328 TiMEHRI. 



Felix's in ye canal in ye atternoon without meeting 

 any thing further. — The other partys, the chief one under 

 Mr. De MelleT, did not meet with any thing, except a 

 few Houses ; from those circumstances the Banditti 

 must have moved further towards Essequebo. It appears 

 strange it being now ten Days since that Expedition 

 was terminated that we cannot learn where the run- 

 aways are ; there is a report that there came out a party 

 lately at Jonas's into the Plantain Walk for Provisions, 

 which is not improbable. — The black Corps I am told is 

 at Blankenburg, and the other Posts no doubt will move 

 down as Intelligence may be obtained of them, there 

 will not be any considerable incursions again into ye 

 woods till the water abates more, as it was very deep 

 the last time, and the chief obje6t will be to guard the 

 back Dams in the mean time. 



I am in hopes that this desperate crew will not be 

 joined by any more, as the flame did not spread at ye 

 time it was most violent, we have had no orders from home 

 as yet to make any changes in (the) form of ye Govern- 

 ment. I am told ye Court House doors are open at the 

 Sessions. We have had so few American vessels here 

 that it has not been in our Power to ship any of your C- 

 (Cotton) since that by Capt. COLMAN, and the few who 

 went having filled up with their own produce. I should 

 certainly have preferred it by far, but it not being prudent 

 to have kept so much on hand at such critical times as 

 has been. 



I think there has been sent I2<S Bales C. to C. and J., 

 who have ship'd 20 By ye Zephyr and do rfot say your 

 Quota (ii)as) sold, as they had agreed for a large parcell, but 

 not del'd, as there are vessels eno' now to take in for 



