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conveniently for becoming the laft place of 

 reft upon our excurfion. A little paft noon 

 we arrived at Effendam, intending to make 

 only an m pajfant call upon Mynheer Ab- 

 benfetsj who received us with all the kind- 

 ncfs and cordiality of a friend ; nor would he 

 hear of our going further, but infifted that we 

 fhould pafs the remainder of the day with 

 him; and, the more effectually to reconcile 

 the delay, he affured us that the tide would 

 not carry us fo far as M. Roholofkfs by night. 

 Finding this to be the cafe, we yielded to his 

 kind felicitations : and the more readily from 

 our knowing that the town and the fort were 

 ftill within the morrow's journey ; and from 

 it having been proved to us by the teft of 

 experience, that neither more of the river 

 could fupply us with more definable quarters. 

 Having agreed to pafs the night at Effendam, 

 we relied for a fhort time, and then made a 

 little excurfion acrofs the river to offer thanks 

 to M. Schneider, for the information he had 

 given us reipe&ing our journey ; and to iee 

 the fugar works at Mr. Blair's eftate. As foon 

 as we returned, a wel!-ferved dinner with 

 plenty t>f good wines were fet before us ; and 

 the generous Abbenfets warmly bade us wel- 

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