N A R R A T I V E OF A N
CHAP. During tliis'ffiort fpaçe of tranquillity T conftru&êd ia
XXVJH. miniature mÿ cottage in which I lived at the Hope, oman
'r~~J oblong board of a b o u t eighte^inc^ies.by^|wdye, Which
being entirely made of the manicole-tr eé -and .blanches,
like the original, was efeeemed a m^er^ieqflj#.aoJthis I
fent as a prêtent to my friend Mr. de Gràaff at Paramaribo,
who flhee' placed it inra càbinfet of natural feriofitie& at"
Amfierdarm. As il am upon this fubje<â,';l am tempted
to prefent thé reader,'with, a view o f two. of-my habitW -
tións, the one that at the Hopëî wneri! I fpent fuch happy
days ; and the other temporary, iuchs^ in the, woods we
conftruóted to be fhehered from the weather i-r-thetfir ft
may be confidered as the emblem oh-domefti^.felicity
the fécond of ruftick hardffiip and fatigdfeb
The troops o f the Society of Surinam, who had-beei*
encamped at the Wana.Greek (the* rainy feafon prematurely
fetôrig id) :nnw w i f e l y broke .up, and on the. abtli
paffing by us, rowed dowii the river Qotticai omtheir Way
to the plantations in the Pirica Creek ; jbut!as for us, we.
•were as ufual condemned to*linger in the Calhpore camps,,
while Fourgeoud ftili képt.fnug/ at Paramaribo.; . With
the ahové officers we received intelligence .that a.few
mçre rebels had been taken at the Mafawina ;. while ,we.
ourfelves daify continued to fend out patrolei to the right
and left, but met with nothing to capture-
At laft, on the 29th, fix barges came to an anchor before
our encampment, with part of the frefli troops that were
arrived from Holland for our relief p which L could not
help