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abafhed, begged us to believe that he felt it 

 highly incumbent upon him to offer multitudes 

 of apologies, for his rude behaviour on the day 

 we had dined at his houfe, adding that he had 

 been extremely affii&ed, from the moment he 

 had been told of it ; and, in explanation, af- 

 cribing all his loud noife and political violence 

 to the levelling bumpers he had taken of claret 

 and Madeira. We likewife met, at breakfaft, 

 another of the oldeft inhabitants of the colony, 

 an uncle of Mynheer Scholten, whofe aged 

 and venerable figure commanded great refpe£t 

 for his perfon, while it impreffed a favorable 

 idea of the falubrity of the climate. 



After fatisfying the calls of appetite, we 

 took a walk into the town, and in the courfe 

 of our promenade had an opportunity of pro- 

 curing a very beautiful lion monkey from one 

 of the handfomeft Indian women we had feen, 

 and who, by figns and geftures, gave us to 

 underftand, that means might be devifed, 

 fhould it be very anxioufly defircd, to make the 

 jniftrefs the companion of the little animal, at 

 our quarters at the fort. 



Before noon we were again in the boat 

 purfuing our journey down the river. Hav- 



