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The wooden ladder, and that of rope, when made, must be concealed ; and the officers, accom- panied by the turnkeys, came to visit*and search them several times a week. They had to make and do all these things to accomplish their design; and they had nothing but their hands to effect it with. The hand, to those who know its use, is the instru- ment of all instruments. The iron hinge of the table was, by wetting on a tiled floor, converted into a knife. With this, bars were removed, and a saw co...n- structed ; wood was concealed from the daily fuel 90 PERCY ANECDOTES. to construct the ladders ; La Tude's portmanteau con- tained twelve dozen of shirts, and other articles of apparel, out of which they made the 1400 feet of rope. The bars in the chimney took six months to displace ; and the whole of these preparations cost eighteen months' work, day and night. The moment of attempting their dangerous enter- prise now arrived ; one night, after supper, La Tude first ascended the chimney, and drew the ropes, iron bars, &c.
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