l8 TiMEHRI. 



of Other particulars. In such a large district as that of 

 the Upper Demerara this was no light matter. If they 

 should come to his house he would be bound to enter- 

 tain them, as it would not be in accordance with the 

 rules of hospitality to send them away at once when 

 their business had been transafled. Every Publication 

 of the Governor and Court had also to be distributed, 

 and as these publications were written, they had to be 

 sent from one plantation to another, each proprietor 

 endorsing the single copy with his name or that of the 

 estate. At regular intervals the Militia were called 

 together for drill and the Burgher-Captain was respon- 

 sible for that also. Sometimes the Court of Policy 

 wanted the opinion of the Burghers on some particular 

 matter, or there was an ele6lion of a Keyser, and all 

 these things necessitated a boat and negroes as well 

 as great loss of time. The public services of CHARLES 

 Edmonstone, appear to have been done thoroughly, 

 and were much appreciated. 



The first important expedition of EDMONSTONE is so 

 well described in the Wanderings that it is unnecessary 

 to repeat it here, but there were several others not 

 mentioned by Waterton, in which he showed his 

 courage and endurance. As some of these will probably 

 be interesting as piftures of circumstances v/hich can 

 never recur, and as they are all concerned with 

 Charles Edmonstone, no apology is needed for their 

 introdu6lion. 



On the 27th of Oftober, 1802, EdmoNSTONE wrote 

 the following letter to the English Governor : — 



" I think it my duty from the observations I made 

 in my late expedition to represent the alarming opera- 



