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Meyland; and what gave me the greateft fatisfa6lion, was CHAP, 

 his acknowledging the affront was offered, as finding it . _ _ , 

 would be agreeable to Fourgeoud to have me mortified ; 

 and indeed ever after this acknowledgment we lived in 

 the utmofl intimacy. Peace, however, was not yet de- 

 creed to be my lot, for that very afternoon I found my- 

 felf under the necefiity of challenging two other officers, 

 who had efpoufed Meyland's quarrel againfl me at 

 dinner; but in this I had the fatisfa(5tion of eita- 

 blifhing my charadler without violence or bloodllied, 

 both of the gentlemen acknowledged their error ; and I 

 became at once the favourite of the camp. 



On the 9th of November both columns met, and en- 

 camped together on the north fide of the Wana Creek, 

 near its mouth, where it runs into the Cormoetibo, plac- 

 ing advanced guards at both creeks, at one mile diflance 

 from it ; and this very evening I took the opportunity of 

 acquainting Colonel Fourgeoud, that I had nearly cut 

 off the head of his beloved countryman in a duel (well 

 knowing he muft be informed of it by others) ; which 

 trefpafs he was not only pleafed gracioufly to pardon, but 

 to tell me with a fmile that I was a brave gargon^ but in 

 thofe fmiles I pat no more trult than I would in the tears, 

 of a crocodile. 



My doubts of his friendiliip were foon confirmedj fince 

 my only true friend, Campbell, going down fick to Devil's 

 Harwar, he v^^ould not fo much as allow the boat or pon- 

 kee to wait till I had fiiiillied a letter, dirciled to Joanna, 



for 



