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harangues which, were followed by the usual con- 

 sequences, massacre and rebellion. But the insur- 

 rection being extinguished, after a frightful carnage 

 of the unfortunate barbarians who had been thus 

 stimulated to slaughter their masters, the two leaders 

 were seized and thrown into prison at Sinamary, a 

 dependency on Cayenne. There Collot d'Herbois 

 died ; but his colleague was still alive, and his parti- 

 sans in the colony now demanded that the newly 

 imported prisoners should be put on the same footing 

 with the old. The governor, probably glad of an 

 excuse to escape the trouble of watching them, 

 availed himself of the clamour, and complimented 

 the Jacobinism of Cayenne with the new transpor- 

 tation. An order was issued for their movement 

 to Sinamary, ninety miles by sea from the town 

 of Cayenne, where they arrived on the 23d of No- 

 vember. 



They were met on the shore of this fearful wilder- 

 ness by one of the few settlers, a Mr Kosmason, who 

 greeted them with the ominous salutation "Oh, 

 gentlemen, you are come into a tomb." "We know 

 it," answered old General de Murinais; "and the 

 sooner the better." The sixteen were quartered in 

 six miserable rooms of the miserable fort, with a 

 hammock each for their sole furniture, and a portion 

 of biscuit, a pound of salt meat, and a glass of rum 

 to correct the noxious qualities of the water. These 

 were the luxuries of men, some of whom had lived 



