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ferhaps than any other perfon refpeding: 
fhe attachmtnt or hoiiility of the fettlers to 
the Britifh Government. In this point of 
view, I became an objecl of great poUticaL 
importance to the Commander in Chief, 
and fully impreffed with thefe refieftions I 
waited on General Craig: but alas i yr/V^ac/- 
foip^ humanity^ policy^ and even poUtenefs were 
not then at head-quarters. His anfwer was : 
— / have nothing to do 'with the bvftnefsy you 
mttfi go to the Admiral. ^^—-lih^iXi here throw a 
charitable veil over the condud: of this Ge^ie- 
ral ; and only obferve, that when I had re- 
covered from this fudden ftroke of inhu-- 
manity, I departed without ceremony, and 
in flan tiy flew to 
ADMIRAE ELPHINSTONE-- 
Here the contrail was indeed complete. 
The Admiral received me with every mark 
of tendernefs and com.miferaticn. He af- 
fured me, that as my people arrived at the 
Cape, they ihould be accommodated until 
they could find means to Ihip themfelves for 
their refpective dellinations. His promifes 
are not made and forgotten. During the 
iix weeks I remained at the Cape, about 
thirty of my people, chiefly Lafcars, ar- 
rived, and in a ftate of abfolute nakednefs. 
The Admiral immediately gave direclions 
for their relief, and when recovered, fent 
them to Cape4own to join one of the Compa- 
ny's extra fliips bound to Bengal. Such was 
the conduct of the brave, humane and gen- 
