CHAPTER II

A kind Reception by the Enemy--Our Shipmates all Prisoners--Consolations under Misfortunes--Prisoners sent to the Hospital at Brest--Robbery by a French Seaman--Running the Gauntlet--Dilemma of wearing or giving up a Sword--Kindness of the French Nuns--Orders to march into the Interior--Wounded Pride and Hard Fare--Bad Faith of the Minister of Marine--The March begins for Verdun--Arrival at Landernau--Aristocratic Differences in Rates of Pay or Allowances amongst Republicans--Landiviziau--An Illustration of Equality--Morlaix to Rennes--Prisoners and Vermin--Vitré--English Dogs at a French Inn--Laval--A Spectacle for the Mob--Alençon--Difficulties increased--Part of the Crew separated from their Officers--Our Arrival at Rouen--An honest Gaoler and his amiable Wife--A moderate Bill for Gaol Fare--_Bons Garçons_ in a Prison--Our Arrival at Amiens--English Sympathy for suffering Countrymen Page 7