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CHSE) a coffin of old'boards, the coipfe dropped through it be-
VII‘ . fore it reached the grave, and e^iMted a fliod^fng*>fpèê-;
ta d e : we neverthelefs found: means td go-through the
reft of the interment with fome decorum, having-1 co*1
vered it over with a hammock by way ofr a -pah-;
then fired: three vollies with . all thé troops th a t1 had[
ftrength to carry arms. This being óver, I lëgaiëd-tbe’
officers with aglafs of wine, and once more-took a farewell
of Devil’s Harwar.
On thefi-xth, having fkftwrittento Ö©IbneïFönrgeé?dd5
to. acquaint him that the: rebels had paffixf above4 Da
Rochelle, and that I had found a-fpof fór a magazine-at
Barbacoeba, I informed: him alio* of * thé death-of myi
lieutenant^ Mr. Stromer; and>recommè6ded-my-férjëant/
who had been an officer o f' huflars, fór3advahGemeh& *
To,give the reader fomè idea o f this-ipotifeilteff DevEP#
Harwar, I will here-take the opportunity to defcribe it. #
This place was-formerly a-plantation^ butus/how efib
tirely occupied by the military* who keep herérh;pÖfiy
to defend the upper parts o f-th e riv e f Cottiëai Thé fóil
iselevated and dry, which makes it the more1 remarkable
that it fhould be ib extremely" unwhblefdmè, yet
fuch it certainly is : and here-hundreds o f földiërs have
been buried. It lies on the right-fide óf the river* as you
go upwards, and had formerly a path of communication
with the river1 Pirica, on which were a few military
guards ; but this is now little frequented, and quite overgrown.
The