XI.] CONCLUSION. 



to for materials ; and we built in two months 

 a very comfortable barrack for four hundred 

 men, without any architect; without any Mr. 

 Nash, or any body of that description. All the 

 officers, except one, went down to the city of 

 St. John, at more than a distance of a hundred 

 miles, and there they stayed. That cue was 

 stationed along with me, in consequence of a 

 loadstone, that pulled him higher up the river ; 

 but never did I see his face, but once or twice, 

 during the whole time. The Governor, who was 

 a very early riser, used to come and see me 

 every morning ; and, as far as words went, gave 

 me ample reward in his constant commendations. 

 Tliis sixpence a- day, and afterwards the tv/o 

 shillings a-day; that is to say, sixpence a-day 

 for two years, and two shillings a-day for six 

 years ; make a total of two hundred and thirty- 

 seven pounds five shillings. This is ail [ ever 

 received out of the taxes ; and I am quite 

 willing to allow that my services were worth 

 nothing to the country, for that such services 

 are of no real use to it ; and, as soon as I found 

 that out, which was very quickly, I begged and 

 prayed that I might cease those services. But, 

 I have PAID something to the country, as \rell 

 as received something from it ; I do not mean 

 those enormous taxes that 1 have paid in com- 

 mon with the rest of mv countrymen; but, 

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