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CHAP. The following day the negro Gaufarie returned from 



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^^^^^^^^^ his expedition, reporting that he had difcovered nothing. 



Captain Fredericy, who had marched on the 20th ult. 

 with forty men, white and black, from Jerufalem, not 

 having been hea^rd of fince, it was apprehended he had 

 met with fome .dreadful accident, and, in confequence, 

 on the 15th, tw^o captains, two fubalterns, and fifty men, 

 were difpatched to the river Marawina for fome intel- 

 ligence. 



The pofl: at the Marawina, which is called Vreden- 

 b.urgh, conlifls of houfes furrounded with palifades in a 

 kind of fquare, which are all built of the manicole-tree,, 

 with which the woods of Guiana fo much abound. On 

 the outer fide are a guard ^nd four fentinels, and the fort 

 itfelf is defended by feveral cannon. It is fituated in an 

 opening, on the banks of the river, where is placed a 

 large flag, and where the garrifon communicates with 

 the French pofl on the oppofite fhore, both being fituated 

 at but little diftance from the mouth of the Marawina. 

 To give the bed idea of this fpot, I fhall prefent the 

 reader with a view of it, as alfo of our lituation at the 

 Wana Greek, which, however beautiful on paper, was 

 a dreadful poft to many -unfortunate fufferers. 



In the annexed Drawing, three camps are diftin6lly ex- 

 hibited ; thofe of Colonel Fourgeoud and ojF the de- 

 ceafed Major Rughcop, on both fides of the Wana 

 Creek, and that which was lately the rangers, dire6ljy op^ 

 pofite to its mouth.. 



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