*95 



merit, I am really told, that I ought to calcu- 

 late upon receiving a fum by no means defpi- 

 cable. My expectations, however, do not run 

 very high, being aware of the clofe meltings, 

 which fuch kind of property ufually undergoes, 

 before it becomes fufficiently refined for the 

 pockets of the captors *. 



* It proved that confiderable property was a&ually con- 

 demned and fold ; but not the fmalleft dividend has yet 

 been paid to thofe entitled to it January 1806". 



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