EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



I have called this fettlement ftrong, becaufe, like an 

 ifland, it was entirely furrounded by a broad nnfordable 

 marfh or fwamp, which prevented all communication, 

 except by private paths under water, known only to the 

 rebels, and before which Baron had placed loaded fwivels, 

 which he had plundered from the neighbouring eftates : 

 it was moreover fenced and inclofed on every fide by 

 feveral thoufand ftrong pallifadoes, and was on the whole 

 no contemptible fortification. To this fpot Baron gave 

 the name of BoucoH or Mouldered^ intimating that it 

 Ihould perifli in duffe rather than it fhould be taken by 

 or furrendcred to the' Europeans. He even prefamed to 

 fuppofe, that it would never be difcovered. 



After many marches and counter-marches, however, 

 this neft of defperadoes was at laft difcovered, by the vi- 

 gilance and perfeverance of the Society troops, and the 

 black foldiers or rangers, by which name I fhall for the 

 future diftinguilli them, their fervice being chiefly like 

 that of the rangers in Virginia, who were fent out 

 againft the Cherokee Indians. Another fettlement of the 

 rebels was, indeed, well known to exift in that corner of 

 the colony, knovm by the name of the Lea-fl:iore, and 

 fituated between the rivers Surinam and Seramica; but 

 here the fituation, by marfhes, quagmires, mud, and water, 

 is fuch, that it fortifies them from any attempts of the 

 Europeans ; nay, they are even indifcoverable by ne- 

 groes, fo thick and impenetrable is the forell on that 

 fpot, and fo choked with thorns, briars, and every 

 fpecies of underwood. 

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