EXPEDITrON TO SURINAM. 



feet, was knocked clown with a cane by a Jew, and beaten 

 till the blood flreamed out of her head, her arms, and 

 her naked fides. So accuftomed, indeed, are the people 

 of this country to tyranny and infolence, that a third 

 Ifraelite had the impudence to ftrike one of my foldiers, 

 for having made water againft his garden-fence. On 

 this mifcreant I took revenge for the whole fraternity, by 

 wrefting the offending v/eapon out of his hand, which I 

 inftantly broke into a thoufand pieces on his guilty naked 

 pate. 



I neverthelefs was juft enough to flog another man 

 out of the regiment, for picking a Jew's pocket : and, 

 to their credit be it mentioned, that fo jealous are the 

 Dutch foldiers of what they call a point of honour^ 

 that were a thief to be known, and kept in the ranks, 

 the whole regiment would lay down their arms. This 

 etiquette is of great utility, and would be no bad pra6lice 

 to be introduced into forae other armies, where a thief 

 is too often accounted as good as another, if he is fo for- 

 tunate as to be fix feet high. 



About this time Colonel Fourgeoud ifiTued the following 

 orders, "Viz. that in cafe it ever happened that two officers, 

 or under-officers, of equal rank, the one of the European 

 the other of the Society corps, fiiould meet on any mili- 

 tary duty, the firft Ihould always take the command, in- 

 dependent of feniority, unlefs the latter bore a higher 

 commiffion. 



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