62 TRAVELS IN 
bullet, which carried off his head, prevent^ 
ed me from receiving a reply* Another 
bullet, from the fame broadfide, did the 
f^me thing to a large dog, which appeared 
to be fearching for its mafter, and which 
was running up to me with a wild and 
terrified look. The effeds produced by thefe 
two bullets making me apprehenfive of a 
third, I inftantly quitted my ftation, and 
fought a place of fhelter on the other fide 
of the Downs. 
The reader may eafily imagine what my 
fituation muft have been after this adven- 
ture. Suppofmg that I did not choofe to go 
to the Cape to beg pecuniary affiftance, and 
to add to the number of the unhappy viftims 
who had efcaped from the fire and the fwo'rd 
of the enemv, infenfible to this fcene of 
horror, in which I ought not to have run 
any rifque, fince no advantage was to be 
expeded from it ; without title, without 
rank, and without commiffion ; alone, ab- 
fent from dear friends, who in imagination 
appeared before me; diftant two thoufand 
miles from my wife, my children, and my 
adopted country ; in wild regions, without 
the 
