r?4 N A R R A T I V;R O F; A N
C h a ï . the defcriptjon by' th^ annexed; drawing. £ The firft figure
xx\ , represents Colonel Fotirgeoud (preceded by a negro Have,
as a guide, to give notice? by bis fwimming when the
- water %eepens^ followed by myMf,. fome- 6’ther officers
and marines, wading through the marffi above" our
middle, and carrying our arms,, ammunition, and accoutrements
above our heads, to prevent their. being- damaged
by the wet.; ,
In th e back-ground may be feen the manner in which
the flaves carry all burdens whatever on the heady and the
mode of thé rebel negroes-'firing upon the troopé from the
topsi of high palm-trees’," See. - 'A hiarch'- o f - this1 nature,
though occafionally rrecefiary in Surinam, mull do always
very dangerous, being, expoféd to an attack from under
cover o f the furroundihg bullies, without Racing,"the
power of returning the fire more than once; for, in fuch
a depth o f water no folder can re-load his muJket without
wetting both the lock and the priming.
We now followed a kind o f foot-path made 'b y the
enemy, which after a little turning léd us m awefterly
direction. Serjeant Fowler, who. preceded the .van-guard,
at this time came to me pale, declaring, that the fight o f
the mangled bodies had made him extremely fick; and
that he felt himfelf completely difarmed, being that
fom en t, as it were, rivetted to the ground», without the
power o f advancing' one fiüglé itëp, ör khöhuhg hdw tö
conceal his , tremor : —^— I d— nUJ : him for a pitiful
fcoundrel, and had only time to order him to-the rear.
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