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to receive tidings from you or any other 

 friends in England. Perhaps it were beft to 

 addrefs to me at the head-quarters of the St. 

 Domingo army ; then I may chance, fome day 

 or other, to receive the letters ; but if they are 

 fent to Guiana, I may be relieved before they 

 arrive, and they may never overtake me. 



Although we had not the ufual incite- 

 ments of a fumptuous dinner and a fplendid 

 ball, we were not unmindful that the 4th inft. 

 was a day of rejoicing. The troops fired a 

 feu de joie ; and a royal falute founded through 

 the thick woods from the fort, and from an 

 armed fchooner which was lying in the river. 

 Bumpers were filled to his majefty's health, 

 and we were merry and happy as you who 

 are revelling in all the luxuries of London. 

 One treat was added to our feaft, which, even 

 iii that all-fupplying place, you would fail to 

 meet with, and which I know would have 

 extremely delighted you : — viz. the report of 

 the cannon through the deep woods around us, 

 with the fhrieks and cries of parrots, monkies, 

 and the other wild inhabitants on hearing it : 

 and, above all, the enchanting echo which was 

 returned to us acrofs the river. Never did 



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