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 led and loaded, and pointed them so as to command the road over the brow of the opposite hill by which the rebels must advance, causing, at the same time, two or three trees to be cut down, which would have impeded the effect of the artillery when it should be necessary to use it. With the trunks of these trees, and other materials, he directed barricades to be constructed upon the winding avenue which rose to the Tower from the high-road, taking care that each should command the other. The large gate of the court-yard he barricadoedbarricaded [sic] yet more strongly, leaving only a wicket open for the convenience of passage. What he had most to apprehend, was the slenderness of his gar- rison; for all the efforts of the steward were unable to get more than nine men under arms, himself and Gudyill included, so much more popular was the cause of the insurgents than that of the government. Major Bellenden, and his trusty servant Pike, made the garrison eleven in number,