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We were ordered away at very fhort no* 

 tice. On returning to the Lord Sheffield after 

 my vifit at the hofpital on the morning of the 

 14th inft. I received inftru&ions to embark 

 on board the Grenada tranfport before 12 

 o'clock ; and to take upon me the direction of 

 a detachment of the hofpital ftaff, appoint- 

 ed to attend a divifion of the army, which 

 was to fail that afternoon, on fecret iervice. 



Being advifed to take with me as little bag- 

 gage as poffible, and affuredthat I might expecT; 

 foon to return, in order to proceed with Gene- 

 ral Whyte, to St. Domingo, I made up a foL 

 dier's kit of apparel, and left all my heavier 

 packages, under the care of my late comrades. 

 In the Lord Sheffield* 



The Grenada is a very fine veffel, and 

 fails remarkably well. Like the Lord Sheffield, 

 fhe is a Weft India trader, engaged as a tranf- 

 port only for the paffage out, and as foon as 

 ftie has completed her voyage is to return tq 

 England laden with fugar, cotton, oj; othet 

 Weft India produce. 



I thought mvfelf fortunate in being ap* 



