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further; they have purchased Dundurn Park, the old homestead of Sir Allan McNab, intending to use the castle as a museum for historical treasures. On the other hand, Fort Amherstburg, opposite Detroit, where some of the engagements of 1812 took place, is now a heap of ruins. So also Fort Erie, opposite Buffalo, of Fenian celebrity. The Loyalists of Ontario are not unmindful of their past glorious records. They have lately, thanks to the Rev. Mr. Forneret, erected a pretty memorial church in the old historic township of Adolphustown, on the Bay of Quinte, with appropriate tablets. But the oldest forts of Ontario are sadly neglected. For example, take Fort Frontenac, or Cataraqui, at Kingston. Of the old fortifications blown up by the French, the foundations alone remain, and these are going to decay, very little being done to preserve them, although it is occupied by the military. Toronto fares a little better. Its old French fort, Fort Rouville, built in 1725, was completely demolished; but the Historical Society, aided again by the government, some twenty years ago, erected a cairn on the old site. It is fairly well kept and at all events the grounds are secured as public grounds. Other forts, such as the fort at Sault Ste. Marie, the theatre of the exploits of Cadotte, first, and of the English afterwards, have been altogether neglected and abandoned. Quebec fares about in the same way as Ontario concerning its old forts. Those connected with the wars with the United States are in a good state of preservation, while the oldest forts are very sadly neglected indeed. For example, at Chateauguay, where the battle of Chateauguay was fought, the Department of Militia has erected a monument perpetuating that glorious event. The fort of Chateauguay is the only one I can find as having been taken hold of by the Department of Militia, with the exception, however, of Eccle's Hill, in the county of Missisquoi. Here a battle was fought, in 1870, against our friends the Fenians, the commander on our side being Mr.