. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. 47 several of the enemy killed and wounded, and afew prisoners taken, all of whom the barbarousCaptain Montgomery, who commanded us, or-dered to be butchered in the most inhuman man-ner. The editor of the publication, not contentto let the journal speak for itself, appended anote stating that the Captain Montgomery herespoken of was the Leader
. Illustrated Quebec, (The Gibraltar and tourists' Mecca of America) Under French and English occupancy : the story of its famous annals; with pen pictures descriptive of te matchless beauty and quaint mediaeval characteristics of the Canadian Gibraltar. 47 several of the enemy killed and wounded, and afew prisoners taken, all of whom the barbarousCaptain Montgomery, who commanded us, or-dered to be butchered in the most inhuman man-ner. The editor of the publication, not contentto let the journal speak for itself, appended anote stating that the Captain Montgomery herespoken of was the Leader of the Forlorn Hopewho fell at Pres-de-Ville, 31st December, 1775,thus falling into the grave error of confoundingLieutenant Richard Montgomery, of the 17thRegiment, with Captain Alexander Montgomery,of the 4;ird. Doubtless, this unfortunate note,published under the sanction of an HistoricalSociety, on the very spot where these eventstranspired, has done much to perpetuate a mis-take now almost crystalized into historyRichard Montgomery rose to therank of Captain in army and soldout his commission,April 6th, 1772, afterhaving served withdistinction through-. out the campaign from 17,=;^ to the final sur-render of the French at Montreal, in 1760. THE CITY : ITS .SIGHTS AND MEMORIES. We have set before the visitor to Quebec thespecial features of the city as seen from theriver, and the general aspects of the incompar-able scene to be witnessed from the frowningCitadel or from Dufferin Terrace, the magnifi-cent promenade which perpetuates the name ofone of Canadas most popular governors. Nowlet ns land and view in some detail, howeverbrief, the more striking monuments—military,ecclesiastical and civil—of this matchless Meccaof the tourist. As one puts foot on the historicsoil, the metropolis of,1 once forest State,I, the ancient and ^^..\, foreign aspect ofthe city is bornein upon the quaint, pic-turesque figures of j^t-^r 48 the liabitan/s, their alien s
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