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Notwithftanding thefe friendly cautions, as 

 there were no apprehenfions entertained of my 

 deferting, I frequently went on fliorc in the 

 iriofl perfed contempt of Manique and his au- 

 thority. 



About the loth of February we failed for 

 England, and after a pieafant paflage, ar- 

 rived at Portfmouth on the 2jd of the fame 

 month. Immediately on my arrival I an- 

 nounced myfelf to his Grace of Portland in the 

 following letter : 



" 0>! har J bis M, Sb'pBK I L-Ll AST, 22d Feb. 1799. 



*' My Lord, 



" I had the honour to inform your 

 Grace from Tangiers, that in confequence of 

 the extraordinary events with which you are 

 acquainted, I had found myfelf reduced to 

 the neccflity of looking for hofpitality on the 

 iliores of Barbary, where I engaged myfelf to 

 ' remain inadlive, a time more than fufficient 

 for your Grace to convey to me your com- 

 " mands, which I bound myfelf to obey. About 

 fix weeks after my arrival in that country it 

 " was intimated by General O'liara to Mr. 

 " Matra, his Majefly's Conful-General, (whofe 

 " bounties to me had given him a right to dif- 

 ** pofe of me as he pleafedj that the Britifli 



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