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THIRD men to pursue the flying Maroons, requesting at 

 - the same time that he might be left where he had 

 fallen, as he felt that he was mortally wounded. 

 They gently placed him on the ground, and after 

 the pursuit of the Maroons had ended, the cor- 

 poral and sergeant returned to their commander, 

 and formed their men. On his asking what this 

 meant, the sergeant replied, " I had the General's 

 orders, on setting out from town, not to leave 

 you in the forest, happen what might." By slow 

 and careful marches, as much as the obstructions 

 in the woods would admit of, the party reached 

 Plantation Alliance, on the bank of the Demerara, 

 and from thence it crossed the river to Plantation 

 Vredestein. 



The news of the rencounter had been spread 

 far and wide by the Indians, and had already 

 reached town. The General, Captains Macrai 

 and Johnstone, and Doctor Dunkin, proceeded to 

 Vredestein. On examining Mr. Edmonstone's 

 wounds, four slugs were found to have entered 

 the body; one was extracted, the rest remained 

 there till the year 1824, when another was cut 

 out by a professional gentleman of Port Glasgow. 

 The other two still remain in the body ; and it is 

 supposed that either one or both have touched 

 a nerve, as they cause almost continual pain. 

 Mr. Edmonstone has commanded fifteen different 

 expeditions in the forest in quest of the Maroons. 

 The Colonial Government has requited his ser- 



