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Excerpt from The Adventures of Captain John Patterson: With Notices of the Officers, &C, of the 50th, or Queen's Own Regiment, From 1807 to 1821
The lst battalion is ordered to Portugal. Lord Balgonie. Arrival at Lisbon. March to Abrantes. Bad quarters at Ah rantes. Halt at Garvao. A family at Gafete. Bugs left as a legacy by the French. Situation of Portalegre. The grand Cathedral. Seclusion of the fair sex at Portalegre. Encamp ment on the heights of Torre de Moro. Camp comforts. Arrival at Borba. Beauty of the country round Borba. De lightful garden of Don Juan de Almeida. Style of building at Borba. Nunnery of St. Clara. The Capuchin convent. Jol lity of the Monks. The Convent Kitchen. Return to Porta legre. Terrible fatigue endured. Death of Ensign Hay. Wretched Winter Quarters. The crabbed Donna Elvira and her gloomy abode.
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