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As they are attacked on the side of Montreal, by an army of 12 thousand fighting men, they must necessarily divide their force, but as the loss of the capital implies the loss of the colony, their chief attention will naturally be there, and therefore I reckon we may find at Québec 6 battalions, some companies of mariners, 4 or 5,000 Canadians and some Indians all together not much inferior to their enemy.
93 6 dromadaire: the word is here used correctly according to the Academy's dictionary, which makes dromadaire a name of the one humped species of camel. According to more exact usage a dromedary is a high bred camel for special speed, usually of the one humped species but not necessarily so, in this sense Tartarin's beast can hardly claim the name. 93 7 que devenir: lit. 'what to become', transl.
It appears essential also that, whatever substitute may be proposed, if any be found, should be considered in the first instance only as an experiment, by which the operation of the treaties in this respect would necessarily be suspended until its success or failure had been manifest.
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