After several years of almost constant warfare, the island seems now to be enjoying a period of peace. Soldiers met with complain of their pay being in arrears, but they say that the towns in which they are quartered are doing their best to supply them with necessary food. Some expressed a desire to return to. their farms, but could not get the necessary means to pay travelling expenses. No robberies by soldiers were heard of, though pirates and other thieves have done some mischief in towns near the sea.
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