c h a p ; back to the Hope, our boat being nearly loaded with'pre-
,* feists o f every kind, amongft which were fome fine cocoa
puts, "that one of his (laves, after walking, I may fay
n^re pTOpeiiy than climbing^, up the tree^ had brought
down in nrty prefence» and after a fierce ©ngagemeut.with,
a black ferpeat upon the very top'of it, which by the
h^p o f his knife he vanquiihed,
dropped it down dead at our feet.
The (laves o f the Hope and Faucoriberg. alfo tef-
tified their re(pe<St for Jpanna aiid^her; boy, by bringing
in pfefents o f fowls, fruit, fggs„ VOnifon, and fifta ; and
Mr. Rainier handfomely jjreientedMis with a.’lai^ge quan??
tity o f Indian.-corn to feed Our poultry. Thl^ every
thing feemed to contribute to our feiidty,:.-which was
however confiderably allayed by the disagreeable news
we received on the/ifith, informingme d f the death o f
my dear friend, Mr. Waltfcr; Kenoedyy:^rtfy.<af«fer-;-hfe
arrival in Hollandt: it was now alfohoafirmed that the
Dutch had refuted the Scots Brigade to his Britannic Ma-
jefty ; which greatly furprized me, as I. cohfidered it as. a
claim not only from affinity, but allb by treaty.
T o abatife my mind from thefe unpleafing'ffibjecfts, I
now paid a (hort vifit to my French acquaintance Mfrto-
* See Vol, II. page pg. plate J..
- f This gentleman' a little before bis
departure fhewed me a letter from the unhappy
youth Campbell; which, after thanking
him for every civility, and acquaint»
6
ing him with his diflolution (which he
had felt approach) was figned, “ Yourfe
u to eternity, R. C a n d to his father
he had wrote the fame.
Jieur
fa tir QiïcheMeU) at his plantation Egmond. Here, amongft c h a p .
Other company,- I met with an Italian, a planter called x x v -
H’0—s, who had but one arm; with which, however, he
took- up>a-kmfe at table, and without thefmalleft provocation,
as I fat next him, made a- back thruft at me, to
thé aftdniffiment o f all who were prefent. Having fortu-
■ nately parried the blow by beating up his elbow, which
..oceaiioqed the point of lli^knife to pafs over my fhoulder,
I darted up, and was- going to put him inftantly to death;
but this beirig prevented, Ï offered to'fight him with one
hand tied behind me, and with- any inftrument he chofe,
fiftVhludgeon, fwqrd, piftol, or even knife; this the cowardly
affaMn;h*aviiig réfufed, Was kicked out o f company,
and Cent home to his- plantation called Hazard. •
S^viqlent was- this unhappy man^lifpofition, that fome
little time before, he ordered a poor negro woman, who was
advanced sélght months in her pregnancy, to be flogged,
,.until her inteftines appeared, and that only for breaking
a tumbler. One, o f - his male (laves, trying to- evade bis
feverity, was (hot dead on the (pot; and there was not a
fiave belonging to his eftite but was cut by the lafli of
h-is .whip from themeck to the heel. -
' -Colonei Fourgeoud now fending a proper fupply o f
men, with a furgeon andmedicineS,the Hope wore a
more pleafingafpedt, and-health and content began to be
Vifible in every countenance. Amongft=other things, I
encouraged’ the men' to Catch fifh, which Were here In
abundance, and the negroes taught them how to make
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