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CHAP, tion, inflantly expired. His companion, called September^ 

 J^' ^ was more fortunate, for Fourgeoud? in hopes of making 

 fome difcoveries, regaled and treated him with more dif- 

 tin<Slion than he did any of his officers ; while Septem- 

 ber, looking as wild as a fox newly caught, was put in 

 the flocks during the night ; and his companion was in- 

 terred by the negro flaves, with thofe marks of commife- 

 ration which his unhappy fate demanded from every 

 human being. According to their cuitom, they fpread 

 his grave with the green boughs of the palm-trees, and 

 offered a part of their fcanty allowance by way of liba- 

 tion. The following day Mr. Stoelman, the militia cap- 

 tain, being arrived, to flay one day only in the camp, I 

 took the opportunity to remind Colonel Fourgeoud of 

 what he had told me concerning his unbecoming infinua- 

 tions, which I begged him now to repeat in that gentle- 

 man's hearing, as I was determined to have this matter 

 cleared up, and to obtain that fatisfaction to which I 

 thought myfelf entitled. But the gallant Colonel was not 



' eafily brought to proof. — He now imputed all the blame 



to Major Rughcop, who was dead, and requefted of me 

 to fay nothing more about it, 1 left him with contempt, 

 and fhook hands with my fuppofed adverfary ; and then, 

 to his inexpreflible furprize, told him all that had hap- 

 pened. The confequence was, that in lefs than two 

 hours the captain quitted Fourgeoud and Jerufalem in 

 difguft, and was followed by the remaining rangers. 



