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dier. I therefore entertained no doubt 
but the commander in chief would give 
me every assistance in his power, especially 
when I recollected that we were the last 
people who had travelled through the co- 
lonies since the conquest by the English, 
and that I could speak more directly, per- 
haps, than any other person respecting the 
attachment or hostility of the settlers to 
the British government. In this point of 
view, 1 became an object of great political 
importance to the commander in chief j 
and fully impressed with these reflections, I 
waited on General Craig : but, alas ! friend- 
ship, humanity, policy, and even politeness, 
were not then at head-quarters. His an- 
swer was — " I have nothing to do with 
" the business ; you must go to the ad- 
miral." — ^^I shall here throw a charitable 
veil over the conduct of this general, and 
only observe, that when I had recovered 
from this sudden stroke of inhumanity, I 
departed without ceremony, and instantly 
flew to Admiral Elphinstone. 
Here the contrast was indeed complete. 
The admiral received me with every mark 
of tenderness and commiseration. He as- 
