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250 JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE
him apprehended. Mr. B. saw Moncourtusc
skulking about the whoon's house, both times he
was there, but the whoon has solemnly promised
me no longer to countenance him. About nine
a. m., a message was brought from the looto, in-
forming me that search had been made for Va-
lerian, but that he was not in the fort, and
that Mr. B. must have been mistaken in sup-
posing he saw him. As not only Mr. B., but the
interpreter, the orphan boys, aad the servants
who were with him, saw and recognised the
man, I, therefore, sent the mewjerry to inform
the members of the looto, that there could be
no mistake ; and that I should consider all de-
clarations of that kind, on their part, as a sub-
terfuge, and as a new proof of their unwilling-
ness to do me justice. In consequence of this
message, they have again sent, or pretended to
send, in search of him. The truth is, they are
afraid of bringing this matter to an issue, as the
man is under the protection of the prince of
Bassecn; and I have some reason to think his
protector was, in some measure, privy to the
fraud he practised on me, as all the young men
of the court are passionately addicted to liquor
and intoxicating drugs, and employ secret agents
to obtain them at any price, notwithstanding
their being prohibited under pain of death.
Whether the strictness of the prohibition provokes
him apprehended. Mr. B. saw Moncourtusc
skulking about the whoon's house, both times he
was there, but the whoon has solemnly promised
me no longer to countenance him. About nine
a. m., a message was brought from the looto, in-
forming me that search had been made for Va-
lerian, but that he was not in the fort, and
that Mr. B. must have been mistaken in sup-
posing he saw him. As not only Mr. B., but the
interpreter, the orphan boys, aad the servants
who were with him, saw and recognised the
man, I, therefore, sent the mewjerry to inform
the members of the looto, that there could be
no mistake ; and that I should consider all de-
clarations of that kind, on their part, as a sub-
terfuge, and as a new proof of their unwilling-
ness to do me justice. In consequence of this
message, they have again sent, or pretended to
send, in search of him. The truth is, they are
afraid of bringing this matter to an issue, as the
man is under the protection of the prince of
Bassecn; and I have some reason to think his
protector was, in some measure, privy to the
fraud he practised on me, as all the young men
of the court are passionately addicted to liquor
and intoxicating drugs, and employ secret agents
to obtain them at any price, notwithstanding
their being prohibited under pain of death.
Whether the strictness of the prohibition provokes