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carrey us to Luisbourg, I was left behind cut word the camps, where they was killing of cattle and laying in a stock of provissions, for our voyage, there manner of curing meate that they design to keep any considerable time cut word to cut it in large fletches, and lay it over the fire, till it is so smoakedryed, and rosted that one cannot perceive any manner of moister in it, more then in a chip, this the the custom of both french and Indians, then they design to carrey their provisions cut word considerable distance

Whenesday the 12th this day there arrived a man from Luisbourg cut word had been but twelve days in his passage and brought letters to the General of our armey, to make all possible dispatch to their assistance at Luisbourg, and likwise gave? him information, that the English had made great progress, and met with great succes, this News, was intierly concealed from