Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT is impoflible to tell whether this burning, plundering incurfion, introduftory to a ferions plan of operations, advanced or impeded the Britifh defigns. It certainly alarmed the fears of fome, and made them more averfe from perfe vering in the war. But on others it produced quite contrary effeets. Their revenge and indig nation was roufed, and they were iiimulated to do and fuffer every thing rather than fubmit’ to fuch conquerors.(4)