EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



In Guiana is alfo another fpecies of thefe infedts, called 

 the c erf -volant y or flying hart, from its extiiberances re- 

 fembling the horns of a ftag : both thefe beetles fly with 

 an uncommon buzzing noife, and are fo ftrong, that but 

 very few birds dare to attack them. One of the greateft 

 plagues however we met with in the foreft, was a fly as 

 large as a common bee the flings of which were almoft 

 equally powerful; the negroes call it the cozv-fly, this I 

 can beft I think compare to what is called the bippobof- 

 cus or hore-fly in Great Britain. 



Having flept moft foundly for flx or feven hours, in fpite 

 of the rains, the fmoke, the mufquitoes, and my broken 

 head, I turned out perfectly refreflied at five, and at fix 

 we commenced the year 1774, by marching up along 

 the banks of the Cormoetibo till mid-day, when we ar- 

 rived once more at the grand encampment at the mouth 

 of the Wana Creek, from, as ufual, a fruitlefs cruize. 



On the 3d, to our joy returned alfo Captain Fredericy, 

 with his party, bringing in a captive negro in chains, call- 

 ed Cupido ; and relating that a poor foldier of the So- 

 ciety troops, on receiving his pardon, when on his knees 

 to be fliot, was gone out of his fenfes. 



Colonel Fourgeoud being finally determined to break 

 tip this campaign, fent out a party of fixty men to cruize 

 on the way to Patamaca before him. 



I now walhed my fliirt, the laft I had, in the Wana 

 Greek (but was obliged to keep fwimming till it was dried 

 by the fun) my letter, fent for linen, having never reach- 



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