LETTER XVI. i 



JDefcription of houfe and furniture occupied by the medical Jtajf 

 at La Bourgade. Entertainment given to fome gentlemen 

 cf the navy. , Provifton-excurftons. Arrangements con- 

 cerning prize-money. Benefit and importance of mufquite 

 Curtains, Stability of temperature^ and of the breeze in 

 Guiana. Singular application made to the author for an 

 appointment in the medical department. 



La Bourgade, May %i K 



\ have before informed you that the barrack 

 allotted to the medical officers is a very com- 

 modious houfe, fituated near to the hofpitaf ; 

 but I gave you no account of the furniture ; 

 nor did I defcribe to you what we here efteern 

 a comfortable dwelling. Let me, therefore, 

 tell you that our manfion is built wholly of 

 wood, and is of the fimpleft conftrudtion. 

 Being fet upon low pillars, it is fo raifed from 

 the ground as to leave fufficient fpace for 

 dogs and fmall pigs to pafs under it. Chim- 

 nies and fire places are not required. The 

 windows are naked holes in the wooden fides, 

 and are neither clofed with plate glafs, nor 



