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 to him, and our prospects painted in glowing colours, he agreed to join us. From that moment, he behaved with firmness and cordiality: not an hour was lost in procuring every thing needful for the occasion; but before we could fix a day, we resolved to obtain some information, respecting the obstacles in our passage to the upper citadel, that being the only way by which we could possibly escape. It was necessary to be very cautious in this particular, and many schemes were suggested. At length, hearing that that part of the fortifications abounded in wild rabbits, it occurred to me, to offer my greyhounds to one of the gendarmes, whenever he chose to make use of them. This I did, and the fellow mentioned it to the Marèchal de logis, who was equally pleased with the expectation of sport, for they verily believed, that such beautiful English dogs could kill every rabbit they saw. Shortly after, the gendarme came, with the keys in his hand, for them; the Marèchal de logis waiting at the gate. The dogs, however, had been taught to follow no one but their master,