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tw© Corporals, and two privates) who were 

 there. Thefe heroes were perpetually quarrel- 

 ling, not only among themfelves, and with their 

 own officers, bui with their benefadors in the 

 town, on whom they never failed to. beftow 

 every abufive epithet their knowledge of the 

 Portuguefe language afforded the.in, by way of 

 return for the civilities they received. This irre- 

 gular and brutal conduft occafioned the Genc- 

 jal, though the mildeft and molt humane man 

 living, to imprifon them in the guard-houfe; 

 jiay, fuch was their behaviour, that during the 

 feven weeks we were there, they were never all 

 at liberty. So much was his Excellency dif- 

 pleafed with them, that I have heard him re^ 

 peatedjy fay, he would rather fend them home 

 at his own expence, than fuffer them to remain 

 in the country he governed ; and all the officers 

 of the garrifon declared with one voice, that for 

 jthe laft ten years fo many puniflim-ents had not 

 been known in that country. Sorry am I. to 

 add, that fo frequent vilitors thefe foldiers were 

 to the prifon, that the inhabitants gave it the 

 name of the Englijb bari-flcks, 



I might fill a volunie with particular inflances 

 Df the kindnefs vye experienced, but the follow- 

 ing will certainly fliew that the foldiers ought 

 to have at Icaft comported themfelve'? with 

 Recency. One of their wives who came with 



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