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CANADIAN GUIDE BOOK. 65 fatal wound. He was carried a few yards to the rear and placed against a rock till he expired. It has since been removed. Withir. an enclosure lower down and near to the road is the stone-well from which they brought him water. The English right nearly faced this redoubt, and on this position the French left rested. The French army arrived on the Plains from the right of this position, as it came from Beauport and not from Quebec; and, on being defeated, retired down the heights by which it had ascended, and not into Quebec. In front of the Plains from this position stands the house of March- mont. It is erected on the site of a French redoubt that once defended the ascent from Wo!fe , s Cove. Here landed the British army under Wolfe’s command, and, on mounting the banks, car ried this detached work. The troops in the Garrison are usually reviewed on the Plains The Tourist may thus enjoy a beautiful ride. Let him leave by the St. Louis Gate and pass the Plains, and he will arrive at Marchmont, the property of John Gilmour, Esq. The former proprietor, Sir John Harvey, went to considerable ex pense in laying'out the grounds in a pleasing and tasteful manner. His successor, Sir Thomas Noel Hill, also resided here, and duly appreciated its beauties. The view in front of the house is grand. Here the River widens and assumes the appearance of a lake, whose surface is enlivened by numerous merchant-ships at anchor, and immense rafts of timber floated down from various parts of the Upper Province for shipment for England, timber being one of the principal exports from the Canadas. On leaving Marchmont he will pass some beautiful villas, whose park-like grounds remind one of En gland, and from some points in which are commanded views worthy of a painter’s study.' Among these villas may be mentioned Wolfes- field, Spencer Wood, and Woodfield. The last was originally built by the Catholic Bishop of Samos, and, from the several additions made by subsequent proprietors, had a somewhat irregular, though picturesque, appearance. It was burnt down, and rebuilt in a fine re gular style. It is now the residence of James Gibb, Esq. On leaving this lovely spot,the ride'continues through the woods on the edge of the banks rising from the shore. On the south side are distinguished the F2