Strong were its earthen bastions, its palisades were tall, 
     
    

    
     Heavy and great the cannon that frowned above the wall; 
     
    

    
     And bold and true its soldiers, all men of fair Rochelle—~- 
     
    

    
     Stout Huguenots who knew no iear, but loved Latour full well. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     But none within that fortress, tho’ tried in many a frayi— 
     
     Sons of the gallant men who fought on Ivry’s bloody day—— 
     
     Possessed more dauntless courage to dare or to endure, 
     
    

    
     So kind and yet so brave a heart, as the wife of Lord Latour." 
     
    
   
   
    
     The French occupation gave way to the English about the 
     
     middle of the eighteenth century. but the real settlement of St. 
     
     John was made by United Empire Loyalists, or expatriated loyalists 
     
     from New England, at the close of the American Revolutionary War. 
     
     St. John is a very homelike and 
     
     ., , pleasant city where cool sea breezes 
     
     may be enjoyed all through the summer. 
     
     It has restful small park areas or 
     
     squares, as well as extensive outlying 
     
     parks and public gardens, and it is 
     
     surrounded by. a wealth of drives, 
     
     resorts, boating places, beaches and 
     
     places where all kinds of outdoor sport 
     
     may be enjoyed. In addition, over one hundred outlying places of 
     
     much interest are readily accessible from it as a centre, and for 
     
     fishing and hunting it occupies a position only exceeded by those of 
     
     the great sporting districts. For maritime pleasures, deep-sea 
     
     fishing, etc., it shares supremacy with two or three other places such 
     
     as Halifax and Sydney. It has good hotel and other accommodation, 
     
     and for chance wet days it has a most excellent public library. In 
     
     this connection may also be mentioned the Museum of the Natural 
     
     History Society on Union Street. 
     
    

    
     It was at the foot of what is now King Street, the principal 
     
     store thoroughfare, that the American Loyalists landed in 1783 and 
     
     founded the City. What are presumed to be the remains of earth— 
     
     works marking the site of Fort La Tour may be seen in \Vest. St. 
     
     john at the foot ol~ Middle Street. It was here that La Tour’s wife, 
     
     the ”Heroine of Acadia,” made such a gallant defense of her hus— 
     
     band's cause. She is supposed to have been buried somewhere 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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