| 21 | men | 15th Sept. 1786, embarked on board the 'New Euphrates,' and landed 6th Oct. | |
| 58 | ” | 21st Sept, 1786, embarked at Leith, on board the brig ‘Mercury.’ Wrecked 24th Sept. | |
| 25 | ” | 6th Nov. 1786, embarked in the ‘Adventure;’ landed. | |
| 35 | ” | 23rd Mar. 1787; landed. | |
| 44 | ” | 15th and 16 Apr. 1787; landed. | |
| Total | 183 | ” | About 100 of this number were bricklayers and masons, the crafts most required at the Rock. |
[61]. ‘Morning Chronicle,’ 10th October, 1786, and periodical press generally. In most of the papers Daniel Thomson is, by mistake, named Daniel Campbell.
Fifteen bodies were washed ashore between Nieuport and Ostend, on the 27th and 28th September, and it is not a little remarkable that, of this small number, no less than fourteen should have been those of women.—‘General Advertiser.’ ‘Public Advertiser,’ 9th October, 1786.
[62]. I have been informed that previously to 1786, the coat was somewhat similar in colour, cut, and ornament to that shown in [Plate I.], but that the breeches were blue instead of white. The black leggings were banded above the knee. The working dress consisted of a long duck frock, and mosquito trowsers with gaiters attached. Everything was white even to the felt round hat, which at this period had the military symbols of a yellow band and yellow edge to the brim. Serge pantaloons were worn in winter.
[63]. The sergeant-major and sergeants were armed with carbines and bayonets.
[64]. This novel way of distinguishing the non-commissioned officers led to frequent misconception and mistake in the garrison. When dressed with the bayonet belt only, strangers regarded the corporals as the highest rank, and lance-corporals the next. Sometimes when taking an excursion into Spain, sentries have presented arms to them, and guards even have turned out to pay the compliment due to field officers! This military blunder continued, with greater or less observance, until the adoption of chevrons, about 1805.
[65]. These officers were also present with the corps in 1788; but after that year until 1797 no record has been discovered.
[66]. This laxity of discipline seems, in time, to have become general among the troops at the fortress, and the extent to which it was carried both by officers and men was little short of disgraceful.—‘Wilkie’s British Colonies considered as Military Posts,’ in ‘United Service Journal,’ 2, 1840, p, 379.
[67]. Martin’s British Colonies, 1835, p. 51-53.
[68]. ‘Journal, House of Commons,’ 14th February, 1783; vol. xxxix. p. 208.