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ten take to wlren over-heated, or to-e&ape their enemies.
The flefh of this flag is neither fat?, tender, nor Juicy,,
feeing ;m%eh inferfer to Eu&opP&h 'vemifon, though
greatly efleemed fey the inhabitants of. SUrinafn-. The
other fipddes the negri^oall fowfefcmbnffct; the Indians
^preSw-efrit. Tthefe are touch fmaller, and more nimble
In efcaping; their colourjja ypHowifli brown, covered
with fmall white.fpots; thenA>,eyp&; lively and piercing;
their ears harrow and fhort; they ha^ho^Kttecs; their
limbs-are fmall, but nerydus^and flrbng ^ and their flefh-
more delicate than any pther-venlfon l ever failed.
On the a r il,‘having’ viiited Mr. and Mrs.Lolkens a t
Fauconberg, we, after dinner, walked, to a brick-ma-
nufa6toty, ^ called ^ppe-cappe^ which lies in the neighbourhood,
and belongs to Governor ,N^p^eu; where they
make as'good brick, and as .expeditionfly, as irr Europe.
It lx's alfo a profitable bufinefs, not being .common in*
Surinam. I This I only relate as a proof o f ■ the abundant
advantagesnof this country; where, moreover,’ the wood
Tor burning the bricks may. be. had for cutting,, if the:
inhabitants- chufe to be induftrious. We were here, however,
fopeilered with clouds of infedls, called monpeirar
that I was glad to take my leave, and return to the Hope.
The monpeira are the fmalleft kind of gnats,, hut equally
troublefome with the larger fpecies called mufquitoes.
They fly fo thick and clofe together, that they appear
Ik e a cloud of black fmoke: they are fo fmall that
numbers.
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