C H A Pi p a to tid iB f® f iia .p tr tiM o f e ^ Chichi i s T n thisjcouilfry
ext^'emèly fr.équent«’:;TMs dreadful difeafe Ttrft appears
Tpir#s,-;and a yefiowifli
caft of thexomïtenaiice and eye&; and unlefs proper re«
m?dies ^[immediately jppKefeitW> dlft^mqjQr. -iecoaac#*
fatal, and certain .death; Haiffinfepsdia^^sffi rfg
The belly-hatty, or dry-gripes, by Tome compared to
the Devonfhire cholic,' is -aljEo a *cömrobn*Tömplaint in.
this country, and not only caufes exerndajting pains, but
is exceedingly d^n|^öjis. 1 'TÏÜs jal^ï.ad rtöw Jacked a
great number ofpur people. As tp the caufes.pf this
.diforder I can give no account« The prevailing fymptonj
is an obftinate coftivenefs, whidh they endeavour to remove
by a quaiifitytof caftor oilftaken interhaliy, èhd
»If© inje&ed by thereSftim;
It was, indeed, lamentable to obferve théftate to which
we were already reduced, from a, Êbi$s: oTthè fine;#,
healthieft young'men •th«Wè;^fled':fi«Èa:Euè^é, with
blooming frefh complexions, how ehafiged to the fallow
colour .of a drum-head. It was ho alleviation of the
Calamity to reflea, that all this wafte bf life and Ï health
had been hitherto to no purpofe; though feme perfons
chofe to report, that the whole was no more than a political
fcheme to have another regiment added to the war-
eftablifhihent in Holland, as Colonel De Salve’s marines
had been before: but to this others gave but very little
credit
Of the hoipitality of the country at leaft we could not
complain«
complain, fince this was aéhially óné'ojPthe principal fources CHAP.
oTblti^'fiifêfdrtütr^Sj and likely in a few months to VI* ■
be ekrefled to' deathly: thexijvilitiek of the men, and the
kiridhefs ©Tthé' ladies :? a :eMcürti£Éancd which rendered
Surinam a teal ’C'apwa xo thefe bTave'MloVs:1'; (
* O&thre thje-gentfceman-like Liehfenant-
Cöldffpl ;B aton, I'e Gerfdorph died; müchregbétte’d indeed
, by every-perfon; |^btile.the;grim King'of Terrors, cönfci-<
entioufly béginhing^G the head ;of ThCcorps with the
field' ©fibers, -could mbejiiii to afford fome cbnfolation to
* thé mïé^ibr^gientty fwffè ftiécêéded toahllr places, by the
appointment, of Colonel Fourgepud,* the commander in
;cMefj'Avhb himiMf exhibited np fymptoms of mortality.',
Major. Eedquer) Was how madefiieutenant-colonel,
and a Captain ftockaph advanced to thé rank of. major.
[fflffiff&e - E uropean animals that live in this'CoutittyAare no
fcfs 'debilitated and diminutive;than-the human fpedes;
The oXên>; foi ihftance, j aip «yéry. fmarll *, and-thei-r- beëf
not near To delicate as jte | in Europe,bowing probably to
their peipetual pérfpiration, and theccoarfenefsof the- grafs
on"Which they f^d;]which" is .not fp good is.th a t of the
fait marlhes ‘ in> Somerfefflaiie. 0n the-hank gc-of the
Oronoque the oxeri- run? wild, a-n^are fold by the Spaniards
for two dollars per head.? A Tingle pieceI@fteady-
A T h is iI aftjfriflie'a to-lee con- . buHockCöf 'Smitlifield market. affuredly
ttadifte^y p r ^ncroft, who/ajrSAeyr weighs flown two of- * e t large# in*-&ui-
tSmprove in South; America, ana.
mm i. roafted