C H A P. J On tfie fucçeeding morning we marched again th ro u g h
, X'_ , very heavy rains, which h y this time had; dwelled th e
water ib h ig h im th e woods ; th a t R- reached above o u r
knees,- and prevented us from croffing a 'fm£ïll eieék in
o u r way^ .without th f h elp-ofaTemporfiiy;hhl|§& ;
, I prevailed therefore on the rangers, with the help of
a |ew Raves, to ered.pne, which they-did in. the; fpace of
npi»otes> by.cntthîig
diredly> acrofs the qteek, jto this they aMo made a kind
of railing ; but flffl with- this pur cômmander Rughcop,
whofe temper was
tiop -was aheady; hmfcen hy hardfliips;, was'not -pleafecL
-He paid the rangers for their pains, with oaths and. re*
proaches, who, with a fmile of contempt, left him fwear-
in ^ and croRèd. the creek, fome b y , fwimmlng, and
others by climbing up a tre^ whofe brashest hnpgmver
it, from which they dropped down on the appofite fhore.^:
in this I followed their example : and h ÿ e we* popped
till the arrival of the poor trembling and debilitated iljjo r
Rughcop, with two-thirds of his troops'as fick as himfelf.
I llill continued in perfedt health, but I was much Rung
by different infedl, and torn by a thoùfand thorns o r
maççaws, particularly one fpecies, which are ftrong blade
prickles of feveral inches long, that break fhorir in the
wound ; they project like the back of a porcupine, !®ni a
kind of low or dwarf palm --tree, called the 'camrema,
whofe large branches diverge from the earth like the
fire of a fijfee from, a bomb. Another inconvenience to
4 be
be met with throughout all the low and marfliy places in c h.a p,
the jforeft, is a kind-' ef 'roots called tnatake?) and more , f
vulgarly trumpets, :on acGount^f ‘the form, refembling
the wndiwgs that inftrum’ent, which fife; above
ground like neibee^ threfesor four feet high; continuing
thusita an almoft endl^'length#-'and -fo thick that, like
our brand bins, no, dog can get through them; overthefe
matahm it is. extremely difficult to walk;’ cas they every
mQ merit, catbh hold of the feet, and frequently trip up
thepbody,luh|efs at 'evefy fdotflejf c'are is taken to* Rep
clear-over them, ‘wbi^h for . fhort-lirribed men' js:ah ah-
follitre, -impolfibility.' With this inconvenience we : were
troubled throughout the,whole march; buf we had ho
opportuhityr'of ifalling’in,with any kind of gbbdrbofs,- vegetables,
or fruits for food, except a few ntarrpm^ which .
are afpecies o f nuts'that grow on a tall palm-tree; and are
very■: much dike th e aweyza that I have already ‘lAcflbid^
only larger, and lefs of an orange colour, the fione and
kerneUbeing exa&ly the fame,r
We marched again with better -weather, and ’arrived
before .noon at Jerufalemj, near the mouth of CorrnOetibo
Creek, where I had formerly halted' during my cruife.
Here Colonel Fourgeoud; with his drooping foldiers, was
arrived juft before 11s ; and here we made our appearance,
in fuch a fhoeking fituation aS will fcarcely admit
of defeription.. It is fufficient to fay, that the whole
little army was exhaufted by famine and fatigue, a very
finall number excepted; while federal, unable to walk at
all,