into tears the moment lhe beheld me* not only for joy
at my ftilf exifting (for it had been reported that I was
no more) but alfo from feeing my very diftreffed fitua-
tion.—Thus ended my fecond campaign, and with this
I put an end to the chapter.
C H A P . XII.
H-efcri^m ofthetown 'of Paramaribo Md ForPZelandia—
■Coibnik FaurgebticTs march to-the ^M&r • Mar'tiwma—A
Captain wounded—Sffme Privaiep'Jhot^m di^
''tion to lhe Capital—Account o ff Fort''Sehieljdyk— O f' the
Hope in Rio Comewtoa* j
JOE ING once more arrived at Paramaribo, it will not
' be improper to introduce in this place fome account
of that beautiful town.' Before I commence the^defcKp-
tion however, I muft obferve, that ifefttg lon-g accuffotned
to walk bare-footed, I could not bear the confinement of
fhoes and flocking* for fome time, they heated and even
fwelled toy feBt'ftr much, that, dining on the 16th of Ja-
nuary with my friend Kennedy, I was actually obliged to
throw them off, at his houfe, whence he was fo kind as to
fend me home in his whifky. I have already mentioned
that Paramaribo is fituated' on the right fide of the beautiful
river Surinam, at about fixteen or eighteen miles
diftance from its mouth-. ' It is built upon-a kind o f -gra-
velly rock, which is level with the reft of the country, in
the form of an oblong fquare, its1 length is about A: mile
and a half, and its breadth about half | | j much. All the"
ftreets, which are perfectly ftraight, are lined with orange,
fliaddock, tamarind, and lemon-trees, which appear in
everlafting bloom; while at the fame time their branches
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