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about the village for the convenience of fur-* 

 aiming a ready fupply. 



As we rode through the woods, fome large 

 trees were pointed out to us as being a fpecies 

 of wild cinnamon. The bark had fome what 

 the fiavour of that fpice, and on being broken 

 refembled it in odour, but it was very rough 

 and coarfe. 



We reached the Johanna eftate three 

 hours before the negroes, who had been fent 

 round by way of the river with our boat, the 

 journey by water having been above four 

 hours longer than we had made it by land, 

 notwituftanding our delay in the favanna, 



Having gone to the extent of our ex- 

 pedition, and it only remaining to us to re- 

 turn down the river amidfl the fame unvaried 

 fcenery we had paffed, we became anxious 

 to reach New Amfterdam and the fort, with 

 as little delay as poffible, and, therefore, took 

 an early dinner with M. Fenner in company 

 with his party of Dutch ladies, and M. Pauels 

 from Arends ; and in the afternoon fet off 

 for Fort-Naffau, intending to hang our ham- 



