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nicate of a much later date than that of our departure from '"79- 

 England. 



About feven o'clock, the Commander, conceiving we 

 might be fatigued with our journey, and defirous of taking 

 fome repofe, begged he might conduct us to our lodgings. 

 It was in vain that we protefled againfl a compliment 

 which we had certainly no title to expect, but that of being 

 Grangers ; a circumftance which feemed, in the opinion of 

 this generous Livonian, to counterbalance every other con- 

 fideration. In our way, we parted by two guard -houfes, 

 where the men were turned out under arms, in compliment 

 to Captain Gore ; and were afterward brought to a very neat 

 and decent houfe, which the Major gave us to underfland was 

 to be our refidence, during our flay. Two fentinels were 

 polled at the door ; and in a houfe adjoining, there was a 

 ferjeant's guard. Having fhewn us into our apartments> 

 t he Major took his leave, with a promife to fee us the next 

 day; and we were left to find out, at our leifure, all the 

 conveniencies that he had moil amply provided for us. A 

 foldicr, called a putproperfekack, whofe rank is between that 

 of a ferjeant and corporal, along with our fellow-traveller 

 Port, were appointed to be our male domeftics ; befides 

 whom, there was a houfe-kceper and a cook, who had or- 

 ders to obey Port's directions in dreiling us a fupper, accord- 

 ing to our own mode of cookery. We received many civil 

 mefTages, in the courfe of the evening, from the principal 

 people of the town, purporting, that they would not add to 

 our fatigues, by paying their refpeets to us at that time, but 

 would wait on us in the morning. Such well-fupportcd 

 politenefs and attention in a country fo defolate and uncul- 

 tivated, formed a contrail exceedingly favourable to its in- 

 habitants; and to finifh the piece as it began, at fun-fet the 



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