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CHAP. On the evening of the aiflyl avaüedmyfelfonce moré
k _» being commandant, by fending two barges for provi-
ftons,the. one- to La Rochelle and the other to Devil’s
Harwar, which laft brought back a box with Bofton hif-
cnit,* feat me from Paramaribo. |
■ On this day twoflaves were put in confinement, accufed
cxf haying taken pork from the magazine; and I was ad-
dreffed hyvtherroops; to inflia an exemplary punifhment,.
the common foldiers defpifing the negro flaves* as ip their
imagination greatly below themfelves, and ftupidly cpn-
fideringthemas the caufeaoftheir diftrefs. paying found
a Iwjge-piece,: o f pork in their cuftödy, yét having' no
proof that was fufficient to eftablifli the, theft, I found
myfelf greatly at a lofs to diftribute juftice ■ with Ltic-
fadti^yo both parties; the Europeans unmercifully ac-
cufing, and the poor flaves( vindicating, their %rved
companions in fuch a clamorous ftyle, that the whole
camp was in an uproar. The firft -perfifted that the
latter had ftolen it, and the .others, that they had,fayed it
from their allowance,, to take to their families. Affèél-
ing, therefore, the Rile of a demotic prince, I ordered
firft a ring to be formed of the plaintiffs, and next the
prifoners to be let within it. I then* with a ftern and. loud
voice, commanded a block and a hatchet to be brought.
It was with heart-felt fatisfaftion that I found this folemn
apparatus,- ami the apprehenfion that we might commit
a ralh and*criminal acftion, foon difpelled every feeling of
refent-
E X P/E D I ,T I OiM- iT O ,‘S IJRLNAM.
t w r y ^ f e r to.ihew .mere*. ,.PMurately,ftopping..my
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S 3 m m !eft him with° - S I - 8 2 w a rd s my h a n t l the.mo« .gIoomy mood imaginare"
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.P1 , ’ 1 returned) determined to end the quar
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