N A R R A T I V E OF AN
C H A P. XV.
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ON the i8th of January 1774,
the Hope, of which i. am convinced ihe -rfeafder fry
this time is as tired as I have been. Thence rowing down,
I flept at the eftate Arentluft, and next day dined at the
beautiful plantation Gatwyk. In this fpa^éTjNUI
ended all my travels ; for Mr. Goetzee, the ©wneE*ihaving
lent me one of his :hor&s;to ride Xouhd-XlieReffcRtB,':
animal and I both at once disappeared 1 a wooden bridge
over which we palled being rotten, the part trader nsigaVe
way, and we dropped through into the canal. With much
exertion however (being alone)' I got affiore, andhavirjg;
run to call fome negroes, the horfe, which ftuck in the
mud, was (though with great difficulty) extricated.
In the evening I rowed to Paramaribo with the ebb-
tide, which gave me an opportunity of feeing the mangroves
that line thé banks of the river Surinam full of
oyfters, ftuck in the branches like fruit, from the water’s-
edge up to high-water mark. Thefe oyfters attaching
themfèïves
EX P E B I T I O N TO S U RINAM. VJ Q
therrufelye^.to trees as,they do to rocks, has given rife to
the «vulgar-grjp^r that the^-g^on^ ,pr vegetate like fruit;
hut it is not more extraordinary that they ffiouldHftick
pn any onh--fubftance than on anpther, for many fpecies
of ffiqll-filh eom-monly,f^iand'to adhere to fhips*
bottqpjs, as' ,to roek$. ^ Th efe-tre(yfter s, which-at fome dif-
mhljhroomsi are, jp^ebd, very final! anft
trifling-; fqr on© hundred are not comparable, one-dozen
that <?ome ftpra- G olcheftpr. - V I:h Surinam are alfa &»kind
Of mufclps,, :bpt, tbefe. M©1 fq fmall and inlipid, that' they
are 'fc^fely. worthy; of mention.,
The day ^fter-nxy arrival- I yiftpld-' the governor: as
alfcTMr. Kennedy» Mrs. Lbjbpps, M-rsl. De Melley,
whpnalKqfln^atulated me on my acquaintance \ykb Mr»
De Graayy andhighly honoured me, and anproygd p f what
I had done for my Mulatto and her ifqfant.
!riOto’tbp a&d, ©ur few' remaining troops being rnpftly at
Paramafibo,. a Mr.' Van 'Eys;g&ye--#p; entertainmept to the
who-!© corps-..
- On the. asth a, great number of Indians, or n a li|^ j; %r-
rived at Paramaribo; which afforded me an opportunity pf
feeing andideleribing this; people, who- ayp the-aborigines
of the country# Thefe Indians, who appear the happieft
creatures- under the £un,fape divided; into many cafts or
tribes,', fueh».as■ the : j' **; < f | * : .. <ii, iL
Caribbees,
Acca Walls,
Worrows,
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Arrowóuks,
Taiiras, and
Piannaeotaus
a belides