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82 Captain Greig and his son left their English country home in their "travelling carriage" for the journey to Gravesend to join the ship. While crossing Bexley Heath they made their pistols ready, for the stretch of road was notorious for highwaymen, and as young Alexander Greig enjoy ably tells us:

At the next tavern they described the adventure, and when young Greig mentioned that one of the