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were held out, that it was judged advisable to put 

 the militia under arms, till the execution should 

 have taken place ; and also to remove the King's 

 Captain to the gaol at Savannah la Mar, till means 

 can be found for transporting him from the island. 



March 27. 



The Eboe Captain has effected his escape by 

 burning down the prison door. It is supposed that 

 he has fled towards the fastnesses in the interior of 

 the mountains, where I am assured that many 

 settlements of run-away slaves have been formed, 

 and with which the inhabited part of the island has 

 no communication. However, the chief of the 

 Accompong Maroons, Captain Roe, is gone in pur- 

 suit of him, and has promised to bring him in, 

 alive or dead. The latter is the only reasonable 

 expectation, as the fugitive is represented as a com- 

 plete desperado. 



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The negroes have at least given me one proof of 

 their not being entirely selfish. When they heard 

 that the boat was come to convey my baggage to 

 the ship at Black River, they collected all their 

 poultry, and brought it to my agent, desiring him 

 to add it to my sea-stores. Of course I refused to 

 let them be received, and they were evidently much 

 disappointed, till I consented to accept the fowls 

 and ducks, and then gave them back to them again, 



