The ten men chosen for the expedition were also on the point of starting.

Richard Horton was standing near, in a state of great discontent that he had not been chosen to accompany them in their expedition.

James Walsham stepped up to him, and touched his hat respectfully.
"I wish to thank you, Lieutenant Horton, for your extremely kind letter, telling my friends that I was on board this ship.

It has been the means of my obtaining my discharge at once, instead of having to serve, for many months, before I could send the news home and obtain an answer in return." Without another word he turned and, walking to the gangway, took his place in a boat about starting with some sailors for the shore, leaving Richard Horton in a state of fury, with himself, for having been the means of obtaining James's discharge.

He had already, more than once, felt uncomfortable as he thought of the wording of the letter; and that this indulgence of his spite had had the effect of restoring James's liberty, rendered him well-nigh mad with rage.
On landing, James Walsham at once disposed of his sailor's clothes, and purchased a suit similar to those worn by the colonists; then he obtained a passage up the river to Alexandria, where the transports which had brought the troops were still lying.