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CHAPTER IX. 
Gmn, Crjig^s reception of the Captain Jlated, — Admiral 
Elph INS TONERS liberal and-7iohk condtiH defcrihed, — Lijf 
cf the fet tiers luho behaved kindly to the Captain and his 
cre'w delivered to Admiral Elphhijione by his o'jju dircs- 
tions* — General obfervations* The Captain arrives m 
England. 
T^HE only thing now wanting to com- 
jL plete my happinefs, was the arrival of 
my poor people. The major part of them 
were creeping after me to implore relief, and 
they looked to my exertions as the medium 
through which their miferies would be alle- 
viated. 
Every painful reflexion on this occafioa 
at once fubfided, when I confidered that a 
Britijh officer had the command at the Cape. 
I had a letter to General Craigy from his 
worthy and refpeftable friend xhtLandorfe of 
Zzvellingdain ; but the fituation of my peo- 
ple who had furvived fuch a feries of calami- 
ties, could not fail, as I conceived, to a- 
waken the feelings of humanity ; and I knew 
this virtue to be the predominant ckarafter- 
iftic of a Britiili foldier. I therefore enter- 
tained no doubt but the Commander in 
Chief would give me every affiftance in his 
power, efpeciaily when I recoliecled that we 
were the lail people who had travelled thro* 
the colonies fince the conqueft by the Eng- 
lifhj and that I could fpeak more dirediy^ 
