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CHAP, provifionsj which began daily to get both woiTe and 

 VII. ' lefs- 



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Timeo DanJeos et dona ferentes. 



The receipt of fuch unwelcome intelligence made 

 the whole crew declare they were facrificed for no 

 manner of purpofe; while the negroes fighed, pro- 

 nouncing the words, ^/jf pofy backer a! Oh! poor Euro- 

 peans ! By the diftribution however of a few tamarinds, 

 oranges, lemons, and Madeira wine, which were by this 

 opportunity fent me by my heft friend at Paramaribo, I 

 found means to impart, not only to my officers, but alfb 

 to my drooping foldiers, fome relief. But this cheering 

 fun-fliine could not laft long : and the day following we 

 were as much diftreffed as ever, when I had once more 

 recourfe to the nimble inhabitants of the foreft, and 

 brought down two monkies with my gun from the top 

 of the mangroves, where they were fporting in flocks 

 confifting of fome hundreds. 



On the iith, I fent two men flck to the hofpital, and 

 the fame evening we again heard the drums. On the 

 following day, at noon, we were difturbed by a hurri- 

 cane; the Charon broke loofe from her anchors, and was 

 driven afhore, her upper works being terribly damaged 

 by the ftumps of trees, &c. that hung over the river, 

 while the water from the clouds broke in upon us like a 

 torrent, and I expected no lefs than a fhipwreck. 



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