MAJOR SEMPLE LIStE. 3©i 



cf uneafinefs and fufpenfe I addrefied myfelf to 

 Charles Murray, Efq. Gonful-General from his 

 Britannic Majefty at the Madeiras, a manwhofe 

 reputation for benevolencCj and whofe confe-* 

 quence in the world pointed him out to me as 

 the mo ft likely perfon to obtain an account of 

 the true caufe of my imprifonment. 

 . In the mean time my fervant and little Rich- 

 ards learnt my fituation, when the former fled 

 for fear ; but the latter, though in a ftrange 

 country, and under fifteen years of age, deli- 

 vered himfelf up, and deiired to fliare my con- 

 finement. He was accordingly fent to the 

 Cajiello de St. Jorgey but with, a politive injunc- 

 tion to be kept apart from me, and orders were 

 at the fame time given, that I fliould not be in- 

 formed of his imprifonment. I, however, im- 

 mediately became acquainted with it, and fent 

 for the Governor, who, at my carncft requeft", 

 allowed him the range of the caftle, on m.y pro- 

 mife to hold no communication with him. 



A fufficiently plentiful table was found for 

 me, and my lodgings were extremely good, but 

 for above a week I could not obtain my bag- 

 gage. At length my trunks were fent to me, 

 and, to my great furprife, without having; 

 pafTed any examination though they con- 

 tained many papers, yet a few immaterial ones 



which 



