C'H A P.
XIV.
the plantation Merfeille, byr'the fidelity and braveryiof
thfe Raves belonging to that eftltl. \
- On the 8th of thefucceeding month,we received.the
news, that Golonel Fourgebud, having discovered and de-
ftroyed fome-tfields heldngihg; to the enemy;-.(wh© had:
again kept tip a diftant 'converfation, with -him) and. having
found the mangled..remains of poor Schmidt, who
had been-mufdered by.the rebels, as I related above, was
©nee more edme with his troops to Magdebberg, where
he-encamped till the eleventh. He th ^ ^ e n t fB t d l h e ,
forefti previoufly fending to the Hope the-fick,, and'with
them a young officer under an arreft, in .order to be tried
for not being able to undergo the fatigues- a^ welfsas
himfelhr5 In other words, having been ordered to watch
two days and two nights, the youth.had proved unequal
to the talk, and had dropt afleep under, arms, as. h e -was
fitting on the ground. The climate indeed was Tu.ch
that even without thefe. trials nature was: often overcome.
The prefervation of Fourgeoud’s vigour hitherto ipay,
in a great meafure, be attributed to rhis; contiftu^lly
drinking a medicine he called tijuni in large full bafons*
which had a moll naufeous talle, and was compoled of
the jefuits bark, cream of tartar, and Hick-liquorice, boiled
together, which he drank as hot as he could bear it,
and to which having aceuftomed his conftitution, he
could not do without it. In this, however, he was ^followed
lowed by -none of the reft, as .they were apprehenfive chap.
that when this- ftibuld once ceafe to operate, (which it XIV-
muft at laft) all other medicines in time of real need
would be ineffectual. As for my own part, I Hill continued
to be fd exceedingly weak, that . I almoft defpaired
of evermore recovering j while my deprefled fpirits, on
account of Joanna’s critical and almoft hopelefs fituation,
greatly contributed t© prevent the. reftoration of ray
health. .Thefe alarms were not diminifhed on the
21ft, when, being vifited by Mr. and Mrs. Lolkens,
at thé Hopè, this gentleman, told me, that the whole
eftate Faucönberg was again transferred,, with its, dependants,
fince the death of Mr. Paflalage; that the new
proprietor was a Mr. Lude of Amfterdam, with whom he
had not the fmalleft intereft ; and. that .there was in town.
f general-report that we had both been poifoned. , This
-fentence. was, however, greatly alTeviated by the kindnels.
®f his -lady,- who infilled that my Joanna Ihould aecom?
pany ;hèfv to Paramaribo- immediately; where, at hpr
own houfe, Ihe Ihould meet with every care and. attention
that her fituation could require,, till,- perfectly. recovered:
for this I thanked her in the beft manner I was,
able, and. poor Joanna wept with* gratitude, Having
therefore, conducted them as far as their eftate Killeftyn-
Nova,. where we. dined, I took nly leave of them and
Joanna, and bid them all an affectionate farewell for the
prefent.
At my return to the. Hope, my indignation, was fcarcely
to