EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



Having, on the 22d, fent my fcrjeant and one man 

 fick to the hofpital at Devil's Harwar, we now rowed 

 again to the head ftation before Cormoetibo Creek. 



Here one of my negroes caught fome fifli, amongft 

 which was the torporific eel already defcribed, which he 

 dreffed and eat with his companions ; the others were the 

 pery and qiie-quee : the pery was that mentioned by the 

 old Have as dangeroufly rapacious. This fifh is fome- 

 times near two feet long, of a flattifli make, fealy, and 

 of a blu'eifh colour ; the mouth large, and thick fet with 

 fharp teeth, which are fo ftrongj and the pery fo vora- 

 cious, that it frequently fnaps off the feet of ducks when 

 fwimming, nay even the toes, the fingers, and the 

 breafts of women. The que-quee may be called a fifli in 

 armour, being covered over from head to tail with brown, 

 coloured moveable rings, Hiding the one over the other, 

 and joined like thofe of a lobfter, which ferve for its de- 

 fence in place of fcales. This lafl is from fix to ten 

 inches long, with a large head and of a roundifh fhape. 

 Both \^^Qpery and the que-quee are very good eating. — But 

 I muft for fome time lay afide the defcription, and return 

 to my journal. 



The 23d, being the day appointed by Captain Orzinga 

 and myfelf for the trial of the fignals, at twelve o'clock 

 precifely the whole number of blunderbufles and fwivels 

 were fired at Devil's Harwar on board the Charon, and 

 on board the Cerberus flill itationed at Patamaca ; which 

 proved to be to no purpofe, no perfon on board either of 



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