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leave, while the beautiful Mrs. Dutry, his daughter, ihed 

 tears at our departure. — This evening we anchored be- 

 fore the Matapaca Creek. 



I here created my two barges men of war, apd named 

 them the Charon and the Cerberus^ by which names I (hall 

 diftinguifli them during the reft of the voyage ; though 

 the Sudden Death and Wilful Murder were much more 

 applicable, as will be feen. We now continued rowing up 

 the river Cottica, having pafled, fince we entered Rio 

 Comewina, fome moft enchantingly beautiful eftates of 

 coffee and fugar, which line the banks of both thefe ri- 

 vers, at the diftance of one or two miles from each other. 



My crew having walked and dreft their dinner afhore 

 on the plantation I'Avanture, we anchored^ on the even- 

 ing of the 5th, before Rio Pirica. 



On the following day we rowed ftill further up the 

 river Cottica, and went on fhore on the eftate Alia. At 

 all the above plantations we were moft hofpitably re- 

 ceived, but we met with fewer plantations as the river 

 grew narrower. 



On the 7th we continued our courfe, and having 

 walked afhore on the eftate Bockkeftyne, being the laft 

 plantation up the river Cottica on the right, except one 

 or two fmall eftates in Patamaca, at night we caft anchor 

 at the mouth of Coopman's Creek. This day the Charon 

 was on fire, but happily it was foon extinguifhed. 



On the 8th, we again kept rowing upwards, and at 

 eleven o'clock A. M. caft anchor off the fort Slans Wel- 

 6 veren, 



