the enemy, was liow determined to march, in a'very few
days:' ■
On the'14th I arrived Wltlf^boat at Barbkcoeba, in the
upper part o f the river C ’ottica’,'where- formerly I-Was
when I kijled the :aboma fnake. I'found here'the eld
gentleman (who civilly welcomed me) ready" to fliart the
following day. - I never f¥w the troops in fuch fin e fp i-
riti, or fo eager for fervicef which proceeded from* different
motives, as I had faid before, fome in the hopes of
plunder, fome from "revenge on the rebels', '1'nd feme
from a wifh to fee the war-at an end“-?’5 while I-belieVe
in my foul, that" others «were tired of «exiftenChhy continual
Ulnefs and xhard fervice; and heartily Wifhed for
a glorious end o f all their miferies— as nothing rean he
■ more wretched than a ifoldier?s or a failor’s life,.{perpetually
foaking in the wet or fcorching invthe Tun, fur-
rounded by an unbounded -fore'ftj and in a tropical
climate,.
CHA p;
C f T A P. XX. f \
A Rebel Negxo rfgktmg —.Sentimental
%uExpreffionsfi$ African %/acks — The Tow# o f
hi Ga-do-Saby, taken byfCfonef Fourgeoud — S^uperfftion—
Wonderful .Expedients — Great | Ge^erafhip in the
^JLnemy. &
0N the 15th of. Aughft 1773, the.rebels, flufhed with c h a p .
their ’late»-victory over Captain Meyland and his , ,
party, whether with a defign.to hr^ve. Fourgeoud, or to
intimidate- his troops, being well apprised by their fpies
that he was at Barbacoeba, had the affurance to fet fire to
all the huts dn two differenteeamps which had been left
l a n d i n g b y his patroles, while theyJeontinued-foouting
and hallooing f he whole night within, .opr hearing; - but
this only-proved an incentive'to a£tion, and enraged our
veteran commander fo much, that hb now declared he
would have ample revenge at all hazards«*/1 During this
night a large tiger alfo alarmed the camp, but did no damage
of airy kind.
An «hour before - day - ’break jj next morning,l Colonel
F6urgeoud, with his troops,, were ready- to march, and
immediately, entered the ,woodg. .They :now amounted
exactly to two
being