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To the sergeant 's proposal of listing , therefore , I at once assented ; when the former calling in the landlord , tendered me in his presence the expressive shilling . The corps into which I had listed was the -- , then lying in the Tower , London , there being only the sergeant and two or three men of the regiment in Glasgow recruiting . The matter of listing settled , the sergeant bespoke me a bed for the night in the tavern in which we were , that being his own quarters . On the following day I was informed , much to my surprise , although by no means to my regret , that a detachment of recruits for the -- were to be sent off that evening at nine o'clock by the track boat for Edinburgh , and from thence by sea to the headquarters of the regiment at London , and that I was to be of the number . At nine o'clock of the evening , accordingly , we were shipped at Port-Dundas . Before leaving Glasgow , however , I made one last call at the police office to inquire whether any discoveries had been made regarding my pocket-book , but found that nothing whatever had been heard of it . On the following day we reached Edinburgh ; on the next we were embarked on board a Leith smack for London , where we arrived in safety on the fourth day thereafter , and were marched to the Tower , which was at the time the headquarters of the regiment .