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<p n="1822">January 1799.</p>
<p n="1823">"Straw one Blanket and a very thin Rugg of the<lb></lb>
"quantity of a Horse Cloth a Tin Can and Chamber Pot<lb></lb>
"We were locked up 23. hours out of the 24. with the<lb></lb>
"allowance of Bread and Water till the 9th. of June when<lb></lb>
"they had the allowance usually granted by Government<lb></lb>
"and about the latter and of the Month were let out<lb></lb>
"about 6. hours Per Day during this period Keir,<lb></lb>
"Goodluck and Neigle were Confined in Dark Cells J.<lb></lb>
"or 6. Weeks at a time, the Situation of Neigle was<lb></lb>
"peculiarly bad for near his Cell door was placed a<lb></lb>
"Tub, which served the purpose of a Privy to a Gallery<lb></lb>
"of Thieves, the stench of which added to the Closeness<lb></lb>
"of his Confinement and want of Air reduced him<lb></lb>
"to so low a state of health that he was barely able<lb></lb>
"to get up and down stairs after his removal, Kier<lb></lb>
"who had not long been removed from a similar<lb></lb>
"place (having drawn a Guillotine on his Wall)<lb></lb>
"was put into it where he Continued till August<lb></lb>
"during the former part of their Imprisonment<lb></lb>
"they were continually threatened with Fetters, Dark<lb></lb>
"Cells and to be knocked down for talking singing<lb></lb>
"or looking out of the Grating and if they dare<lb></lb>
"mention any think of the Usage they Experienced<lb></lb>
"at the Gate, were locked up and not suffered to<lb></lb>
"come out of the Cell at all and their relations<lb></lb>
"prevented from seeing them; and to play at Ball<lb></lb>
"or any thing else by way of exercise while out<lb></lb>
"in the Yard was a henious Offence - of the number<lb></lb>
"of those who were prevented from seeing Relations<lb></lb>
"were Oxlade, Bone and Evans - on the Allowance<lb></lb>
"being granted the Governor took upon himself<lb></lb>
"to provision them agreeable to his own inclination</p>
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