Peacocke to adhere to his original instructions.
As Lieut.-Col.

Dennis and Capt.

Akers sailed away in high hope from Port Colborne, they probably built the fairy air castles which were doomed to totter and fall before night.

It did not seem to occur to them that Col.
Peacocke's sanction to, and co-operation in, their change of plan would be necessary to ensure success.

Therefore their disappointment must have been great when they found that Lieut.-Col.