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    taftpd # ^ l ^ J ^^ J % pd jjJ # » Wm > m $ g gilyer ^ ta ^ ete fconi , his ffro ^ d ? ra aruj thw * tuning rgiM n $ * ce d two ladies in the triage , wiig & $ § g } $ P v ^ ry jpiM ? h p ^ jtefi ^ fprrtljia l ^ lfe from our men , from b ^ t ^ L flanks , we ?§ still ^ feizzlDg f ^ t i ^ ufid us . One of them especially , ivas verymuch distressed . I opened the carriage door ?> when she begged e ^» est | I y & * r messy . | old her not tftbd

    alprjaaecl , for w * e would xmt feujt her 5 upQn which , lifting up jtgd lid of the seat opposite to her in the carriage , she took out a coldL ^ 9 a § t duck ^ ad pi ? es ^ oted 4 t to m . This > altfepugh , perhaps , ludicrous , was a welcome offering , for I had not broken fiast ^ ipc ^ the previous night , pur- regipaent baying then been served out with only a pint of green pease each man , and it was now afapyit seven afcloidk jof the n ^ xt evening . While thus engaged I could $$ p my comrades very busy at some covered waggons j and at thj ^ l

    moment an officer of the 10 th Hussars rode up to the carriage door , and , flourishing his &word over his head , asked what I was about ? r * if I were going to ill-use the ladies ? They seemed more alarmed at the appearance of the officer than at my presence ,-and , b y the expression of their countenances , I thp > ight th ^ t they wished me to prot e ct them . Wh § n he was riding up ,

    not knowing him , I cocked my rifle , upon which he exclaimed-t-^ Damn your blood ! I am an Englj ^ h ofBcer / ' I accordingly stepped pal ; of the carriage , but , in withdrawing , did not for ^ t the portmanteau which had been strapped on behind , ^ i nd whic ^ we found well stocked with moaey . The medal of the Erfcnch officer I presented to Captain , now Colo ^ elL ^ - —r ; the sword to Lieutenant , now Major C—— of the Rifles ^ and . ih $ tassel , hat the

    gme tSfLovdQ- ——s S—^ --t . I afterwards lear ^ ep t lady iji the carriage who presented me with the cold duck was no oth ^ r thao the Queen of Spain , the wife of Joseph Bonaparte ; and , as I have since heard , the Hussar officer of t ^ e lOtt took as A ^ s prii ^ e the batoji of Joseph Bonaparte from the same carriage . , Oft ^ a . when men were detected making booty they w ^ pe spvereiy punfched ; but the fear pf the la $ ii did not prevenH ^

    repetition of the pffenpe , for on entering a town that hacj b «> efi stormed , the act of plunder was considered a sort of ri ght ^ 0 which ithia besi ^ ers were en titled , besides which tl ^ ere w ^ s filiyays pleaaiure in tlie excitement of such adventures . Immediately before the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo I wa « i present §^ a

    sceue of puni ^ ment ) which was very affecting , uu ^ > yhiidi brought t * ws into e , yes not accustomed to ^ he 4 thfsm . ^§ j ( $ en # xal tC ^ ufurd was pa e 4 ay riding through the ^ trpet ? # f G ^ ep ^ J 4 m ^ camp ^ ted by W * aid-de-canjp , two wen m * $ f ejeii iwwim $ lm&m 0 of wJ * A ?» had . abftg pf flpuy , fjirwft ov ^ ^ WNMN ^ det ^ 1 mi * fymkh i w « wi > W ^ ^ ¥ ^ . $ itadiml kfaml ^ top Mm # * pp ; . m 4 l * mmm m

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 3511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/33/