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officer for mc, I was found in the ad of fhoeing 

 one of them. 



I had one day an opportunity of knowing the 

 treatment of the European flaves from their own 

 mouths. Walking on the beach with an officer 

 of the -navy, we faw fome of thefe captives, one 

 of whom addrcfied himfclf to me in German; 

 he informed me that they were Luhekers and Ham- 

 hurghefey and had been fom.e time in flavery. 

 Their treatment does not, however, feem at all 

 bad; their allowance is about fix-pence a day, 

 at leaft equal to one fhilling and fix-pence here; 

 they are not compelled to work, and fomc of 

 them who had acknowledged themfelves to be 

 boat-builders, having been employed at their 

 trade, received additional wages in confequence 

 of the reprefentation of the Confuls, who in- 

 filled that they fiiould not work without being 

 paid. 



In the month of December a letter came from 

 General O'Hara to Mr. Matra, acquainting him 

 that I was ordered home in cufbody ; and at the 

 fame time Captain Newhoufe, of his Majefi:y's 

 fhip Peterell, was directed to receive me, if I 

 chofe to go. I readily confented to obey the or- 

 der, but wrote to General O'Hara, that it would 

 be impofiible for me to comply with it fo foon. 

 as twenty- four hours, which was all the time 

 Captain Newhoufe could allow me ; if, how- 



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