r, and was only sent over on account of having
disobliged some gentlemen; that he had no indenture with him, but he
should have him for seven years, and that he would make an excellent
school-master; however, he did not buy him.

The next day the captain asked him to go on shore with him to see the
country, but with a view of getting a purchaser for him among the
planters. As they were walking, several people came up to Mr. Carew, and
asked him what countryman he was, &c. At length they went to a tavern,
where one Mr. David Huxter, who was formerly of Lyme in Dorset, and Mr.
Hambleton, a Scotchman, seemed to have an inclination to buy him between
them; soon after came in one Mr. Ashcraft, who put in for him too, and
the bowl of punch went merrily round. In the midst of their mirth, Mr.
Carew, who had given no consent to the bargain they were making for him,
thought it no breach of honour or good manners to seize an opportunity of
slipping away without taking leave of them; and taking away with him
about a pint of brandy and some biscuit cakes, which by good luck he
chanced to put his hand on, he immediately betook himself to the woods as
the only place of security for him.

Mr. Carew, having found he had eluded their search, congratulated himself
on his happy escape and deliverance; for he now made no doubt of getting
to old England again, notwithstanding the difficulties which lay in his
way, as he knew his courage was equal to every danger; but we are too
often apt, as the proverb says, "to reckon without our host," and are
sometimes near danger when we think ourselves most secure: and so it
happened to our hero at this time; for, amidst his joyful reflections, he
did not know that none were allowed to travel there, unless when known,
without proper passes, of which he was not provided; and there is
moreover a reward of five pounds for any one who apprehends a runaway.

It therefore happened, that one morning early, passing through a narrow
path, he was met by four timbermen, going to work; he would fain have
escaped their observation, but they soon hailed him, and demanded where
he was going, and where his pass was? These were questions which he
would willingly have been excused from answering; however, as his wit was
always ready, he immediately told them he belonged to the Hector
privateer, (which he knew then lay upon the coast,) and that he was going
on some business for the captain to Charles' county:--but,