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" the great services that I had rendered the regi- 

 ment/' and that was at the age of twenty-six 

 years. The Governor of the province gave me, 

 when I came away, or, rather, when the regiment 

 came away, his thanks in public orders; though 

 he did the same to not one soul of the officers of 

 the regiment. I was so situated as to save to 

 England thousands and thousands of pounds dur* 

 ing the time tliat the regiment was stationed in 

 New Brunswick. My vigilance was incessant ; 

 and I pursued the interests of the government at 

 home, and, as I then thought, of the country at 

 home, with as much zeal as if my life had de- 

 pended upon the result. I could take my oath 

 that I never saw one other man that did the 

 same, while I was in that country, with the ex- 

 ception of General Carleton, the Governor, 

 and the unfortunate Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 

 who was a really honest, conscientious, and hu- 

 mane man. 



183. While I was in that province, a set of 

 Commissioners came out to take an account of 

 the population, of the condition of the seve- 

 ral settlements, of the state of the improvements, 

 and the like. These gentlemen sent home a very 

 long and luminous report, accompanied with a 

 set of tables, giving a concise view of the whole 

 in figures. They ended their perambulations at 

 Fredericton, where my regiment was quar- 



