Fellow in this Errand ſhould accompany him that went firſt, and by this means, no Man would be expos'd ſingly to the Danger: for I forgot to mention that the Mauthe Doog was always ſeen to come from that Paſſage at the Cloſe of Day, and return to it again as ſoon as the Morning dawned; which made them look on this Place as its peculiar Reſidence.
One Night a Fellow being drunk, and by the Strength of his Liquor rendred more daring than ordinary, laugh'd at the Simplicity of his Companions, and tho' it was not his Turn to go with the Keys, would needs take that Office upon him, to teſtify his Courage. All the Soldiers endeavour'd to diſſuade him, but the more they ſaid, the more reſolute he ſeemed, and ſwore that he deſired nothing more than that Mauthe Doog would follow him, as it had done the others, for he would try if it were Dog, or Devil. After having talked in a very reprobate manner for ſome Time, he ſnatched up the Keys and went out of the Guard-Room: in ſome Time after his Departure a great Noiſe was heard, but nobody had the Boldneſs to ſee what occaſioned it, till
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