On my arrival at Lisbon I found out the mistake, and I hope in a few days to sail for my real destination.
My son, whom you perhaps will remember an infant when you were in Jersey, will have the pleasure to deliver you this letter, if the 104th regiment be in your neighbourhood.

He is only seventeen years old; very young to be sent loose on the wide world.

Allow me to recommend him to your kindness and friendly protection; and should he be quartered at some distance from you, permit me to request you will be so good as to introduce him to some steady officer, or to such of your friends as might be in his neighbourhood.

I shall hope to have him soon as my aide-de-camp.
_Sir John Dumaresq, Kt., Lieut.-Bailiff of Jersey, to Major-General Brock_.
JERSEY, April 20, 1812.
I hope you will pardon the liberty I take of giving a letter of introduction to you to my grandson, Lieut.

John Le Couteur, of the 104th, son of Major-General Le Couteur, who is on his departure for Quebec with recruits.