Page:Narrative of a captivity and adventures in France and Flanders between the years 1803 and 1809.djvu/247

 With the money they received, and which they considered amply sufficient to recompense them for their services, they had previously purchased a quantity of indigo and coffee, which yielded them a profit of about 600 percent.; we had, therefore, not only the satisfaction of knowing that they were content with the result of their present trip, but that it would be an inducement for them to afford every assistance in their power to any of our countrymen, who might, at a future period, escape from confinement, and reach that part of the coast. Our own expenses amounted to £135 each. Hunter was soon afterwards employed, and promoted in 1811. Whitehurst was sent to the Halifax station, where he had not been long before he was again made prisoner in the "Junon," and detained in France during the remainder of the war. Mansell, a short time after, died at sea. The day after my arrival, I proceeded to London, and had the honour of an audience of Lord Mulgrave, then first Lord of the Admiralty; a few days subsequent to which, his lordship was pleased to issue an order for my