\ This .evening my fentinel being infulted by a row- ch a p.
boat, Nwbieh damned him, and fpoke of the whole crew yh-
in the moft opprobrious terms,. I immediately manned
the canoe, apdgave efface; but by the helppf hoijfting
adffaall fail, and the in te rv ^ ip h - of a dark night, the.
roguerWffo kept co.urfc towards ff aram’s Pointy had the
good fortune to efcape my refentment.
On the fourth of July, in . the morning, ,we weighed
anchor; and having douMed th,e Cape, rowed with the
flood till we arrived before Elizabeth’s Hope, a beautiful
coffee plantation, where the proprietor, Mr. Klynffams,
inviting- 4SS on- fhore,. Ihewed us every ciyihty in his
power, and loaded. my. barge with refrefliing fruits, vegetables,
See. He told us that. he; pitied our litnation.
from his heart, and foretold the .mifejries we were going
to encounter, the rainy feafon being Ju^ at hand,, or indeed
having- already commenced, by frequent fhowers,
accompanied with loud daps, of thunder. | | ; As for the
« enemy,” faid he, you may depend on not feeing one
M Angle foul of them ; they- ^now better -than to .make
« their appearance openly, while 'they may.have! a chance
« o f ’feeing you from under cover: thus, Sir, take care
« to be upon your guard—hut the : c l im ^ rthe climate
« will murder ybn all* However,” .Continued h e i;“ this
« fhews the zeal ©f your commander,- who will rather
« fee yo-ii killed, than fee1 .you- eat s-the bread .of idlenefs
<* at Paramaribo.”—*This pleafent harangue he accompanied
with a fqueeze by the hand. We then took our
a -leave*