E^CPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



ftation, by Colonel Fourgeoud's command. Here we faw 

 nothing but water, wood, and clouds ; no trace of hu- 

 manity, and confequently the place had a moll difmal, 

 fblitary appearance. 



On the loth I detached the Cerberus to her ftation, 

 VIZ, Upper Patamaca ; for which place (he rowed imme- 

 diately, with a long lift of paroles, according to ray or- 

 ders, but which v/ere never of any fervice. 



We now tried to cook the victuals on board ; our fur- 

 nace was a large tub filled with earth, and we fiicceeded, 

 at the expence of having almoft fcalded one of my men 

 to death, and at the hazard of fetting the barge once 

 more on fire. As we had no furgeon along with us, 

 this office fell to my lot; and, by the help of a fmall 

 cheft of medicines, I performed fo well, that in a few 

 days the fcalded marine recovered. 



To prevent, however, a fimilar accident again, I fought 

 an opening in the creek above-named, which having 

 found not very far from the mouth, I ordered my negroes 

 to build a fhed, and my men to drefs their victuals below 

 it, placing fentinels around them to prevent a furprize, 

 and in the evening we returned to our ftation. This 

 cooking we continued to perform every day, until the 

 fourteenth, when we rowed down to Barbacoba. 



Here we built another flied on the 15th, for the fame 

 purpofe ; and then, the rain already beating through my 

 decks, we rowed down to Devil's Harwar for repair, 

 where I put one of my negroes lick in the hofpital. 



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