n a r r a t i v e o f a n
c h a p . In the midft of this gloomy föené, the men Wife or-
xxVI. dej>ed to givè three cheers, which the marines oh board
one of thé veffels abfoluteiy. fefttfed to comply With i
Colonel Seyburg, and unhickilymyfelf, were in cohfe-
quence ordered to compel them; Which Re undertook,
with a cane in one hand, and a loaded piftölëöcked in the
other. Knowing his temper to be fiery and tfafcible,
What did I not feel at this moment ? I fuddenly leapt
into the boat that lay along-fid#, where, after haranguing
thofe few that leaned over the’ gunwale, I proroifed the
J b ip crew twenty galionVof Hto^landV gih i f I g g g f f .
only begin the melancholy ChortiS.! Then mounting
' agaihjhe q«artèr-d*fc,_I '^tiaihtèd-tWGölööilffeHt-aU
were now ready and Willing to obey Ms command^ ;
we then re-entered theboat, and in ffiovihg off had '‘thé
fatisfaétion to receive three hearty eheèrs'frèm the fadots»
in which joined a few marines, but with fuch languid
looks and heavy hearts as cannot he defcribed.
At this time however the Prince o f Orange’s goodnefs
of heart appeared in a confpicuous light, as he ordered
all private accounts due by the troops to furgeons and
phyficians to be paid by the treafury; which, however
trifling it may appear, was no trifle to many of the officers,
&c. and evinced an attention in his Serene Highnefs
which is not always to be found in prineesj while all
knew his forrow for the hard lot o f his foldiers, hut
which could not yet be difpenfed with, confiftent with the
general good. *
E X P E D I T I O N T O S U R I N A M .
I f our difembarkatiqn diftreflèd the troops, it afforded
joy to. moff of the colonifts ; as indeed a petition, figned
by the principal inhabitants, had been prefented to Colonel
Fourgeoud but two days before, “ praying that our
« regiment might flay forae time longer, and give the
« finifhing ftroke to the rebels, as we had fo glorioufly
<c begun, and perfeverèd in routing and haraffing them
which indeed .was certainly true, for our regiment, in
conjunction with the Society and rangers, had demoliflied
moft fettlements the rebels poffeffed in the colony, and
had driven them to fo confiderable a diftance, that their
- depredations, and the defertion o f Haves, were incomparably
lefs than upon our arrival ; and this was afluredly
much better than the Dutch making a fhameful peace
with them, as had been done with the rebels o f the
Owed' and Sarameca fettlements before, yet which would
probably again have been the confequence had we not
landed in Guiana.
As an inftancc o f the infolence o f favages, when perfectly
indépendant, I muff relate a converfation which
paffed between one of this description and myfelf at Paramaribo,
where the troops were allowed fome time to
refreflx themfelves before they again retook the field :—
Dining one day at Captain Mae Neyl’s, who was now
come to town from his eftate, a captain o f the Ozvca negroes,
our fuppofed allies, came in to demand money from
his lady ; and being very importunate, I defired her in
Englifh to “ give, him a dram, and he would be gone
which the fellow underftanding, called me without the
door,
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