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 we had now borrowed the affiftance of powder and chap, 



vvy- 



pomatum. r 



On the i8th the troops were finally cleared with, and 

 paid their remaining arrears, and thofe who chofe it per- 

 mitted to return to their former regiments. Some of the 

 privates had from thirty to forty pounds to receive, which, 

 failor-like, having earned it like horfes, they fpent like afles. 

 Among others, a young fellow of my company, whofe late 

 regiment chanced to be quartered in the very fame town, 

 hired three poft-chaifes to carry him the length of one 

 ftreet only, ordering a couple of drunken fiddlers in the 

 firft, his knapfack in the fecond, and placing himfelf in the 

 third, fupported by a brace of the frail fifterhood : he was, 

 however, unfortunately Ihipwrecked in his courfe, being 

 run foul of by the 7mjor de place^ who, having broken the 

 fiddles, and fet the ladies adrift, towed the roaring adven- 

 turer himfelf, after a hard tug, to the quarter-guard, 

 where he came to an anchor in the bilboes, till the gale 

 of his diflipation was quite fpent, and he had got rid of 

 all his cargo. In a fimilar manner went moft of the 

 money which had been earned with fo much danger, 

 hardfhip, and fatigue. 



Now came the time to keep my long-made refolution 

 of bidding a lofting farewell to Colonel Fourgeoud's regi- 

 ment ; from which, on the iQth day of Auguft, I obtained 

 my free difmiflion, having requefted it, immediately 

 after my debarkation, from the Prince of Orange, who 

 at the fame time honoured me with a frefli Captain's 

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