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The whole of the coaft not being yet 

 cleared of its wild woods, no regular road is 

 eftablilhed between the two colonies, although 

 JDemarara and Berbifche lie contiguous to each 

 bther ; and hence this, like mo ft of our ex- 

 peditions, is expofed to all the uncertainties of 

 the wind and the ocean, The troops were 

 embarked on board fmall floops and fchooners, 

 calculated for the fhallow waters of this muddy 

 coaft ; and it is expe&ed that they will reach 

 Berbifche to-morrow evening, or the follow- 

 ing morning, the diftance between the two 

 great rivers, which give names to the colo- 

 nies, being but little more than twenty 

 leagues. 



We are taught that it will not be poffible 

 to procure frefh animal provifions in thefe 

 colonies, in the quantity neceftary for the 

 army : but it is fuggefted that we may obtain 

 a fupply from the Spaniards, who have great 

 numbers of wild cattle, in the ifland of Tri- 

 nidad, and upon the neighbouring coaft of 

 Oronoko. Vegetables and fruits we find ? 

 here, in great plenty. The market, as at Bar- 

 badoes, is held on Sunday, and is fupplied 

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