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fometimes fold for the price of a Portuguefe joe, or fome-' 

 times for two guineas. The Indians Or natives of Gui- 

 ana make very good hammocks of cotton, which they 

 barter with the inhabitants at Paramaribo for other com- 

 modities. — In the annexed plate A is the twig itfelf, B the 

 pod, C the cotton-ball, and D the feed, but on a fmaller 

 Ccale than nature. I Ihould here alfo defcribe the coffee, 

 cacao, fugar, and indigo plantations, but mutV referve 

 them till another occafion, having made it a rule to fpeak 

 of things only as they occur, which is more pleafant to 

 myfelf, and better adapted to diverfify my narrative. 



Being now perfe6lly recovered, I refolved to join Colonel 

 Fourgeoud at the Wana Creek, without waiting his or- 

 ders, and to accompany him on his excurfions through 

 the foreft : in confequence of which, having firfl: cropt 

 my hair, as being more convenient in the woods as well 

 as more cleanly, and provided myfelf with the necelTary 

 bufh-eqiiipage, fuch as jackets, trowfers, 8cc. ; I waited 

 on the governor to alk his commands; he entertained me 

 in a moft polite manner, and told me, that what I was 

 now going to fuffer would furpafs what I had already 

 undergone. . I neverthelefs perfifted in wilhing to go 

 without waiting an order from the chief, and accordingly 

 applied ta the magiftrates for a boat, and the neceffary 

 negroes to tranfport me ; which being promifed for the 

 fucceeding day, I transferred the colours and regiment's 

 calh, with the command of the remaining fick troops, to 

 5 Lieutenant 



