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He was a daredevil , too ; for the day that the last of the division was taken up the river , without my permission or the permission of the admiral or any one else , he took the Terror of France almost up to Bougainville 's earthworks in the cove at Cap Rouge and insolently emptied his six swivels into them , and then came out and stood down the river . When I asked what he was doing -- for I was now well enough to come on deck -- he said he was going to see how monkeys could throw nuts ; when I pressed him , he said he had a will to hear the cats in the eaves ; and when I became severe , he added that he would bring the Terror of France up past the batteries of the town in broad daylight , swearing that they could no more hit him than a woman could a bird on a flagstaff . I did not relish this foolish bravado , and I forbade it ; but presently I consented , on condition that he take me to General Wolfe 's camp at Montmorenci first ; for now I felt strong enough to be again on active service . Clark took the Terror of France up the river in midday , running perilously close to the batteries ; and though they pounded at him petulantly , foolishly angry at his contemptuous defiance , he ran the gauntlet safely , and coming to the flagship , the Sutherland , saluted with his six swivels , to the laughter of the whole fleet and his own profane joy . `` Mr. Moray , '' said General Wolfe , when I saw him , racked with pain , studying a chart of the river and town which his chief engineer had just brought him , `` show me here this passage in the hillside . '' I did so , tracing the plains of Maitre Abraham , which I assured him would be good ground for a pitched battle . He nodded ; then rose , and walked up and down for a time , thinking .