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 *ing my sister home, I rejoined my friends in the garret, who were much elated at my return; for, from my long absence, they were apprehensive I had been taken. The relation of the various events which had occurred since our separation, afforded matter of amusement during the next day, though it was not without its alloy, arising from the failure of the expedition. Soon after my return, I was introduced to a Mr. Edwards, an Englishman, residing in Bruges. I have since learnt, that it was this gentleman, who put Moitier in the right way of sending Mansell to England: indeed, the imminent risk Mr. Edwards ran, in receiving Whitehurst and Hunter at his house, at all seasonable hours during my absence, to share his scanty meal, when they were literally starving, without even a hope of recompense, but that of our gratitude, and the pleasure derived from the performance of a benevolent act, cannot be spoken of but with the warmest feelings of esteem. In hourly expectation of Moitier's arrival from Flushing, with orders to depart, we waited till the 28th,