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she lay here, for that purpose ; the officer on board 

 saying, that h^e had particular orders, which he could 

 not disobey, to suffer no passenger, nor any officer, 

 except the captain, to pass the boat. After much 

 expostulation to no purpose, they were obliged, with 

 whatever reluctance and mortification, to return on 

 board. I then v/ent on shore myself, but found the 

 Viceroy inflexible ; he had one answer ready for every 

 thing I could say, that the restrictions under which 

 he had laid us were in obedience to the King of Por- 

 tugal's commands, and therefore indispensable. 



In this situation I determined, rather than be made 

 a prisoner in my own boat, to go on shore no more ; 

 for the officer who, under pretence of a compliment, 

 attended me when I w^as ashore, insisted also upon 

 going with me to and from the ship : but still 

 imagining, that the scrupulous vigilance of the Vice- 

 roy must proceed from some mistaken notion about 

 us, which might more easilj^ be removed by writing 

 than in conversation, I drew up a memorial, and 

 Mr. Banks drew up another, which we sent on shore. 

 These memorials were both answered, but by no 

 means to our satisfaction y we therefore replied : in 

 consequence of which, several other papers were in- 

 terchanged between us and the Viceroy, but still 

 without effect. , However, as I thought some degree 

 of force, on the part of the Viceroy, to enforce these 

 restrictions, necessary to justify my acquiescence in 

 them to the Admiralty, I gave orders to my lieu- 

 tenant, Mr. Hicks, when I sent him with our last 

 reply on Sunday the SOth, in the evening, not to 

 suffer a guard to be put into his boat. When the 

 officer on board the guard-boat found that Mr. Hicks 

 was determined to obey my orders, he did not proceed 

 to force, but attended him to the landing-place, and 

 reported the matter to the Viceroy. Upon this His 

 Excellency refused to receive the memorial, and or- 

 dered Mr. Hicks to return to the ship ; when he came 

 back to the boat, he found that a guard had been 



