wn to
the Shop in the yard, and I never saw it afterwards 'till Justice
Mason shew it to me, on the Fast Day night.

_Quest._ Do you know where Mark got that Powder which he gave to you?

_Answr._ He had it of Robbin, Doctr Clark's Negro; that liv'd
with Mr. Vassall.

_Quest._ How do you know that Mark had that Powder of Robbin?

_Answr._ The Thursday night before my master died Mark told me he
was going over to Boston to Robbin to get some more Powder for he
sd: Phoebe told him yt the other was all out; and Mark went
over to Boston, and return'd again about nine o'Clock; and I ask'd
Mark if he had got it, and he told me no, he had not, but Robbin was
to bring it over the next night; and between 8 & 9 o'Clock that next
night, a negro Fellow came to me in our Yard & ask'd me for Mark, And
I ask'd him his name but he would not tell me, and I said to him,
Countryman, if you'l tell me your name I'll call Mark, for I know
where he is, but he would not, I then askt him if he was not Robbin
Vassall, (for I mistrusted it was he) and upon that he laughed and
said his name was not Robbin Vassall, but he came out of the Country
and wanted to see Mark very much about his Child; and upon my refusing
to tell him where Mark was the negro went away down to the Ferry, and
I followed him at some distance & saw him go into the Ferry Boat, and
the Boat put off, with him in it. That same Fryday, in the afternoon,
Mark told me, if any Negro Fellow shou'd come; & say that he came out
of the Country to call him, I ask'd him what negro it was that he
expected wou'd come; he told me it was Robbin, and that he was to say
that he came out of the Country to speak with Mark about his Child,
and bid me tell no Body about it.

_Quest._ Do you know Robbin Doctr. Clark's negro?

_Answr._ I do, and have known him for many years.

_Quest._ How then happen'd it that you cou'd not certainly tell
whether the negro aforesd. that askt for Mark was Robbin or not?

_Answr._ Because it was dark, So dark I cou'd not see his Face so
as certainly to know him, but I am fully satisfyed it was Robbin.

_Quest._ What Reason have you to be satisfyed it was Robbin?

_Answr._ That same night I told Mark that a negro Fellow had been
there and ask'd for him & wanted him, he ask'd me why I did not call
him, I told him our Folks called me and I could not, Mark told me he
was very Sorry I did not, and asked me if he gave me any Thing, I told
him he did not, he said