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know whether he would be surety for my 

 bond for ship and balance of cargo. He 

 complied and I closed with the captors at 

 the sum of five thousand dollars. I im- 

 mediately went on by land to Cadiz, saw 

 Mr. Meade and settled to his satisfaction, 

 and returned to Algesiras when I shipped 

 my crew and proceeded to Alicante. On 

 my arrival I wrote to Messrs. Brice, Tup- 

 per & Co. having found that they had re- 

 mitted a sum of money to England which 

 I was to have drawn from them when I 

 left home, but being detained nine months 

 they had disposed of it. Freight being 

 high, I had concluded with Messrs. Bush- 

 nell & Co. to take a freight for them to 

 Dublin in case I found no funds in Va- 

 lencia. During three days I waited for my 

 answer. I was, through the politeness of 

 Mr. Bushnell, introduced into the castle 

 on the hill, which is noted for its uncom- 

 mon defense made by the English a num- 

 ber of years ago. As the rock is of soft 

 substance, something like Portland stone, 



