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CHAP. Demelly, with much furprize, who flie was, that appeared 

 ^ to be fo much diftinguiflied above all others of her 



fpecies in the colony. 



" She is, Sir," replied this lady, " the daughter of a 

 " refpe6lable gentleman, named Kruythoff ; who had, be- 

 " fides this girl, four children by a black woman, called 

 " Cery, the property of a Mr. D. B. on his eftate called 

 " Fauconberg, in the upper part of the river Come- 

 " wina. 



" Some few years lince Mr. Kruythoff made the offer 

 " of above one thoufand pounds fterling to Mr. D. B. to 

 obtain manumiffion for his offspring ; which being in» 

 humanly refufed, it had fuch an effedl on his fpirits, 

 that he became frantic, and died in that melancholy 

 ftate foon after ; leaving in flavery, at the difcretion of 

 a tyrant, two boys and three fine girls, of which the 

 *' one now before us is the eldeft *. 

 " The gold medals, 8cc. which feem to furprize you, 

 are the gifts which her faithful mother, who is a 

 moft defer ving woman towards her children, and of 

 " fome confequence amongft her caft, received from her 

 " father (whom fhe ever attended with exemplary affec- 

 " tion) juft before he expired. 



* In Surinam all fuch children go with fhould their father be a prince, unlefs he 

 their mothers ; that is, if (he is in flavery, obtains them by purchafe. 

 her offspring are her matter's property, 



« Mr. 



