We were marched to the top of the town and billeted in a convent. On the seventh day after leaving Deal we were landed at Blackhorse Square, Lisbon, amidst the shouts of the inhabitants. I had changed my bedfellow more than once they not liking my dry manner, as they called it. I was still called saucy and courted by my comrades to join them. I found it necessary to humor them in many things and be obliging to all.
I could not yet bring to associate with the other men, so as to feel pleasure in their amusements. My health was good but my spirits were very low. I was on my way to that country in which I had already suffered so much. I was on board the Melpomene.ĭuring the six days' sail to Lisbon, my thoughts were not the most agreeable. There were six companies of 100 men each, embarked in two frigates, 300 in each.
