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for us, who hadfb little a time before appeared like wild C H A p,
men,* how to ft rut through Paramaribo, dreffed like . X X IV . ^
lb1 many French marquees«
* 1 Being 'a particular favourite o f Governor Nepreu, I
one day was induced afk him for a piece of unculti~
Vdte(l fappft ground \ when he’ readily granted me 400
acres: but when I ineonhderately afked it o f him, I had
not calculated- how large ^.capital it rfiq^iired tp plpar
away woods, ' purchafe negroes, and provide other necef-
facie? for -fuch an undertaking;; and when a little reflection
convinced me how difficult it w^uld he to find
a .partner" o f abilities to afi^ft me, I deponed accepting ■
th ism a rk o f fh i regard,
Having on the 2,6th once nappe laved a poor blgek girl
from r^piyjng fome hundred l?fhe?, feyj*eplaping ^ dozen
§ f china». which ifre had broken byi^eMent j. wh^# another
w p ft-ahhed by a Frenchm an,-whnifrstm^0telyjf|»$
hia own throat from immoyfr, and Ms qoirmanion, ah
pverfeer, hanged fohpfeiff. and. haying vififed . the poor
negro whoff.log -JM4 lately, been gpt o f f tyti&vha I pack-?
edm y hones to-fftrOtht next morning on my fi&th cam-*-
paign; and once, more fake the command o f thefiiyer
Compwinn: at which moment arrived at my lodging?
fix loaded negro fjaves with mSffiiffl; from my bMpitablj?
frifu^si o f every kind that Guimaepuld produce, and the
colony o f Surinam could afford me*
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