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officer was walking with me in the woods on the 

 following morning, he entered more largely on the 

 plan of his intended escape ; and he said he had 

 arranged his little affairs pretty well before he left 

 the town ; but that he had not been able to dispose 

 of his watch, which was nearly new, and which 

 had been made to order by Keating of London, who 

 had charged forty pounds for it. My companion 

 had been very attentive to me formerly, when he 

 was at Government House in the time of Governor 

 Bentinck. Knowing that a friend in need is a 

 friend indeed, I put his watch into my waistcoat 

 pocket, after having returned him his seals, and two 

 rings attached to it, and told him I was his debtor 

 for the sum of sixty guineas. 



During the day Mr. Edmonstone received a 

 letter, informing him that the general and his staff 

 would pay him a visit in the course of the week. 

 This information put the already shattered nerves 

 of our friend in a still worse state ; for he made no 

 doubt but that the general had got information of 

 his flight However, I was of a different way of 

 thinking ; and I told him to compose himself ; that 

 I would look into the affair ; and that, worst come 

 to the worst, we could always get him out of the 

 way during the general's visit. 



The next afternoon we took a small canoe, and 

 went to Mr. Beaumond's in Waratilla creek, where 

 we passed the night. I had luckily ordered a few 

 troely leaves to be put into the bottom of the 

 canoe in case of rain ; and, as things turned out, they 

 proved of the utmost use ; for, actually, as we were 



