MEMOIR. XXV 



death by being able to swim. I remained 

 in prison upwards of three months, during 

 which time I was robbed by another pri- 

 soner, and in consequence of my com- 

 plaining of this, was most grossly abused 

 by the jailor in the common news- 

 paper. Learning that an Irish gentle- 

 man, a Mr. .ZEdanus Bourke, was one of 

 the judges of that country, I immediately 

 complained to him of the jailor's usage, 

 which he directly put a stop to, by a 

 severe letter to him, a copy of which was 

 sent to me. Immediately upon my having 

 been confined, I wrote to General Tonyn, 

 acquainting him with my situation, and 

 saying, I should be ready to undergo any 

 suffering, rather than that his flag of truce 

 should be tarnished while in my posses- 

 sion. I received no positive answer, for 

 he was a very dilatory man, till upwards 

 of two months after my application had 

 been made to him. A government vessel 



