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= Conversation between "Antonio Antoons Pedro"and "James Elliot". =

Hey mate, how are you doing? Tomorrow,Im getting whipped with a lash.

Ooo, That gotta hurt .I know how it feels.
Really is it painful?

Big time!

I'm going to run away tonight if i get caught wish my other friends luck!

Hi my name is James Elliot.My story as a convict is not bad it`s horrible. Im native of gravesend. My friends and family are no were to be seen they might be dead or even half around the world on a ship.I was born 1809 and Im smart well i can read and write thats good enough..My ship is called Hooghly its huge.My voyage number is 2 .I`m assigned for 7 years for stealing my bosses money but i got to admit he had a lot of that sticking money.My cloths are just horrible and ragged. I work so hard and get nothing! I am a Mercantile Clerk me hands and back hurt so much i think ill be the only one who would die of hunger.They used me like a muppet i tell you muppet.