en pleine possession pour en jouir luy et ses hoirs et ayans cause à l'avenir, à la charge qu'il prendra ratification du don desd. Messieurs les Intendant et Directeurs, Lesquels se sont Réservé de donner les titres honneurs et Redevances et d'autant qu'il est nécessaire davoir Une Mesure dans led. pays pour arpenter, en a jugé à propos de prendre celle de Paris qui font dix-huit pieds pour perche et cent perches pour arpent à ce qu'à l'advenir toutes Choses soient Réglées esgallement, les bornes des terres dud. Martin sont d'un costé le long d'ûn Costeau proche du chemin des Recollets, d'autre costé les terres non désertes, d'un bout Guillaume Hubou (4) et d'autre bout lesd. terres non désertes tirant vers Recolletz, les lignes courantes à Lest quart de nordest de ouest quart de sorrouest, et d'autre ligne au sud quart de sudest et nord quart de norrouest jusques à la fourniture desd. douze

arpens.

Faict les ans et jour que dessus.

(Signé) DERRÉ, (avec paraphe) LETARDIF, (avec paraphe)

JEHAN BOURDON, (5) De la ville (avec paraphe) Greffier Commis à la Juridiction de Québecq.

(4) Guillaume Hubou was one of the first settlers. His house occupied the present site of Mr. Darlington's establishment, corner of Buade and Du Fort streets. The said Hubou was collector of revenues of the parish church of Quebec.

(5) Jean Bourdon's name is perpetuated in that of St. John street.

NOTES TO ILLUSTRATIONS

GAINSBOROUGH'S PORTRAIT OF WOLFE

In the Notes to Illustrations in the first volume, numerous portraits of General Wolfe are mentioned.

A collotype of the Gainsborough portrait was made by Mr. Hyatt, but as it did not appear to him to be entirely satisfactory, he preferred the photogravure of the original painting in the possession of Mrs. Pym, of Brasted, Kent, which forms the frontispiece to this volume,

A VIEW OF THE CITY OF QUEBEC

The Capital of Canada.

From a drawing by Captain Hervey Smyth, A.D.C. to General Wolfe. To the talent of Captain Smyth as an artist we are indebted for many excellent sketches of Quebec in 1759. The sketch made from the north shore gives a fair idea of the city of Quebec as it appeared in the days of the siege.

The view of the Falls of Montmorency and of the position of the Grenadiers during the attack on the 31st of July, 1759, will enable the student to understand the difficulties which the British had to encounter at the Battle of Montmorency.

Another sketch made on the 13th of September, 1759, while the Battle was in progress, will prove of interest to those unfamiliar with the scene of Wolfe's operations.

Captain Hervey Smyth, afterwards Sir Hervey, entered the Royal Horse Guards as a Cornet on the 27th of August, 1753. He became Captain of the 15th Foot on the 8th of November, 1756; Captain of the 2nd Dragoon Guards 13th January, 1760; Lieut.-Col.-Brevet, 26th November, 1762; Captain 3rd Foot Guards 26th October, 1763, and retired 12th May, 1769.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ISAAC BARRÉ

Adjutant General in the campaign of 1759.

Although Wolfe suggested the name of Barré as Adjutant for the Expedition against Quebec, he does not appear to have known him personally at the time. In a letter to his friend Colonel Rickson, dated the 7th of February 1758, Wolfe says: "I did not know that Barré was your friend, nor even your acquaintance. Now that I do know it I shall value it all the more upon that account: by accident I heard of his worth and good sense, and shall have, I trust, to thank the man that mentioned him. Nay, I am already overpaid by the little I did, by drawing out of his obscurity so worthy a gentleman; I never saw his face till very lately, nor never spoke ten words to him before I ventured to propose him as Major of Brigade."

Barré's conduct throughout the Siege justified Wolfe's choice, and he appears to have been trusted by him to the utmost.

By his will Wolfe left a hundred guineas to Barré to buy a sword and ring in memory of his Friend. Barré was also one of the witnesses to the codicil which Wolfe added to his will on the eve of the battle of Montmorency.

MISS KATHERINE LOWTHER

Afterwards the Duchess of Bolton.

The photogravure in this volume is from a crayon drawing at Lowther Castle, a copy of which was kindly sent for this work by the Right Honourable the Countess of Lonsdale. In the Notes to the Illustrations in the first volume there are many interesting particulars regarding the Lowther family.

QUEBEK, DE HOOFDSTAD VAN KANADA
With numerous references.

In the Bibliography of the Siege of Quebec, which forms a part of the sixth volume of this work, a long list of plans is given.

Nine of the plans mentioned therein are reproduced as illustrations, and will be referred to at greater length in the third volume, which treats of the Battle of the Plains.

The plan mentioned at the head of this note was published in Amsterdam, and appears to have been very carefully engraved.

GENERAL TOWNSHEND

Application was made to the Marquess Townshend for permission to reproduce the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, at Raynham. As the consent of the Marquess was not obtained, a collotype was made of an engraving in our possession.

In the Military Life of Field Marshal George, First Marquess Townshend, by Lieut-Colonel Townshend, C.B., D.S.O. (Murray 1901) there is a reproduction of the painting by Sir Joshua, and also a photogravure of the painting by Hudson.

The engraving which is given in this volume is evidently not taken from either of the paintings mentioned.

VIEW OF QUEBEC

Showing the Heights, and a part of the River St. Lawrence.

This illustration gives a good view of the formation and height of the cliff, and shows the strength of the natural objects which Wolfe had to overcome before he could reduce Quebec.

GENERAL JOHN HALE

John Hale, Colonel in command of the 47th Regiment at the battle of the Plains of Abraham, was born in 1728, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. His family trace their descent from "Nicholas de "Hales, of Hales Place, one of whose sons, Sir Robert, treasurer of "England, prior to the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, temp. Edward "III, 1381, was killed by the insurgents in Wat. Tyler's insurrection; " and from Thomas Hale, who, in 1400, held Codicote, the family seat in "Hertfordshire, England, as per inscription in the old family mansion 'there, which was pulled down and rebuilt in 1774; and from Richard "Hale, of King's Walden and Stagenhoe, in Hertfordshire, temp. "Elizabeth, 1567-1588."

A few days after the battle of the Plains, Colonel Hale, in company with Captain Douglas, proceeded to England with the despatches announcing the victory of the 13th of September. (1)

For this service the king granted the sum of £500 to Colonel Hale, and ordered him to raise the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons.

(1) General Monckton wrote a letter to Townshend in which he expressed a wish that Colonel Hale should take the despatches.