EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



bad in faft been again intercepted and captured on their 

 way to the chief Wille^ as they had been formerly on 

 their way to the chief Adoe, by the very fame enter- 

 prifing and rapacious plunderer Zam Zam, with this 

 difference only, that none of the detachment that were 

 fent with them were now murdered, as on the preceding 

 occafion, nor even one Ungle perfon injured. 



Upon this fuppofed breach of faith, captain Muzinga 

 fought moft defperately again ft the colonifts, he gave 

 battle face to face, and beat back, at clofe quarters, above 

 one hundred and fifty of their beft troops, killing num- 

 bers, and carrying off all their baggage and ammu- 

 nition. 



Soon after this, however, when the real caufe of 

 Muzinga's difcontent was known, means were found and 

 adopted to pacify this gallant warrior, by making him 

 receive and fliare the prefents fent out by the colonifts, 

 on an equal footing v/ith his brother heroes, when 

 peace was a third and laft time concluded in 1762, be- 

 tween the Seramica rebek and the colony, which has 

 providentally been kept facred and inviolable, as well as 

 that with theOuca negroes, to this day. By their exer- 

 tions in the field they thus obtained their freedom. 



" O Liberty ! thou goddefs heavenly bright, 

 " Profufe of blifs, and pregnant with deHghtj 

 Eternal pleafures in thy prefence reign. 

 And fmihng Plenty leads thy wanton train. 



" Eas'd, 



