in the leafy screen,
And streaked with tints of heaven's sheen,

Where'er the water's surface clear

Bore not the hues of verdant light _
From myriad boughs on mountain height,

Or near the shadowed banks were seen
The sparkles that in circlets bright

Told where the fishes' feast had been.

And when afar the forests flushed

In falling swathes of fire, there soared

Dark clouds where muttering thunder roared,

And mounting vapours lurid rushed,
While a meialUc lustre flew
Upon the vivid verdure's hue,

Before the blasts and rain forth poured,
And slow o'er mighty landscapes drew

The grandest pageant of the Lord :

The threatening march of flashing cloud.
With tumults of embattled air.
Blest conflicts for the good they bear!

QUEBEC.

A century has God allowed

None other, since the days He gave
Unequal fortune to the brave.

Comrades in death ! you live to share
An equal honour, for your grave

Bade Enmity take Love as heir !

223

]}itch and Ramparts.

Illustration No. 4 shows one of the ditches, with Us ramparts on cither side. The
low wall at the cud near the small house closes the ditch, at a place where the cliff
drops steeply doivn in a rocky escarpment to the river.

We watched, when gone day's quivering haze.

The loops of plunging foam that beat

The rocks at Montmorenci's feet
Stab the deep gloom with moon-lit rays ;

Or from the fortress saw the streams

Sweep swiftly o'er the pillared beams ;
White shone the roofs, and anchored fleet,
•'' And grassy slopes where nod in dreams
Pale hosts of sleeping Marguerite.

\ ..

lUiislrathm No. 5
sJioios the intt'iior of the
c'hutfl plateau , looking
over the St. Charles
valley, 7vith part of the
Laurentian iange in
the tlistaihe, as seen
from the Governor-
Geiiera/'s 7i>intlo7cis.

The present citadel
ivas built in the early
part of this century.
'J he old French forti-
fications extended rather
farther than the present
works, and their lines
can be most distinctly
traced. Large military
stores are kept in the
citadel.

Illustration N'o. 6
{facing page 217)
is Wolfe's Cove,
no7(i filled ivith timber
stores belonging to the
lumber merchants.
Under the steep cliffs
are pictures(]uc small
villages along the river-
side, inhabited mostly
by lumbermen and
fishermen. The road
passing through these
villages, having on the
one side the great river,
and on the other the
deep-eavcd houses, is one
of the prettiest in the
im . ,i''diate neighbour-

hood of Quebec.

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