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of my capture , and remarking that all was quiet , took courageously the road towards the south , which was in the direction of the sea , whither I wanted to go for embarking and going over to Barcelona , which kept still firm , where I could devote my last efforts and my life for the maintenance of the rights of man ancl his liberty . Night arrived ; I hacl penetrated a good distance into the mountains of the Pyrenees , when the doubt arose whether I should be able to continue for I
my way ; felt my strength was failing me , and was doubly tormented by the uncertainty whether I had taken the road towards the coast ; but confiding myself to the Great Architect of the Universe , I took courage and continued my march . I cannot describe the pain it cost me to drag myself forth on the road , full of holes and mud , mixed with pieces of rock , now mounting , then descending , without finding a single cabin where I might have implored some assistance in the weak state I found
myself . At last , however , 1 perceived the light of that beneficent orb , which rose in all its splendour to console nature , and to give back feeling to all creation . I sat down to dress my wound , by which I hail lost much blood , and began to contemplate this happy solitude , yet it tlid not cheer me , but inspired me with horror at my position . I then left the spot where I was seated , and ascended to the top of a little hill , and to my great surprise discoveredin an extensive lain under me
, p , two men , who were leading two heavily laden mules , coming towards where I was . At first I believed them to be banditti ; but at ' their approach I convinced myself that they were smugglers , who came from the coast with goods for the interior . 1 descended ancl went to meet them . Scarcely had they perceived me when they halted ; but after I
had waived a white rag , which served me as a handkerchief , they reassured themselves , and continued their march towards me . Arrived within hearing of my voice , which was not very strong , I wished them " bon jour , " to which they answered cordially . I inquired tny way , and requested them to give me a piece of bread , informing them of my situation , ancl of the result of the preceding clay . The good people were touched at my misfortune , gave me a large piece of bread , a good slice
of sausage , antl a comfortable draught of wine . One of them , putting his hand into his pocket , presented me with a dollar , which I kept till 1829 , a very remarkable epoch for rne . They assured me of my right direction , ancl we parted most cordially . Partly relieved from my misery , my heart full of new hopes , I marched with great strides towards the coast , from which I was twelve miles distant , and at two o ' clock in the afternoon it came to my view . It may be imagined with what joy
my soul was filled when that ardently wished-for shore met my sight , to reach which had cost me so much exertion . My courage redoubled , and at six o ' clock in the evening I arrived at St . Felin de Gecshuls , situated on the sea-shore . In this place I had been some time before with a detachment of troops , and I found there some old friends . One of them procured me a passage to Barcelona , and-I sailed the same night . In the morning we arrived at our destinationand I remained at Barcelona
, till the 4 th of November , the clay of its capitulation . From thence I embarked for Gibraltar , and then for Portugal , where 1 continued in the war against slavery . But having the greater power of number , despotism triumphed , and I was obliged to return to Gibraltar . 'Without resources , without occupation , what had I to do at a place of war , where I had to pay every day threepence for the permission to stay there , and
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Succinct Account Of The Life Of The Writer.
of my capture , and remarking that all was quiet , took courageously the road towards the south , which was in the direction of the sea , whither I wanted to go for embarking and going over to Barcelona , which kept still firm , where I could devote my last efforts and my life for the maintenance of the rights of man ancl his liberty . Night arrived ; I hacl penetrated a good distance into the mountains of the Pyrenees , when the doubt arose whether I should be able to continue for I
my way ; felt my strength was failing me , and was doubly tormented by the uncertainty whether I had taken the road towards the coast ; but confiding myself to the Great Architect of the Universe , I took courage and continued my march . I cannot describe the pain it cost me to drag myself forth on the road , full of holes and mud , mixed with pieces of rock , now mounting , then descending , without finding a single cabin where I might have implored some assistance in the weak state I found
myself . At last , however , 1 perceived the light of that beneficent orb , which rose in all its splendour to console nature , and to give back feeling to all creation . I sat down to dress my wound , by which I hail lost much blood , and began to contemplate this happy solitude , yet it tlid not cheer me , but inspired me with horror at my position . I then left the spot where I was seated , and ascended to the top of a little hill , and to my great surprise discoveredin an extensive lain under me
, p , two men , who were leading two heavily laden mules , coming towards where I was . At first I believed them to be banditti ; but at ' their approach I convinced myself that they were smugglers , who came from the coast with goods for the interior . 1 descended ancl went to meet them . Scarcely had they perceived me when they halted ; but after I
had waived a white rag , which served me as a handkerchief , they reassured themselves , and continued their march towards me . Arrived within hearing of my voice , which was not very strong , I wished them " bon jour , " to which they answered cordially . I inquired tny way , and requested them to give me a piece of bread , informing them of my situation , ancl of the result of the preceding clay . The good people were touched at my misfortune , gave me a large piece of bread , a good slice
of sausage , antl a comfortable draught of wine . One of them , putting his hand into his pocket , presented me with a dollar , which I kept till 1829 , a very remarkable epoch for rne . They assured me of my right direction , ancl we parted most cordially . Partly relieved from my misery , my heart full of new hopes , I marched with great strides towards the coast , from which I was twelve miles distant , and at two o ' clock in the afternoon it came to my view . It may be imagined with what joy
my soul was filled when that ardently wished-for shore met my sight , to reach which had cost me so much exertion . My courage redoubled , and at six o ' clock in the evening I arrived at St . Felin de Gecshuls , situated on the sea-shore . In this place I had been some time before with a detachment of troops , and I found there some old friends . One of them procured me a passage to Barcelona , and-I sailed the same night . In the morning we arrived at our destinationand I remained at Barcelona
, till the 4 th of November , the clay of its capitulation . From thence I embarked for Gibraltar , and then for Portugal , where 1 continued in the war against slavery . But having the greater power of number , despotism triumphed , and I was obliged to return to Gibraltar . 'Without resources , without occupation , what had I to do at a place of war , where I had to pay every day threepence for the permission to stay there , and