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Another thought and went up to the West End Establishment and got fully victualed. Mr Darby came down next Day with all hands to Load the vessel He began at me for Daring to give away the Provisions, I remonstrated with him of them starving to death, I told him they might as well get it at one end of the Island as another, He seemed very much agitated that I should be Led into the Secret and abused me very much pleading up his own honesty
Next Voyage the Lady Echo came it was the same thing, No provisions on board, I had to take my Cart to the North East Bar with all we could spare of our pitiful allowance to keep them from starving until they could get to the West End by Mr Darbys orders ---
As soon as we were done wrecking last year Poor Nickolls Case came on he fled from the wrath and blows of Darby Down to me, he was in a very bad state indeed his Legs was all broke out in sores and as red as scarlet from the Hips to the Heels. I Done all I could for him and took him back to the West End, He Came Down twice afterwards being starved out. I gave him all the necessarys I could spare to keep him from Actual Starvation, He was a good useful man for this Establishment But very unjustly and very severely treated, Ever since that transaction happened Darby has given me no peace but abusing me and calling me every abusive name that his Scandlous tongue can use everytime I go to the West End for harbouring that Nickolls and not Horsewhiping him back to his post. Our usage is very indifferent indeed We have been six months at one time and four months at another time that we have never seen milk or butter and other things scant enough although their is Five Cows at Stevens' place and I believe Fifteen at the West End we have never had but one and that Dry half the time. The Day Mr Townsend landed on the Island he gave us another Cow I suppose out of policy or shame, Even the Rum that comes on we Scarcely get one third of our share it is sold for those that will pay for it -- One man told me that had only eight months here he had bought six gallons Rum and Another Four and so on. Their is no man has any business here that knows anything he will get very little peace, His relations and a few half Indians and black men from Country Harbour answers him best, he can make them put their Cross to every Document he writes and swear to it afterwards, He has now got on his Neice and her husband from Country Harbour waiting the first vacancy of an outpost,
Indeed I think Darby has had his day he has filled his pockets well and the measure of his abominations are pretty well fill'd up. Even these that have kept him in office. He is sounding in our ears continualy about the Conduct of them Damned infernal Commissioners that has Robbed this Island, He says the name of a Wallace he loves but Edward Wallace as a Commissioner he hates with perfect hatred for he is a Damned Raskal