andiMeran. Young womeunof this’ «Mkription. éannöt
indeed be married, ór conne&ed* in any; other-way» aè
moft :of them ire, bornx.or straaéed'iup i n '^ 't a t e o f
jpandcYa/tKaxleiasiitlie. pumice xnbdemnedy: that
whde m r continue faithful; and:.cohftant->*a ,■ the; party
ner hy^whom they are chofen-» they, ar'è ^ohntenanded
afiid .e^couöig^di^y t h e i r m <kiW j § |||
WhQ: c aR T h ^ a rteyfnb marri#gfe» nst;v>e^ ; > ^ ! ^ er§y
av4h then^fglyepoF thU. cuftomSwithput.Mli®#nt ^iwhnefs
the ^ Mr, S ^ d h ^ -M rv ,T -ll-t, M ^ o y
thé föble-eolou8ed ;beiuties:. will howéyer ifehowiithèir
own '.penchant without any reftraint^^ateyechréfafing
With contempt the gblden bribes* hflfomeywhife «nr others
they beftow their^favoursnfor a idram {afealbtócen:tc*
haciso-pipe^ if. notifor ©»things > cu ^.'v.-.dh? n uo ./ 3r
: The hofpitality I had experienedd on our firft arrival
in the colony was not confined; to thatithhbhn% * * * $
general invitation to .Vifit, Glides hisitexeelleney^ctfe governor,
and Colonel ‘tfeximv the eoritoiandanf,’ihrmöre
than twenty ;refpeéfcable families, .whenever;it fiiited my
convenience jg fo, that, .though ö f ouf.eörps
had formed a regimental raefi, I had feldom the honour
of their company... One gentleman, a< Mr. Kennedy, in
particular* carried, his politenefs fo far, as not only to
offer me the ufe of his carriage» faddle-hotfes* and table,
but even to prefent me with a fine: negro boy, named
Suaco, to: carry imy {nnibrella as longrhs. I remained in
Surinam* The other gentlemen o f the regiment alfi>
i met
E X P E D I TT O If T O SU R I N A M.
met-lwith'great [civilities,'.and the whole colony feemed
anxious to tefiifye their rfefpeffc, •. by t yfiiag-; With each
dthfcr in 'a confiant round of feftivity. Balls, concerts,
cardlaffenlHliès»and every fpecies o f amufement in their
power, ' were $pdnfbahtly contrived Ï ■ for our entertainment.
-The fpirit of^COnvivia-Iitymext reached on board
the •menStfTWàrj where-.we: enter tamed', the ladies with
coldtfuppers and” dancinghipon the quarter-deck^ under
anawningytilhfixiin the ihorriing, generally concluding
the frolic by a > eavâlcâdéjrorl an airing in their carriages*
ftill more I pernicious.'byithe. enervating effe&s of an in-
tenfely hot climate* wvhefe; one is; in; a perpetual ftate
of perfi)iration, already - threatened to become [ fa ta l to
two'ior three of our officers.-1 Warned b,y their example,
I Retired from all public companies*- - fçnfible that by
fuch : means L çould jalone- preferve my ' health* in a country
which- has füçhva tendeneyjto debilitate:the human
frame, that an European,. hpweyer. cautious to avoid
excdTes,, ha-S always' reafon to apprehend its drqadful
effeétsv ■
Sgg Diffipation and luxury appear to be* congenial to the
inhabitants of this climaté, and gréât ' numberSrmuffan-*
nually fall- victims to: tpeirf very defiru6tive influence.
Their fatal confequences are. indeed ; too yifible in the
men, who.-havé; indulged themfplyes in- intemperance
andpther fenfual gratification^, and who appear withered
and enervated in* theT extreme i r.por do the generality-of
E a. the