EXPEDITION TO SURINAM, 105 



I cannot omit to record, that having piirchafed for her c H A P. 

 prefents to the value of twenty guineas, I was the next 

 day greatly aftoniOied to fee all my gold returned upon 

 my table; the charming Joanna having carried eyery , 

 article back to the merchants, who cheerfully returned 

 her the money. 



" Your generous intentions alone, Sir, (fhe faid) were 

 <* fufficient : but allow me to tell you, that I cannot help 

 " confideri ng any fuperfluous expence on my account 

 " as a diminution of that good opinion which I hope you 

 " have, and will ever entertain, of my dilinterefted dif- 

 " pofition." 



Such was the language of a flave, who had fimple 

 nature only for her inftrucftor, the purity of whofe fen- 

 timents flood in need of no comment, and thefe I was 

 now determined to improve by every care. 



I fliall now only add, that a regard for her foperior 

 virtues, fo lingular amongft her caft, gratitude for her 

 parUcular attention to me, and the pleafure of producing 

 to the world fuch an accompliflied character under the 

 appearance of a flave, could alone embolden me to rifk 

 the cenfure of my readers, by intruding on them this 

 fubjedt : let this be ray apology, and if it be accepted 

 but by few, I fhall not be inclined to complain. 



In the evening I vifired Mr. Demelly, who, with his 

 lady, congratulated me 01 my recov:ry from ficknefs ; 

 and at the fame time, however ftrange it may appear to 

 many readers, they, with a fmile, wiilied me joy of 



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