[194] Histoire De La Colonie Francaise En Canada, Vol.

II, p. 115.

[195] Faillon, vol. III, p. 318.

[196] In 1684, at the review of French troops at Fort Fontenac, appear among others Captaines de la Cote; the Captain de la Cote de Beauport, Duchesnay, Laferte and Meseray, of Cap. Rouge. (Paris Documents, vol. IX, p 234.)

[197] "Along this road was the favorite drive of the Canadian belle." - Hawkins' Picture of Quebec.

[198] Madame Pean's house in St. Louis street stood where the Officers Barracks have been since built. We take her to have been that pretty Ang. De Meloises, a pupil of the Ursuline Nuns, mentioned in the Historie des Ursulines de Quebec.

[199] Quebec, Past and Present; Maple Leaves - 1865.

[200] The monument erected by the inhabitants of Sillery, to the memory of the Revd. Pere Ennemond Masse, S. J., first Missionary to Canada, was inaugurated on Saturday afternoon, the 26th June, 1870, in presence of the inhabitants of Sillery, and of several literary gentlemen of the environs. Revd. G. V. Cazeau, addressed those present, and was followed by the Abbes Laverdiere and Casgrain, and by Hon'l P. C. A. Chauveau and Mr. R. R. Dobell.

Mr. Dobell delivered a lengthy and able address on the worth of the good missionary but dwelt chiefly on the career of the benevolent Commander Brulart de Sillery:

At our suggestion, the monument was made by its inscriptions to commemorate the merit of both:

The speakers all paid a high tribute to the researches of the Revd.

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