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were ſeen, ahd the men diſtinctly heard. This ſeemed to portend the ruin of the plan, but firmneſs and reſolution conquered every apprehenſion of danger. The ſpies obſerving the utmoſt ſilence, mounted the rock, and aſcended the walls from whence they brought intelligence that all was quiet: Lieut. Cameron then fixed the wooden ladders by which be mounted, and gave theſe of rope to the ſpies, who faſtened them by a nooſe round the battlements of the wall.
Every thing in readineſs, Capt. Bruce aſcended with twelve men, and when he had got within the fort, he ordered them to ſit down as cloſely as poſſible under the wall,
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