ch a p. armed negroes, ap.d.dag&- fet in to difiperfe them, feey ^re
, xm* , frequently fhot. From what I Rave laid upon this fub~
jetSl alone, the reader may form an idea of fee rjfeef;
witR which this country abounds j which;, nevetfefilefs»
did not fee© to ftimulate its enemies during, fee late war
to attempt the poffeflion of it; hut I muft fay,, I doubt
whether Surinam, in fee hands of any other nationfearfe
the Dutch, would not osefo to he of its prefeefi'
qtience,. fee Hollanders being ihdHpntahly: fee m d l par
tient, perfcverkig, induftrious people feat inhabit fee:
globe-.
Notwifeftandkig,. however, fee iramenfe vvealfe feat
fee Weft Indies in general aftbrd, it win ever be my opinion
that the Europeans might live as comfortably, if-not
more healthily, without t h e m t h e want of fugaty coffee,4
cotton, cacao, indigo, rum, and Brazil wood, might be
amply fiipplled by honey,, milk,. wool, Geneva, ate^ EfigrT
lifh herbs, Britilhoak, See,
And now once more to refume my narrative :^-I have;
already mentioned that my Haves were employed in preparing
an houfe for the reception of my beft friend, which?
was about fix days in. completing. It conlifted of a parlour,
which alfb ferved for adining-room; abed-chamber,.
Where I alfo flowed my baggage;: a piazza or fixed to fit
under before the door; a fmall kitchen detached from
fee houfe, and a poultry-houfe, the whole fituated on a ,
fpot by itfelf, commanding an enchanting profpetft on
every fide,, and. furrounded with paling to keep off the
cattle*.
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’daMe.-:| My tables, ftdols,-and benches, being all compofed c H Af.
of- man-icole boards, thefdoors and windows were guarded , .
With, ingenious wooden locks and keys, !that Were pre-
fented me hyi?a riegy&tamdwere the work of] his Own
.hand’s. M-y.houfe^being*“thus far finiflied and furnifli-
ed, my next care was today in a<ftoek of iprovifious from
Paramaribo, ffrfe.' a barrel of rflour, {another of 'falted
macfcarel, WhiehhnitMs, country are delicious, they are
- imported from North America.; 'hams, ;jpdcfeled faufages,
Bofton bifeuit; alfo wine, Jamaica rum; tea, fugar, a box
Of Q>ermaceti candles*; alfo two charming foreign flieefp
and a hog,'-ferit his eftate Vrledyk,
befides two dozen of fine fowls .and ducks .‘prdfented
•me by-' Lucretia, my JoanhaVaunt; while ffruit,;vegeta-
rbles, fifhy and vethibp,: flowed.uponime: from Overyi-quar-
v ■
On- fee'dft of lApril^774, Joanna came*down' thecriver ’
in fee !FdUGOhbe®g tentfeoat,/rowed byreight ’negroes,
: and ‘arrived-at fee Hope : ' I .communicated to her immediately
-feefcontents of -'rny letter to HoIlAmfe^wMcbliie
received wife that gratitude and modify ahifeer- looks
’which fpdke more‘forcibly than any* reply.; 1 introduced
feOrfo befinew habitation, where fee ^plantation Oave^an
lfo k fe b f refpe&, iimnrodiately brerught? her pyefents dfi@a-
fada, yams, bananas, and; plkntams, iffid never,two;people
were more completelythappy. F®eeofikevfeei roesetethe
for eft, • artd difencumbered of| every care :-and ceremony,
we breathed the pareft !efeer hxiorir swalks,mnd?refreflied
our
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