N'AR ’R A T I VE OF A N
t a 'Fardfaiari^ afidNfrl&t I 'had lMlt|ra #iffi mfe^tfeing
|r
Y}n Ibfe *4ib of Jaritairyj I t fi§f ^&b3it •ilf.,'l!^ s^ £ ^ h -
•iQg, all vifofe ready ’tb decamp. Ththhavihg feht down
the barges with the fickto Devil’s Harwar, we at l/ft'k
^ d ib d Gdfmdetibo Creek,' b,tid 'ttiardhbtl f e l t dffe&ly
Youth for Patamaca, over fteep mountains covCfed with
dtones and impre^niltbd'With mlrierins. lTm§ agarfi Jc&n-
"tradilfe'Tir. Bancroft’s dbfervatibtt's,‘thefl‘flQ6iihta'r^ n&£
being above twenty miles Ifftth i:he ^hchan,;1diolig6.’ he-
aflerts that no hilhts1! 0 befeuh&'at hfe'dr "fifty "rnn^s Horn
the fea. In the evening we -encamped ht the fodf'df a
high hifl, whe¥e we found a fmall riVm'ei - o f ' good
water, and a number of manieole-tft^s, the"‘twb'"Chief
requifites. 'It is curious, and indeed beautiful, to behold,
in the fpace of an hour, a green, town Yptihg up'a§
it were from, n^hing, and a little after all the fees lighted,
on whidh the men are boiling their hard fare, while
others are employed in drying their deaths ^ Ibodgh, 'as.
I have dated, this laft was by no mean s' ^ g e n e ra i 'rule,
the greater number preferring to let them rot on their
bodies».
This night* however, the whole camp was diflurbed
by a diuretic complaint, occalioned by drinking the water
[we found here, which indeed Was very pure, but'Was fd
impregnated with minerals, that it tafted almoft like that
of Bath or the German Spa. This is a circumftance
which 1 think indicates that thefe mountains contain
metals,
EX P E D I T I O N TO S U R IN AM. m
metals, if tbe-? Dutch would go to the expence of fearch- chap»
ihg in their bowels» , y „
On the 5th • we marched the fame emude again over
mountains and dales, fome of which were fo excefiively
ileqp that ong .or two* of the ffavqs, not being able to*
afeend them loaded, threw dqwn them burdens, and de-
fcrted, pot to the qhemy, but found their way to their
mailers- eftates,, whergthey were pardoned ;; while others-
tumbled down,burthen and all, from top to bottom»
This- evening, we- found.our quarters- ready-made, and>
lodged in the ‘wjgwptfnj? or huts that were left handing;
whip .the;^Cf^fouhhry^was- defeoyed^and Bonny with
his* men put, to flight;* in that, where I lay 1. found
very curious-’ piece of ? candle, which- the rebels* had left be-
hind^fqmpofed of bees-wax and thq; heart of abulruik*
Bonny’s pwn houle., where Fourgeoud lodged, was a
perfed cucioflty,.having- four pretty little rooms,,and a.
Ihed. or piazza inclofed with neat manicole pahlMe^b
: The whole corps appearing on the 6th exceflively far-
tigued,,Fourgeoud,ordered a general day of refl,-only de-
taehingCaptain Erederiey with, fix men,*as he knew the
country beft,. to reconnoitre. the banks of the Clam Creek, :
a water that ifliied frormnearthis plaee in the. upper parts
of. Rio\ Gottica* They were hardly marched when the
eye of; our chief by chance falling; on me,, he ordered
me inftantly to follow alone, and return with a report of
what? I-qould- difeover on the piker fide the creek,;, -i;
overtook the party foon, when after a Ihort march we
V.ol. I. N-n.3. were ‘