if t
c h a p , fhip weighed anchPria^df/failed Upwtththem till before
, XV1, the fortrefs Zelandia, where they moored, and were falut-
- ed by a few guns. Among the officers, I with pleafure
recollected my old fhip-mate, poor Enfign Heffelirfg,
whoin we had l&ft behind nsS bri thejffMder^aCcdfc&gi
to every appearance dying of the fmall-pox, wheh 'we’
failed from the Texel, the 24th o f December, i f 72.
• This young man* who, MW.^ned- ^-.with rank jsj^fe-11
cond lieutenant, had been peculiarly unfortunate fincej
his recovery; for, foon after t-aking ^a paffage on board
another fhip - for Surinam, the vettel encountered- a
gale & -thee . B a y : G a p e FMiftehre*
her qUfciter-gafitry. and r u d d e r b e a t ' i ^ y ; be-
hdes which fhe fbtt
In this dangerous condition,»having -the wfod-agataft her
for Lifbon, the veflefrun with difficulty into Plymouth.
Froth this place Mn/Heffisliog took a paffage fob France,
on board a ttnall floop loaded with doals, .with WhMi J$e
had a w better ihoeefs; for fbe-ranj thro^^^a-Mad^
vertence of the matter, on'the •Cafkets, which-rocks went
through her bottom» and fhe foundered dmmedialiely. Before
the veffel fuhk, however,.he had time to break open
hischeft, and take out fome linen ;and other heedffaries,
With which he arrived in a cfa'zy. yaul'at Brett. He now
took fhi.pping again for Amfterdam, onboard aDutchman;
but the matter rin the'fhip-a-ground, and he had nearly
been ohee more wrecked. Meverthelefs he arrived fafe
at the Texel, whence he had twice in vain attempted
to
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to fet out for Sovrth America 5 and' on this laft paffage it
blew fa violently hard» that all the boats, the fheep, the
pigs, and the poultry, were wafhed overboard. Till this
date I had been the oideft officer in .the corps, excepting
onlyGolonel; Fourgeoud.
On fhe arrival of the troops, our commander invited
them to a dinner, which epnfifted of fait beef, pork,
barley, and hard peafe, o f Which I had the honour to
partake, to. my no fnaatt amufemCnt* When I obferved the
fignificant lopks which were directed by thefe newcomers
on their ’ commander and Ms-entertainment. In
the evening; we eandufted them to the play-houfe, where
the death, of Caefar, andCrifpin Doctor, were performed,
the one exactly as laughable as the other. I midi however
eonfefs, that ! was better entertained the next day,
tvhen the governor gave to all a fuperb dinner and flipper,
where the ttrangers feemed to be as much furprifed
with the magnificenGe iof ithe Featt, as they had: been
the day before amazed with . Colonel Fourgeoud’s frug
a l -
|Haying, met at this stable' with fome /excellent pre-
ferved fruits, ramong which was the guava, i -w i l embrace
an opportunity wMch is barren o f • incident to fay
fome thing o f it. The.guaha, or guava-tree, grows to
about twenty.r-£6ur:feetrhigh, with leaves like thofe o f a
plum-tree. It is lightrcoloured, and the wood o f little-
coiifeqiuence; but the fruit, which is yellow, oval, -and
B % about