Christian Scot< no role > This name instance is in set 2458. , a Washerwoman in Bennet-Street, in Southwark , of the Things mentioned in the Indictment, and were transported together.

ACCORDING to their Sentence, they were transported and carried to Potomack River in Virginia , and he and his Wife were sold to one Thomas Lewis< no role > , but his Wife died in about Ten Days after she was sold: He continued there about 8 Months, 5 of which he was sick of a Fever and Ague, and on the 8th of April following he got out of Bed from an old Man who he lay with, and went into the Milk House to take what Provisions he could find along with him for his Support in his Journey; there was no Bread, but he took what Meat there was, which was only a small Quantity of Bacon, which stank, for they had just before shot a Hog in the Woods, which was over-heated, and it would not take Salt. He put what Provisions he had into a coarse Osnaburgh Shirt, which he took with him for that Purpose, and took some of his Wife's Caps to make Tinder of, and two check'd Aprons to make him a Shirt. He lay by all that Day to prevent his being discover'd, and broil'd some of his Bacon, which he eat very heartily. As soon as the Day Light was shut in, he went down towards the Mouth of the River, and travelled all that Night, but could not make much Way. The next Day he lay by again, and the Night following travelled all Night long, and came to a River called Ockaquan, where there is a Ferry, but the Ferry-House was on the other Side of the River. He lay about ten Days on that Side of the River, concealed among the Bushes, which was not above ten Miles from his Master's House, during which Time he wandered about to find a Canoe to carry him over the River, in order to proceed on his Journey; and at a Smith's Shop (it being Moon-light) he happened to see an Advertisement stuck up for taking him, still he wandered up and down the River, having little or no Provisions left, and walked against the Wind to come to a Plantation, in order to get some Provisions, and got to the Milk-House adjoining to the Dwelling House, where he found a Blade Bone of Bacon, some Greens, and a Pone of English Bread made of Wheat, but it was as heavy as Lead: He filled a Cloth full of English Meal, took a Fowl out of the Hen House, and went down into a Pokosen, which is a thick Woody Place, and a wet swampy Ground near the Water Side; there he made a Fire under a Beach Tree, and eat Part of his Bacon and Bread, pick'd his Fowl and dressed it, and made his Flower into Bread and baked it, then he wandered up and down, till at last one Afternoon he saw a Man coming on Shore in a Canoe, who had been selling his Ware, and fastened the Canoe to the Stump of a Tree, and took the Paddle * away with him. He followed the Man through the Woods, till he saw he was clear off. This made the Tenth Day that he was on that Side the River, and he did design (if he had not had this Opportunity of escaping) to return to his Master, and ask his Pardon, and tell him he had attempted to make his Escape, but finding he could not do it, was resolved to continue his Servant. But this was only a Pretence, for he thought to have gone to North Carolina the latter Part of the Season.

THE Man who left the Canoe being quite gone, he made a Paddle out of a board, as well as he could, went into the Canoe round a Sort of a Bay, and thought he had been on the desired Side of the River; but in the Morning, to his great Disappointment, found himself on the same Side still. The next Day, being a dull hazy Day, and no Plantation near the River, he ventured over in the Day Time, and, as it happened, undiscovered. When he came on the other Side, at a small Distance he saw some Negroes planting Tobacco, and was obliged to lie in a Parcel of prickly Thorns till Night, he not daring to stir they were so near him; then he set out again, and went to the Plantation and killed a Goose, which lasted him four Days; he still continuing to travail in the Night, and lay by in the Day, and as he went along, used to rob the Milk Houses and the Plantations.

ONE Night, in his Way to Rapabannock River , he wat looking at one of the Country Posts which was set up with a Direction cut upon it, and a Woman came out in her Smock (as he believes) to make Water, says she to her Husband, or something like that, here's a Runaway. Cole took no Notice of her, but after he had walked a little Way, the Woman came out again, and said, Hah! you must come back. He made a

* A Paddle is what they row the Coast with, and is like a Baker's Peal, only the Handle is not quite so long.