XXVI MEMOIR. 



then arrived at Charlestown, bringing a 

 Captain Wyllie as a commissioner from 

 General Tonyn, to demand my release ; 

 Captain Wyllie was, at the same time, pri- 

 vately instructed to inform me, that if this 

 could not be obtained in consequence of 

 his interference, I was completely at liberty 

 to regain my freedom, by paying the un- 

 just demand which had been made upon 

 me; this last measure it was at length 

 found necessary to have resort to. 



As soon as this affair was terminated, I 

 embarked with Commissioner Wyllie in the 

 vessel which had brought him to Charles- 

 town, and proceeded towards St. Augus- 

 tine. The master of the vessel was king's 

 pilot for the harbour. This probably 

 made him fool-hardy; for in weather a 

 little windy, but not stormy, he ran his 

 vessel aground upon breakers which had 

 previously occasioned the loss of many 

 vessels. She immediately bulged, and lost 



