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 when she came, he got leave to speak with her privately, behind the boxes of the court, where there was a large window; he bolted right through thothe [sic] window, without being hurt by the fall; he crossed the street, and got into an entry, where he saw his keepers, below the window, staring at each other. He started for Belfast, which he soon reached, having ran fifteen Irish miles in two hours and a quarter. Next morning he took the coach for Newry, where he arrived about mid-day, and the same evening picked a gentleman's pocket of £5; after remaining two days he took the coach for Armagh, where he spent Christmas-day, and at one adventure took £17. He next went to Dublin, where he remained a short time in respectable lodgings; having made up his mind to go to America, he went down to the Pigeon-house and paid £3 10s. for his passage. While waiting the sailing of the vessel, he met an acquaintance named O'Brien, he changed his mind, and lost his passage-money rather than erosscross [sic] the AtlantieAtlantic [sic]. They agreed to go in eompanycompany [sic], and, before leaving the quay, they robbed a man of ninety-five guineas in gold. They remained in Dublin about ten days, and one evening, at the theatre door they piekedpicked [sic] a gentleman's pocket of £54. Having got themselves finely dressed, they hired a jaunting-car, and, in company with women of bad fame, took a tour through thothe [sic] counties of Fermanagh, Cavan, and Derry. They were a full month on this excursion, during which time they spent upwards of £190.

During their stay in Derry, they went to attend a cock-fight and when in the pit, they saw a gentleman taking bets with every one, two to one. He appeared to gain every bet he took, and was quite uplifted with success. Haggart getting