184 N A R R A T I V E OF AN
• € H A r. toy préfent commanders and this ferviee, the firft ho-
XXIII. nonrahle opportunity that ftiould offer itfelf j—how;-rer
* “ f ligioufly I have pérfevered in; ëhfêrvang'éhis vowyfhalt
he feen in thé fëquëF ë f thefe paghs-; beforej I take my
final faréweil o f my readers»
The place of our prefent encampment Was now intolerable
fo that-thd ammunition and próvifidhs v^e^eftowedifcjr pre-
fervation on wooden rafts; nor eobld we ftep out of our
hammocks without being up: • to the knee's in 'rrfutP ,!and
water, where it was. moft {hallow,, while tthe-gnats' and!
ether in le ts devoured us alive.! The>céntfeqiuenée of all
which was* that another- barge- full of dying wmtches* was.
font down the Cormoetibo Creek, bound fo r the-hofpitat
at Devifs 'Earwar ;: ’among- Whoiti,- thé póor-Ök^^ègrb,
with his fraétüred ïkuhj who- had only yeftêrd-ay-rjo in ed
•as in his. fhocking condition. This, floating
bdttfe weighed anchor-on the ïaft day of theyearviyy^-i-.
with which I ftiall beg leave to eöhclude; this- gloomy,’
chapter*.
C H A P.
E ^ P E D T T H O N T O S U R I N A M . 18S
C H A P. XXIV.
fwD Volunteer Companies rM fffi of. Jtee Mulattoes and
‘Ifegroes^Defaniptfön p f 'ibe ArKdWMktt fkdidW'Nation-i-
*€alontl Eourgebad^s Regiment Vekäves- 'orders "to'fail for
Europe—^Countermanded— Re-enter \he Woods— Trade o f
the Colony—zDeföriptiön- o f a ' Cacao' f fä t e— Sample o f
iSgblß Heroifm.. ■ -
H n o what good ftar T wa^obliged,^n the midft o f all
• ' odf^cbnlulioh''' arid'' ailtrefs; I know-not, hut certain
4 t is,-that Colonel Sey-burg having fent for me orf’the firft
day o f the.hew year,,not only Solicited my future friehd-
Ihip,. but declared he' was forry for all the ill-treatment
he had ever'-'dceafiohed' - me,1' -for- which he principally
blamed Mr. ' adjutant and fpyd «-then takiiig
Jne by the hand, as a proof o f Ms-real-regard; permitted
.fee'foomi that moment td- go;toParaniai,lbo,;or.Wher6ver
refit ufltff further-orders; whith
.had fueh. an eSblft Mi toe, ■;®i#'^l?vi^uiisftanffy't^i5yei1®i
«very drop df -my rum into grog, we fat-down,1 together
with two other officers, and drowned hlb former hriimo-
-fity in oblivion, till we- Gould hardly fee; each other. In
this condition I took my leave that very evening o f my
new friend and the camp at Java,Creek, and rowed down
in the beft fpirits for
Paramaribo.
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