EtPEDITION TO S tTllI N A M, 



III 



for a<5lual fervice^ a circumftance greatly, indeed, to be chap, 

 lamented as to the occafion, but certainly much better , , 

 for the colony, than to let the regiment linger away an 

 idle life at Paramaribo, 



Thus our warlike preparations for fome days pro- 

 ceeded, and our marines appeared in excellent fpirits ; 

 when again, on the yth of June, to our unutterable 

 furprize, we were for the third time officially ac- 

 quainted, that things feeming quiet, and prefuming 

 that tranquillity was at laft re-eftablifhed, the colony 

 of Surinam had no farther occafion for our fervices; 

 thefe fludlating councils did not fail to produce much 

 difcontent among the military, as well as the inhabi- 

 tants ; and cabals were formed, which threatened to break 

 out into a civil conteft. 



Some charged the governor with being jealous of the 

 unlimited power which was vefted in Colonel Fourgeoudy 

 who was alfo by many others blamed as abufing that 

 power, and as not treating the governor with that civility,, 

 which he might have evinced without leflening his own 

 confequence. Thus, while one party acknowledged us 

 to be the bulwark of the fettlement, by keeping the rebels 

 in awe, the oppofition helitated not to call us the locufts 

 of Egypt, who were come to devour the fruits of the 

 colony. 



Without entering into the merits of the queftion, it is 

 fufhcient to fay, that our life was rendered very uncom- 

 fortable, and a great number of us could not help thinking, 

 6 tha£ 



