• . • Colonel Prefer maket me hope that I AaU not bediftrefled much for Fuel in the Winter, but
... for fear he may have mifcalculatcd, I have ordered him to ftrengthen the Pods the £ncmy had at J Quartier, and de Chambaujt, which are excellent Palfes, and an Barrier, betwixt which and Quebec, I can fafely canton Two Thoufand Men in the of the Inhabitants. This will fave Fuel, and be more comfortable for the Troops, than if they were crowded in the Ruins of Quebec; but I flatter myfelf this ...