pofed upon; when, in GoldfoutlVs Animated Nature*.
Vol. V i p. »53, that anther aiierts, that they are built
on the banana arid plantain trees, where he alfo defcribes-
the monkies,arid"numbers of large ferpents-as affembling*
All this I here think it my.duty to pronounce erroneous*
as I confider it Would he unpardonable in w& m let lu c k
abfurdkics pafe by unadtieed-. '
On the 9th, aa accident had nearly befallen me,, which,
muffi have oaufed me much.poignaRt- and lading fom>W*
My black boy,. walking Hj^'cettoa.ha-fiQnwck.;!»'
j>atee Greek, was ftiddeniy carried to the bottom by the:
rapidity o f the feeaia*. and entangled i» ks lafhings^ fc*
that both the one asd the «other difappearedthe boy*,
however, luckily extricated himfelf,, though with greafe
difficulty, and-to my gteat joy,, though m&re than, h a lf
drowned,, appeared once more on terra firanSi ;i when he;
had the prefence-.'of mind inftantly to link a large fbh~;
hook, with a lead tied to a t o n g line,. fome yards lielow
the fpot* with which he aaually. brought up the hammock,
to our aftoniffiment, the t e am , running, fo fw ifh
that it rolled ©v6x; this gfiound^ and was liable to fhift its*
llation every moment.
The following day, as Gap tain Hamel’was angling, his-
tackle got faft at the bottom, of. the creek, when, in diving
to clear it,. 1 ftruck m y .ancle with fuch violence;
againft a rock, that it was- feveral months beforet it wa&
perfectly r e c o v e r e d x
Thefe accidents appeared -greatly to entertain Colonel!
Seyhurg,. while, in return I could, not help feeling a degree.
<rr&p nf indignation at: what I confidered as unhandfome CHAP.
. ' X V IL he-hasviorvr moft^extrao^nary circumltance was,
that ffiis\?4ifg|ip:, between,£eyb,u;rg ,and myfelf feemed to
g a i n ^ ^ t h e ^ ^ r of;o^rEpiurgjepud,. almoft ^s much.as
if^.-l hgd doftsb^Cd.half rfebel hegtpes^in thexolorty.—■
a ll) t-h'i^^^jf Wfcropg. patrojp^^rui^ed between
Ma^d^ftberg,,-ha,hsG^hppe, an<j,the j£y^S$y$pnah; and
qjj rhe.Jtf-fh, ^b^il^nrand^r^in ^hief, marched to Pata-
maca with nearly-^e haL,fp.%his^troppg,, le a v in g ^ the:
co'mmand ofi^^^#bftttremai^t^.p.n'tbe mountain, for I.
^a& posable to?^company,jhpb h^y nig..by tips- time a
da^grpus-mprt ifif ^ ^n in,myf apfebpi^-;'
'H^s»L'had;. npy^ike.!prpfpe6hp§.,ye^ time at
MagGfetfbprg, ,1 $fp&t£h.edi Quaco tp^r^maribo for pro-«,
vifxo^j and orders to,buy m ^ liy e ,g p f^ ,; -
Wbateyer.-may.h? thpug.htojf Fou^gcoud’s pianceuvres,
jn Q t fh e in g £gblp, t o f ^rhi g,t I f f a pitched battle,
d-tis^ very-eeytain. that.he ex^ ||e|‘i|m ^ lf and his troops.
; and thyt irav^fmg^the 3
Upperrparts of^the Piiyexs, apd ^otiri3|g the ikirh p f the
-’chl^y , he .preyepte/i^many depredations on tfie .eftates,,
vdiich. Mj&i; undoubtedly a v p ^ ^ n t i a l feryice to the
inhabitants,,though' at ra dye%^plyexpepce of , blood and .
money.fp
1 Being now.(the commander in chief at this jpoft, the two
negroes I haye,fformerly naentioned hunting and fiffiing
for me, .brought me. almoft every, day one or two pingos,
which are the wild . boars,formerly mentioned,, befides a
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