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officer was walking with me in the woods on the 
following morning, he entered more largely on the 
plan of his intended escape ; and he said he had 
arranged his little affairs pretty well before he left 
the town ; but that he had not been able to dispose 
of his watch, which was nearly new, and which 
had been made to order by Keating of London, who 
had charged forty pounds for it. My companion 
had been very attentive to me formerly, when he 
was at Government House in the time of Governor 
Bentinck. Knowing that a friend in need is a 
friend indeed, I put his watch into my waistcoat 
pocket, after having returned him his seals, and two 
rings attached to it, and told him I was his debtor 
for the sum of sixty guineas. 
During the day Mr. Edmonstone received a 
letter, informing him that the general and his staff 
would pay him a visit in the course of the week. 
This information put the already shattered nerves 
of our friend in a still worse state ; for he made no 
doubt but that the general had got information of 
his flight. However, I was of a different way of 
thinking ; and I told him to compose himself ; that 
I would look into the affair; and that, worst come 
to the worst, we could always get him out of the 
way during the general's visit. 
The next afternoon we took a small canoe, and 
went to Mr. Beaumond's in Waratilla creek, where 
we passed the night. I had luckily ordered a few 
troely leaves to be put into the bottom of the 
canoe in case of rain ; and, as things turned out, they 
proved of the utmost use; for, actually, as we were 
