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;54 T f M R I T m O f ' i a s
./C-H-AT. ^ranilteM eoöamänd;rfor, jülfly fufpe&lög'it, he had f8t
. ^ I~. ^out with a tent>barge- to 'town a 'few vho^rsf‘trefofe‘1 1
»came, where he was no rfooner'ckr'riefh'to^'his lodgings
fthan he I expired,- from the" feffefts burhin^fever,
;and a broken heart;' Nvrman could be mbre;
-than Captain Brant: nhr did,?Pbfli^e&bd;'evdfe*lofe 'a
better officer, e r l-a fin c e r e r fHend£1;'
This being the fecönd commander dead-in'To fhort
■ *a time, I quietly took’Tor <CSf*iil6tto »—
. Hödie-tibi feras^ rmhi.’ . ^
B u t l was happily miffaken, and-feoh tinned- ßill* äs well
as ever-l Was -in my life, ToMowing the- advice - of»old
^Caramaca, and bathing t-wiee-a da-y in -t?heAiver; * while
T defpifefffhoes -arid -ffbckingsyas ^ufelMs-and^ ünjnte§flarf'
dumb®:.
• On the iSfh of June, afewdays after •f&yS-äifrföälj I had"
thehonoUrfe receive-a vifit-from,the governor* Mr. Nep-
veu, on his return from his -eftate Appecappe to Paramaribo,
with whom I-ebndcSed.on the lofs öThis lady, who
had died very 5latelyJ; I alfö received' dfily Vvifits from fe^-
veral planters,- whb-oomplimented me with fefrefhments
from tlieir ptantatibhs ; and here; I had an- excellent op-
p0rtuhityl‘0'f ‘acquainting myfelf with the ■ cuftbrcfs’ and
-manner o f living of thefe Weff-India nabobs..
; A planter in Surinam, when he lives on his’ eftafte,
(which is but feldom, as they mdftly prefer the Society
o f Paramaribo) gets - out o f his hammock with the
§ / >. -rifing
rifing- fun, viz.'- about fix o’clock-in the morning, when:
be makes;his appearance under the piazza of his houfe y
where his coffee is, ready’ w.aitiQgnjbr him, which he»
generally takes1 with1 his pipe, ? inffoad of:/ tpaft and but*
ter; and .there1 he ids!1 attended; by »half a.dozen of the?:
fineft„ young, Haves, both male- apds female,?of the plan-»
tatip%.,to feryo him ; • at- he, is.
next accoffed,., by ^his.^.overfeer, Jwho. regularly, every;
'morning attends .at his?r;lev&e,'l and1 having made his»
bbws-.at'feyerah ;yaifds diftancef;wi$i the- moft -profound
refpedt; informs his, -Greatnefs’;what wprk» was-done the/
day? before; ;what ^egt-o’&^'d'eferted, .died,;fell fick,-vre-.-
covoted, were^bqught-or ;born; and,: above all things, :
which of? thempnegledted their .work, affected fickrtefs, -
qt had .been drunk- drLabsent, g e e . t h e prifpneris; are.
generally prefect, .being fecured.by- the- negro-drivers,,
and inffantly tied up^to the,beams|of the piazza, or a
tree, without fo much as. sbeing' heard in their own,
defence; when the flogging, begins,-with men, women,
or-children,' without exception.- The inilruments of?,
torture ,on thefe opcafions are long hempen whips,, that;
cut round at. every lafii,. and crack .like* piftofelhot; -.
during which they alternately repeat, “ Dankee, majjera,”
(Thank-you, .mafter).,- -In- the mean, time -he -Balks up
and down with his overfeer, affe&ing; not fo much as
to hear - their- cries, till they *are • fufficiently mangled,
when they are untied, and ordered to return to their':
work, without fo much as a dreffing:-; -
This, ceremony being oyer, the dreffy negro (a black .
furgeon)