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CHAP. I requefted that I mi^ht be removed to Paramaribo 

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for the chance of recovery ; but this he peremptorily 

 refufed to allow me, by Colonel Fourgeoud's exprefs 

 command. The refufal of fo reafonable a requeft 

 made me almoft diftracSied, and agitated my fpirits fo 

 much, that on the morning of the 12th, determined 

 to exchange my wretched exiftence one way or other, 

 I infiited on being immediately removed, or wilhed 

 for deatb^ which the furgeons declared muft be the 

 confequence foon, if I was not permitted to go down, 

 and in the meanwhile I vowed that I fhould attribute my 

 deceafe to their unprecedented barbarity. A confultation 

 was now held on the fubjedl ; and at laft, not without 

 great difficulties, a boat was ordered to row me down 

 to Paramaribo, but no white fervant was permitted to 

 attend me. Thus leaving the Lieutenant Colonel em- 

 ployed in fortifying Devil's Harwar with pallifadoes, 

 where now alfo was a numerous garrifon, I at twelve 

 o'clock at noon walked to the water-fide, fupported 

 by a negro, on whofe Ihoulder I refted, till I at 

 length flepped into the boat, followed by my black 

 boy Quaco, and finally left the diabolical fpot where 

 I had buried fo many brave fellows. 



On the 14th, having rowed day and night, at two 

 o'clock in the morning, we arrived at the town, ex- 

 tremely ill indeed ; where, having no refidence of my 

 pwn, I was hofpitably received at the houfe of a Mr. 



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