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CHAPTER XXVIII.--QUEBEC.

Appearance of Quebec.--Gibraltar of America.--Fortifications and Walls.--The Walled City.--Churches, Nunneries and Hospitals.--Views from the Cliff.--Upper Town.--Lower Town.-- Manufactures.--Public Buildings.--Plains of Abraham.--Falls of Montmorenci.--Sledding on the "Cone."--History of Quebec.-- Capture of the City by the British.--Death of Generals Wolfe and Montcalm.--Disaster under General Murray.--Ceding of Canada, by France, to England.--Attack by American Forces under Montgomery and Arnold.--Death of Montgomery.--Capital of Lower Canada and of the Province of Quebec. 405-414