EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



The buildings on Devil's Harwar are all made of the pina C 

 or manicole-tree ; which tree, and the manner of ufing it ^ 

 for houfes, &:c. I fliall afterwards attempt to defcribe : but 

 now muft content myfelf with only faying, that on this 

 poft the buildings confift of a dwelling-houfe for the 

 commanding-officer, with four very good rooms ; an- 

 other for the fub alter ns ; a good lodge for the private 

 foldiers ; and an hofpital for the fick, which is large and 

 roomy : but this is no more than is neceflary, as it never 

 is without inhabitants. There is alfo a powder and vic- 

 tualling magazine, proper kitchens, a bake-houfe, &c. be- 

 lides a well with frefli water. The Society troops feed a 

 flock of fheep, pigs, and poultry at this place, for the ufe 

 only of the hofpital : here was alfo at this time a cow, 

 which had been allotted for the rangers after Boeccow was 

 taken, but the feaft had not been kept at this place. She 

 had now a calf, and afforded milk for the officers to their 

 tea, 8i.c. but for us poor fellows in the barges there was 

 nothing at all of the kind. I may add, that fome of the 

 officers had alfo little gardens here, which afforded them 

 fallad, &c. 



The circumftance which renders Devil's Harwar fo un- 

 healthy, in my opinion, is the myriads of mufquitoes 

 that prevent the people from refl, and the multitudes of 

 chigoes or fand-fleas which abound in that ftatron. 



On the feventh, I arrived again at Corraoetibo Creek, 

 where I refolved to make a landing on the fouth fhore 

 at all hazards, for my own foldiers to cook their beef 

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