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CHAP. ^6 manner of interfperfing them amongft the troops 

 is as follows : The foremoft are e;enerally two neproes* 

 with bill-hooks to cut a way, fo as to make a practicable 

 path, with one corporal and two men to reconnoitre the 

 front, and, in cafe of neceffity, to give the alarm ; and 

 then one fubaltern, fix privates, and a corporal, form the 

 van. Then follows, at fome diftance, the corps in twa 

 divilions \ in the firft, one captain, one corporal, twelve 

 privates, one fnrgeon, and two negroes to carry the 

 powder; in the fecond, is one ferjeant and twelve pri- 

 vates ; and then again follows, at fome diftance, the rear 

 guard, confifting of one fubaltern, one ferjeant,. one 

 corporal, and eighteen privates, with lixteen negroes 

 to carry the medicines, beef, bread, fpades, axes, rum. 

 Sec; the fick alfo are carried. The three laft of all 

 "being one corporal and two men at a diftance, to 

 give the alarm in cafe of an attack, as the others had 

 orders to do in the front, which ends .the train. 



Every thing being ready, according to the above 

 rules, for my fmall party, which confifted of myfelf, 

 an officer of the Society, Mr. Hertfbergh, one furgeon's 

 mate, one guide, two ferjeants, two corporals, forty 

 privates, and only eight negro flaves to cut open 

 the paftlige, and carry the baggage, we faced to the 

 right at fix o'clock in the morning, and fallied forth 

 into the wooxls, keeping our courfe dire6tly for the 

 Perica river; and having marched till about eleven 

 o'clock on the Cordon, I difcovered, as I had expe<a:ed, 



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