NARRATE v e o f a n
: <2 H A P. XXL M
Spirited ConduB of the Rangers and Rietieh-^A W irniifi^
Scene o f Rroth'eriy Affe'Bion~-'Tbe SP&sps return to Bar-
| bdcoebd^Plah^of the p iM -of ^ftBibW^-A'Shd-be hilttdPy
:: the Qtroocdokoo Snake, -
c ha p . flTT OL0 NE?L w m m m on ifind i^ lilM rd f'^ ^ 'fd aed
V_>? r‘b'y'ai naked negro, Siva's nnable any longer to reftrain
his refehtnient, and fwofe aloud he would purfue Bohfty
to the world’s end. His ammunition Jand provifions-were
hoWever expended, an'd if they had not, it woukb'hitve
f^ m 4h yvain n6w ‘tb think o!f'overtaking‘We-^'dediy.—
To rhe furprize Of hioft perfohs/emr herd ho#e^ef pef-
fevered in this IMpfo&icable project, and difpatched Daf>-
tajn Eoits, with dhe hundred men aird thirtpi^hg«rsi
h^hdes'^ nhte^ef d f flave-s, to transport ’k ’^aShify* o f
fhot, and a week’s provifions from Ba'Fha^deha/yHd^'at
the fattid time iffued chdefs for the tfoops td’fdbfift.upbn
half ‘allowance/^fifing the-men tofbpply the deficiency
by pickidg'fiCe, peas, and caffavai and prepare them in the
heft way:they Cotfld for'theirTdhhftferice, and tfil/^as alfo
my lot, as. well as moft o f the officers; while'it Was'no had
feene to fee ten or twenty of us With heavy wooden pef-
tles, like fo many apothecaries,- beating the rice in a fpe-
cj.es o f mortars, cut-all along in the hard trunk of a levelled
onIy\contriy.anc£ ufed by them to fepayate the riqe ffom
;the hufk> this was'hosyeyerifer Uh# mod laborious bi|fi-
nefs, the fwea<t rapping. WM bodsiqjS; ;as if we had
been bathing^ while^yvater .was >at this time the oply be-
*§£rage in the .camp.
.VftAmo^ig other. -Vegetables w.efoad .the .good fortune to-
.find he»e great quantities, o f *mild purjlme,yyhich only
-differs .fisomthe corhmon, hy Igffswing .-nearer the gipundr
theileayks;,bebagdels,and-more of a bjackifhgreqn ; thjs-
uvegetable grpws .wil^l rhe gftd may
,b.e either eatemyasja^fidlad, or .ftewp,d,; .wifoQut ;^fer&fe,
jibeing ‘hotioniy; a cooling and*/agreeable food,,, hut reck-
, on^ed. amexcelleut antidote agaipft foe fqaryy^p
, i. Here; were .alfb; great q u a n t i t i e s o r - ‘fqje0#fe
fff ees, which.ar.e verymfeful l@;th£ natives, o f thg.cpuntry.
This tree grows, to the height of a corpm®.JVPpfe~tree»
-with large jthiek pointed-leaver-: thegpurds.itpjo^uces-
..are.-of different forms,and dimenhqnS, fop^e bsfog PvaL
-■ fom.eiiconical, and fqmefound, growing often, tp the ,13^0:
,©f ten or twelve inches in diameter; the fhell is hard'
and very finooth, covered over ■ with a fliipingi Ikin o r
epidermis,, which becomes. brown; When, the gourd is dry
and fit for ufie t theheart or pulp is a pithy hfoftance,,
-which is. eafily extricated by the,hplpnof ^|tr©o_ked knife..
dThe;'ufe£ are pr ion s to - which thefeigpufo/,,^jU applied,,
thqy; furnifh bottles, pav^r-i|ai&§, b^lpgs, ,^nd.
difo^sit l feldom travelled without one,^which feryed meas