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to Stabroek, where his fears gradually subsided ; 
and after the general’s death there was no more 
talk of bringing the accounts to a public examination. 
This was in the spring of 1812, from which time. 
to the beginning of the year 1825 the Wanderings. 
form a continuation of these memoirs. But as a 
few interesting occurrences took place in the interval 
betwixt these dates, I will pen them down in the 
following pages. 
During my expedition for the wourali poison, in 
the summer of 1812, General Carmichael had writ- 
ten to Lord Bathurst, to say that I was in the 
forests ; and that, if he wanted a person to conduct 
an exploring enterprise, he thought that I might be 
safely recommended to his lordship’s notice. 
I had returned from the interior broken down 
with sickness, brought on by being reduced to eat 
unwholesome food, and by being exposed day and 
night to the inclemency of the rainy season. The 
doctors having ordered me to England without 
loss of time, I took my passage on board the Fame 
of Liverpool, Captain Williams. 
During my stay in Stabroek, previous to the 
vessel’s leaving port, the general gave me the 
colonial dispatches to be delivered to Lord Bathurst, 
and at the same time he presented me with a warm 
letter of introduction to his lordship. We hada 
splendid ball on the eve of our departure. In the 
ball-room General Carmichael took the opportunity 
of introducing me to Captain Peake of the Peacock 
sloop of war, appointed to be our convoy to Bar- 
badoes. 
