More dan once de planters got up hunts and searched de swamp through and through for me wid dogs, and my hut was twice burnt to de ground, but de slabes always brought me notice in time, and I went away into de tickest part ob de swamp and lay dar till dey had gone away.
"Well, sar, one time come, I bery busy, passed tree men away in two week.

One night me hear barking of dogs, and jump up jus' in time to see party ob men coming out from de little path towards de hut.

I ran for de swamp.

Dey fire at me and one ball hit me.

Den I ran in to de swamp, de dogs dey follow, but I get farder and farder away, and de swamp get deeper, and me tink dey lose me altogether.