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them, and afford them afMance ; and 

 it is faid that they ftill preferve an Eng* 

 iijh Jack, which he left them, that they 

 might diftinguifh his countrymen. This 

 was undoubtedly Sir Walter Raleigh* 

 who, in the year 1595, made a defcent 

 on the Coaft of Guiana, in fearch of the 

 fabulous Golden City of Mama del Do- 

 rado, and conquered Fort Jofefb, on 

 the River Oronoque. 



At the late infurreclion of the Slaves 

 in the Colony of Berbice, thefe Indians 

 were engaged, by the Governor of EJ/e- 

 quebo, to fight agairift the Pvebel Ne- 

 groes, many of whom they killed, as 

 appeared by the number of hands which 

 they brought away, and for which they 

 received a considerable reward. But an 

 adherence to truth obliges me to inform 

 you of a circumftance relative to this 

 expedition, which I am perfuaded you 

 will read with difguft ; this is, that 



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