This feat is the more difficult, from the strong tides which run between the passage.] [Footnote 106: "On arriving before Fort Detroit, a characteristic trait of his courage took place, when, within range of the guns of that fort, and in front of his heroic and devoted band of militiamen and regulars, his attention was drawn by Colonel Nichol to the dangerous nature of the expedition, and to the wish of his gallant comrades in arms that he would not go to the front, and endanger a life they could not spare--to these suggestions he replied: 'I will never desire the humblest individual to go where I cannot lead.'"-- _Toronto Herald_, June 15, 1843.] [Footnote 107: For council of condolence, see Appendix A, Section 1, No.
6.] [Footnote 108: The officers of the 49th, after his death, instructed the regimental agent in London to procure them a likeness of Sir Isaac Brock, that it might be placed in their mess-room, and allotted a handsome sum for this purpose.

The agent applied to the family for a copy, but unfortunately they possessed no good likeness of the general.] [Footnote 109: The salary attached to the civil government of Upper Canada was increased, we believe, shortly before his death to L3,000 a year.] [Footnote 110: By an official return, it appears that this monument cost L1,575 sterling.

For inscription, &c, see Appendix A, Section 1, No.

7.] [Footnote 111: See Appendix A, Section 1, No.

8.] [Footnote 112: For the address, see Appendix A, Section 1, No.