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Author and his comrades leave Effendam. Generous and friend- 

 ly hofpitality of Mynheer Abbenfets. The party obtain muck 

 ufeftd information from Mynheer Schneider ref peeling their 

 journey. Mynheer Abbenfets and Mynheer Schneider con- 

 tribute additional fupplies to the boat, A long journey to 

 the ejlate Vigilantie. Heavy toil for the faves. They flop 

 occafionally and plunge into the river to refrefh themfelves. 

 A friendly welcome by Mynheer Mal/Ied. Author vifits the 

 negro yard at Vigilantie. Is prefented by a negro to his 

 ftfler. An example of the effeel of Jlavery. A fmgular 

 mode of punifhment. The party leave Vigilantie — arrive 

 at the old town of Amflerdam. Vfit Mynheer — le vieu 

 Fifcaly and Mynheer Scholten. Le vieu Fifcal converfes in 

 Latin — prof ej/es great ejleem for the Englifh — is violently 

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Mynheer Scholten chirurgien-major to the Dutch troops , 

 Madame Scholten witty and facetious. Author referves a 

 fpecimen of humour to relate to his friend on his return to 

 England. Old town of Amflerdam. A party of Indians, A 

 party of manumitted Negroes. ProfeJJion of furgeon»barbe* 

 not extinct in the Dutch colonies. Two of the author's 

 comrades Jhaved by a chirurgo-tonfor, who fupports a Latin 

 converfation, upon medical and other fubjeffs, during (e the 

 operation? The party meet Mynheer Fenner at Myn- 

 heer Scholten \r. Accompany him to the eflate Johanna, 

 On arriving are prefented to Madame Scholten and five 

 other white ladies. — Good refemb lance of an European 

 garden. Appearance of a gang of Jlaves ginning cotton by 

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The party adopt a new mode of travelling fuggefted by Mynheer. 

 Fenner. A Dutch mountain. Alarm excited by the author 



