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432 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF HANNAH SNELL,
being frequently in each other’s company, the jealous}*”
of Davis was excited, and gave birth to the desire of re-
venge. He accordingly seized an early opportunity of
charging his supposed rival before the commanding offi-
cer with neglect of duty; and she was sentenced to re-
ceive six hundred lashes. Five hundred, we are told, were
inflicted, but the remaining hundred were remitted in
consequence of the intercession of some of the officers.
This cruel punishment was not sufficient to satisfy the
resentment of the jealous Davis; he omitted no opportu-
nity to mortify her, and to put her on such duties as he
knew to be disagreeable or difficult. For this ill usaae
she however found some compensation in the increased
affection of her female friend.
Not long after the above unhappy occurrence, another
cause of uneasiness appeared. A fresh recruit, a native
of Worcester, by trade a carpenter, and who had lodged
in the house of her brother-in-law, having joined the re-
giment, she became justly apprehensive of a discovery
of her sex, and her uneasiness increased to such a degree,
that she at length resolved to desert. Having taken eve-
ry possible precaution, she repaired to her female ac-
quaintance, and informed her of her design. The latter
endeavoured to dissuade her from such a dangerous en-
terprize; but finding that her resolution was fixed, she
furnished her with money; and Hannah having taken
leave of her affectionate friend, immediately commenced
her journey on foot for Portsmouth. About a mile from
Carlisle, perceiving some people employed in picking
peas, and their clothes lying at some distance, she ex-
changed her regimental coat for one of the old coats be-
longing to the men, and proceeded on her journey.
Arriving at Liverpool, Hannah stopped at a small pub-
lic house, where she acted the gallant, and rendered Bo-
niface :ealous of his wife. A battle was the consequence,
in
being frequently in each other’s company, the jealous}*”
of Davis was excited, and gave birth to the desire of re-
venge. He accordingly seized an early opportunity of
charging his supposed rival before the commanding offi-
cer with neglect of duty; and she was sentenced to re-
ceive six hundred lashes. Five hundred, we are told, were
inflicted, but the remaining hundred were remitted in
consequence of the intercession of some of the officers.
This cruel punishment was not sufficient to satisfy the
resentment of the jealous Davis; he omitted no opportu-
nity to mortify her, and to put her on such duties as he
knew to be disagreeable or difficult. For this ill usaae
she however found some compensation in the increased
affection of her female friend.
Not long after the above unhappy occurrence, another
cause of uneasiness appeared. A fresh recruit, a native
of Worcester, by trade a carpenter, and who had lodged
in the house of her brother-in-law, having joined the re-
giment, she became justly apprehensive of a discovery
of her sex, and her uneasiness increased to such a degree,
that she at length resolved to desert. Having taken eve-
ry possible precaution, she repaired to her female ac-
quaintance, and informed her of her design. The latter
endeavoured to dissuade her from such a dangerous en-
terprize; but finding that her resolution was fixed, she
furnished her with money; and Hannah having taken
leave of her affectionate friend, immediately commenced
her journey on foot for Portsmouth. About a mile from
Carlisle, perceiving some people employed in picking
peas, and their clothes lying at some distance, she ex-
changed her regimental coat for one of the old coats be-
longing to the men, and proceeded on her journey.
Arriving at Liverpool, Hannah stopped at a small pub-
lic house, where she acted the gallant, and rendered Bo-
niface :ealous of his wife. A battle was the consequence,
in