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facfl, that the accommodation provided for me 

 was extremely good ; that the palTage was paid, 

 and that the mafter of the (hip was diredlcd to 

 put me on board any velTel we might meet at 

 fea bound for the Britifh Channel. This ex- 

 cellent man added, *' As you have neither heard 

 " from Mr. Walpole nor Mr. Murray during 

 ** the time you were at my houfe, it is podible 

 " you may be unprovided with money fufficient 

 " for your prefent ufe, I will therefore advance 

 " you any fum I can afford." I took a few 

 pounds, and gave him a line to Mr. Murray, 

 who, with his ufual goodnefs, immediately re- 

 paid M, De Abreu, 



I now went on board. The convoy was under 

 fail, and I never in my life felt more happinefs 

 than at quitting a country where men may be 

 deprived of liberty without being told why, 

 without having committed any crime, and 

 without being permitted to vindicate them- 

 felves. My difputes in Brazil came not within 

 the cognizance of an Intendant of Police of 

 Lifbon ; the government of that country admi- 

 nifters the juftice of it, and to the Governor be- 

 longed the power of punifhing me if I had me- 

 rited punifnment; but that he had made no 

 complaint is evident from the declaration of the 

 Minifter of the Marine and Tranfmarine De- 

 partment to Mr. Murray, an extract of whofe 



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