"THE FRENCH HAVE ALWAYS COMMENCED HOSTILITIES IN CANADA"--SAMUEL VECHT IN MONTREAL--MONTREAL TO BE INVADED BY WOOD CREEK--NICHOLSON'S ARMY ROUTED BY DYSENTERY--THE "BOSTONNAIS" PLAN A SECOND DESCENT ON MONTREAL--JEANNE LEBER'S STANDARD--THE EXPEDITION OF SIR HOVENDER WALKER AGAINST QUEBEC--THE VOW OF THE MONTREAL LADIES--"OUR LADY OF VICTORIES" BUILT IN COMMEMORATION--PEACE OF UTRECHT--COMPARISON BETWEEN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW FRANCE. NOTE: THE CHATEAU DE RAMEZAY 323 CHAPTER XXXIV 1700-1721 HALF A CENTURY OF PEACE AND PROGRESS CIVIC SIDE LIGHTS I. THE LONG PEACE--THE TWO GOVERNORS--TAVERN LICENSES--PERMIT TO MARRY--CULTIVATION OF HEMP--FIRST ATTEMPT OF THE LACHINE CANAL BY THE SEIGNEURS--GEDEON DE CATALOGNE--CHAUSSEGROS DE LERY--"SEDITIOUS ASSEMBLIES"--CLAUDE DE RAMEZAY--WAR PRICES--LINEN AND CLOTH INDUSTRIES DEVELOPED--AN ORDINANCE AGAINST DIRTY STREETS--AGAINST PIGS IN THE HOUSES--MARKET REGULATIONS--THE USE OF THE COMMONS--SALE OF LIQUOR TO SAVAGES--THE SEIGNEURS AND THE HABITANTS--REGULATIONS CONCERNING TANNERS, SHOEMAKERS AND BUTCHERS--ENGLISH MERCHANDISE NOT TO BE TOLERATED AT MONTREAL--A MARKET FOR CANADIAN PRODUCTS DESIRED--CONCENTRATION IN THE EAST VERSUS EXPANSION IN THE WEST--CONGES--FAST DRIVING--ROAD MAKING--HORSE BREEDING RESTRAINED--PIGS TO BE MUZZLED--LIQUOR LICENSES OVERHAULED--SNOW-SHOEING TO BE CULTIVATED--DIVERSE NATIONAL ORIGINS--A MARBLE QUARRY--THE DEATH OF A RECLUSE--MURDERER BURNT IN EFFIGY--CARD MONEY--A "BOURSE" FOR THE MERCHANTS--PATENTS OF NOBILITY TO THE LEBER AND LE MOYNE FAMILIES--PARTRIDGE SHOOTING--A "CURE ALL" PATENT MEDICINE--POSTAL SERVICE--A PICTURE OF MONTREAL ABOUT 1721 BY CHARLEVOIX 331 CHAPTER XXXV 1721-1748 SIDE LIGHTS OF CIVIC PROGRESS II THE FIRE OF 1721--BUILDING REGULATIONS--STONE ENCOURAGED--TOWN EMBELLISHMENT--CITY PLANNING--THE FORTIFICATIONS--PEW RENTING--CHATEAU DE VAUDREUIL--TRADE WITH NEW ENGLAND FORBIDDEN--ILLICIT LIQUOR TRAFFIC--DEATHS OF DE RAMEZAY AND DE VAUDREUIL--EVEN NATURALIZED STRANGERS FORBIDDEN TO TRADE--DESCRIPTION OF INDIAN LIFE AT MONTREAL--MONTREAL IS FOLLOWED BY QUEBEC IN THE REFORM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES--VERENDRYE'S EXPEDITION FROM MONTREAL--RELIGIOUS ASYLUM FORBIDDEN--FIRST SAILING VESSEL OF LAKE SUPERIOR--THE "OUTRAGED CRUCIFIX"--SORCERY, MAGIC AND SACRILEGE--THE LEGEND OF THE RED CROSS--PUNISHMENT OF "BREAKING ALIVE" IN THE MARKET PLACE--CARE OF FOUNDLINGS--SULPICIANS FOUND LA PRESENTATION--SKATING IN THE STREETS; FAST DRIVING. NOTES: THE DISCOVERIES OF LA VERENDRYE--CHATEAU VAUDREUIL 347 CHAPTER XXXVI 1749-1755 SIDELIGHTS OF CIVIC PROGRESS III