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f xi¥. :-; is fuppofed rnfy, bear, .ar^y., th in g .• T h e bitter., agf only
^ e d ; for preferving: the tweet,* .which have -a lufdop^
t^ftAand exquilite flayqpr, may. {be ,eatens freely, without
any pernicious effects* which, is-not the-; cafe' with that?
kind called'the China apples, which I fliah afterwardsr
d ^ rih e .. vTh&.jEses that bear -alb thefe,fpepiesrarp truly
- beaufiful,; apd $ever without fragrant blpljqms pn fruife
throughout thp^year-, «
, On the; i(5th, the news arrived that'Colonel Fourgeoud;
with the remaining troops, having marched from iia
Rochelle,' had been attacked by the rebels and amongib
others Captain Fredericy, rqarchingdh the front, had;heen-
ihot through both.tfiighs. This brave- officer, clapping!
both; his hands on the wounds, and fitting ip-water
to his breaft to. conceaL the bleeding, and preventlads«'
misfortune from difcouraging the troops, jemfinedr.im
this fituation until the furgeon had fireffed- them, wh6n;-
he was parried in his hammock by two negroes.-
Nothing, indeed, could exceed. thu zeal which Boths
this officer, and Fourgeoud’s adjutant, Captain Vangew-?
rike, fliewed during the whole expedition; continually'
upon fervice, whether their,conftitutions could bear itj
pr not. But honour was the only advantage they, derived
from a five years affiduous and extraordinary attendance, •
In my opinion, Colonel Fourgeoud never recompenfed
them according to their merit; while he tfeated the
fubalterns, and even feme field officers, warfe than ever
I did my corporals.
I now
E X P E D IT I 0-N T O S tf R IN AM.
! n o V 'm a f e n B ^ | | 56in;diim'4n'rhe woodV;
but infiead ofpermiffiom ^Y en t ■ffichrdBrV'to haffen to-.
1/Efperance, fche’^ ^ ^ e fta te ; as I fhafi heficp-?
forth call i f l g B g ffi the u^per^krt• of Rid.Comewfna,.
th e re to take* the co'rfibxand oFthe whole"river during
has abfen'ce’f Vibieh bCmJ nfe ^? a I fepaired to thif.
Eoft the-greater iaH s te if e '
■ Having
page, and- pureli'afed p r o ^ o n ^ r% s ^ ^ ^ e \ d y % depart
for my new fiafioffi- b u t fibfore f ledve ^Faramaribo,.
I muft remark, thatduringfn^ ftky tfierfino lefs than
m h em s g m g s ^ a ^ e to leg^ ch r off; f g ruhriin^ aivay
fromffieu aaffirs.-f^fhis^puhiffimenFfe' a part of the
Suririam adrfiiniftfation of jufficB, and’is performed it
-rhe defire of the propriety, andWaS1 executed ~V * ’Mr.
G.reuberv the fu4 | ^ o f * D u r i n g j nhunian
operation, g g 'poof ^ ^ r fv d fy ^ e lllb e r a te ly
fihoafced their pipe ofi tobaccb. fu fgfeon
rCcei-vfed 'about fix1 pounds a‘ limbi but, nottfith-
Randing his great abilities* four of them died iriimediat'l-
f g g g R tIie R a tio n ;' A -fifth hirlifelf," &
plueking* away the bandages andbleeding nfidfeath during
the: night. Thele amputated negmes are' common in
this colony,, and are employedrin renving the 'boat! and
arm ’ and thft is the: forfeit for daring to raife it againfi
u n : Jx: y li f i
_■ I embaited
the
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