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Ultfi . | t ^ k iifevejr , however , intended to haiig liM ; Tyut tbe frigfit inade him ill for softie time , and rendered him tfife $ ^> £ & # of many a hearty laugh among his comrades afterwards . Tlig OT # si 6 h 6 F the Hgiknent to wnich I belonged was about ttoo miles out of the town , where we were encamped to the left , the 4 $ h QlMsibh being in the centre , and the 3 d to the right . FeeliS ¥ tir&d , notwithstanding I had been leaning , as I hobbled along a& well as I could , oh the arm of mjr French companion , we s&t down on a bench opposite the bridge which leads id Fbrt St Christopher . We had not been long seated when I
triS atntiS ^ d by a large baboon , which was surrounded by % niiitib ^ r of soldiers who were tormenting him . The poor inimal fikd befeti Wounded in the foot , probably by one of ouf » & » Ittd by his shattering , grinning , and droll gesticulations , | fe jih ^ wfed as much aversion to the red coats as any of tlte our
^ le ^ bh—th 6 h enemies—could possibly have done . To ikte K ^ fcVeh and the Frenchman by my side , seeing us in dark jackets ^ hfe waft ted to come as if for protection ; but a man 6 f ttifc 4 th , stating he was the servant of the colonel pf that ffeMtrieht , claimed him as the property of his master . Hereupon k fecuffle tbok place , in which , as usual , several of the uien got
# btinded and one bayonetted . We now saw a nutnbet of Fr 6 llc ! imen guarded by British Soldiers coming over the bridge ; fft | y Mr £ those , it appeared , who had defended Fort St Chrifet& | nir ^ ^ hi ch fed just s urr e nd ered , and they were immediatdy Mttc ^ fed i tttb town ^ s prisoners . They were Soo n siiirouiided Wy' oWr mto , Who began to ratfeact thfeir khap ^ iacks ; a ntimtter
in wittfehes were tarhbled out of one , dollars out of ariothen feWftl * , hatidkercliiefs , isockfe , &c . out of another , ahd t 1 l « spoil 1 ^ 1 feg ferl y seized and divided . I now , having rested myself , tfrish&d to proceed towards the catnp , and assisted by tny trtMhjbfetlibn , renewed my attempts to walk . As we proceeded along $ Saw two mules tied to a door-way ; no person was with them ; TOey Appeared to me worth seizing , so without further
ceremitif # e untied them . Assisted by the Frenchmati I mounted ib btib , &ti& h& guiding the other by the rope-bridle behind iife # we moved slowly onwards towards the camp . It wa 6 16 ifee a itffelbome chang ^ . We had j ust parsed the gates of % ht * % 0 b Whfeh a'ti bffiber of the « 3 d regihifent , whofee lAtiie ttefc
matter J ^ fek ison or Johnson , but I thitlk Jaidcson , itafeettog « 6 , ifske 4 me whether I would sell the mules ? " . Yes /* was my lipyl «< i&ow much ^ o you want For them V said he . * ' Mortar < ltpHlri % ^ w « 6 * mjran 'W swer . u I wiM gite you ^ twenty , " te repliied ; ^^^• ^^^ ^ m t cottsid ^ fitti ^ tt 6 f toit wotttt ^ * t m $ i ^ r aecL ih&t I imglit continue mounted on trie mule utxtil I ( TWrt ^ d W ^ wn refrinaenti We halted S however , ihft a&ter being tvith us , tftttetiii ^ bff ^ ttt ^ 8 »; ^ Wliicfh ^ Wifcli jpilrt ^ T"Olte
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/46/
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