LETTER VIII. 



Author feparated from his long officiated comrades. Embarh s 

 on board the Grenada , on a fecret expedition, Conj&clures re- 

 garding its defiination. Embarkation of troops on board the 

 Grenada. Accommodation of the ojfiters and fildiers. Ra- 

 pid accumulation of filth on b$ard. Troops preferved 

 from fichnefs by bathings and by keeping a great proportion 

 <f them always in the open air. Force employed in the ex- 

 pedition. A fleet arrives at Barbadoes at the time the ex- 

 pedition fails. Author addreffes his friend from the oppo- 

 fite fide of the fun. 



Ship Grenada, at Sea, April 17, 



The apprehended divifion of our long af- 

 fociated mefs has taken place ! It has fallen 

 to my lot to join the reported expedition un- 

 der General Whyte, and I am feparated from 

 my friends, perhaps, foon to meet again, 

 perhaps, to meet no more ! To what quarter 

 we are bound is held in fecrecy. Cura^oa, 

 Demarara, St. Euftatia, and various other def- 

 tinations have been feverally conjedtured, but 

 from the courfe we are at prefent fleering the 

 coaft of Guiana would feem to be mod pro- 

 bable. 



