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By an unknown artist. (An x was frequently used for a "0" at that time.) The original drawing was found among a number of unframed prints in a collection obtained by John Naegely, Esq., who presented it to the Grange Club, Guernsey, in 1870. It now hangs over the mantelpiece in the club reception room. The original is drawn in very fine pencil and water-color--a style of art fashionable at that period. Photographed for Miss Agnes FitzGibbon in 1902. Brock's father's house, where our hero was born--now converted into a wholesale merchant's warehouse--stands at the point where two lines, drawn from the spots indicated by a cross (+) on the margin, would intersect. On the frame above the picture are the words, "_Guernsey in 18x6_"; below, "_Presented to the Grange Club by John Naegely, Esq., 9th March, 1870."_ NO. 3. FACING PAGE 27. _Navy Hall, Remnant of the old "Red Barracks," Niagara, 1797._ Navy Hall consisted of four buildings erected about 1787. One was altered in 1792 for Governor Simcoe. Another was fitted up for Parliament when it met at Newark (Niagara), 1792-1797. The building here shown was afterwards used for troops and called the "Red Barracks." From a photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan, Niagara. NO. 4. FACING PAGE 32. _Colonel James FitzGibbon._ From a photograph in possession of Miss Agnes FitzGibbon, of Toronto, his granddaughter. Taken by his nephew, Gerald FitzGibbon, 10 Merrion Square, Dublin. Col. FitzGibbon was a _protege_ of Brock's. First private, then the "faithful sergeant-major," then ensign, then adjutant of the 49th, the "hero of Beaver Dams" in the war of 1812, Adjutant-General of Canada, 1837, and Military Knight of Windsor, 1851. NO. 5. FACING PAGE 40. _Queenston Road, about 1824._ Original water-color painting by Charles W. Jefferys, O.S.A., Toronto, from a photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan, showing the ruins of William Lyon Mackenzie's printing office, the _Colonial Advocate_, as it appeared twelve years after the battle of Queenston Heights. NO. 6. FACING PAGE 52. _Ruins of old Powder Magazine, Fort George._ Photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan. NO. 7. FACING PAGE 64. _Brock's Cocked Hat._ Water-color sketch by Harry Carter, Toronto, from photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan. (See foot-note on page 64.) Persons interested in military matters will observe that the white ostrich plumes, which show very slightly, are
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