bts raaftef, Ém Walter Kennedy* paying,, to my great joy,
fold him ttitfum o f five hundred.Dütgh florins,
amounting with the "expen ces.to near fifty-pounds, far
which -Colonel Fourgeoud very, civilly' gave me a billon
his., agent. The payment ofithis- faithful -Servant’s ran-
fora, hf GoUrfe revived my impatience for the iougr
wi&ed moment -of emancipation o f vmy poor-Joanp^
an# hey; from whoft.n«w matter- Ï had not,? yet
received any anfwer. fg
While we' Continued here, a negro -brought, me a
beautiful butterfly, which I copied with- all the. Qorreö*
nefa I was matter o f ; and which I faw.fince iq. Madam
Merian’sTcotte^tóon, where it ié coloured yer-y ill.
This fly was a dark blue tinged with green* and Variegated
with fpots like a peacock’s feather, and on each
w in g fit had a, fpot o f pale yellovy* the undent part of
th e wings were a charming crimfbn, and purple;; .the
body a pale fe d ^ T h e c a p i l l a r is green and , yellowy
it is crowned with eight horns .on. the. head, and. has two
on the. tail* About the, fame time Captain Frederiey'returned
atfofrpm travejfiftg the woods. He had a cor^-
. poral drowned oby flipping off a tree in crofling; over a
erèek; which accident frequently.; happened, but the
men were generally picked up, except this poor fellow,
who funk to the bottom inftantly with all his accoutrements.
Another negro alfo. brought me a regale o f groe-groé,
or cabbage-tree worms, as they are called in Surinam.
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