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G H A P. dam ; and herb we were extremely happy to meet with/
I- cAtf friends - inr the Vigilance, which' yefiel’•‘ (as I have
'— ^ mentioned) hadpartedcompany' with us iniygalenf wind;
‘ • ^ ^ d r^ fn J to ^ i;< s ff- Cape Finifterre, and arrived*
two d a y s before *Us in this river. •
Our Ihips crews now werein th© htgheft fiowioE fpir
rits, feeing themfelves furroUnded hy the moll delightful'
verdure, while the rivei&Emed alive: bys the * many boats
and barges palling and re-pafling to fee us^whil© g^ups
■of-naked boys and girts-were promifcuoufly paying and
flouncing, S f ^ S t f S i p
water. The feene was new toi all, and. nothing was
heard but mufic, fingifeg* and chewing oh deck, * well
m in the riggidg," from the ideas of happinefs which
W & f m now p*°^ifed m S im this luxunrnt
flourifhuig Ipot, while between decksithg heat was be-
•come infupportabie.: but how miferably thef^poor del-
lows were miftaken in their reckoning lh all foonbefeen.
I mull' indeed acknowledge that nothing could equal
the delicious feufatiohs with which we deemed mtoxi-,
^ te d by the feagrahCe o f the lemons, limes, .oranges,?
' and flow e rs /W a fte d ^ ffomthe. a l in in g plantations,
that line tire banks of all ,the rivers in this- evern
blddmrhg Settlement, and Of * Which, charming fruit,? , c.
large -chillers were Sent on hoard our Ihips by Go one
di^PmcMaOf the colonial troops; this gentleman,,
teing the Commandant of F ort Amfteidam, alfo fainted
i l veffels with'nine guns from, the batteries,, while
With ah equal numb« we returned him the co” ^