EXPEDITION TO SURINA M. 285 



CHAP. XII. 



Defcription of the town of Paramaribo and Fort Zelandia — 

 Colonel Fourgeoud's march to the river Marawina—A 

 Captaifi wounded — Some Privates Jhot — Strange Fx edi- 

 tion in the Capital — Account of Fort Somelfdyk — Of the 

 Hope in Rio Comewina, 



BEING once more arrived at Paramaribo, it will not CHAP, 

 be improper to introduce in this place fome account . , 

 of that beautiful town. Before I commence the defcrip- 

 tion however, I muft obferve, that being long accufiiomed 

 to walk bare-footed, I could not bear the confinement of 

 Ihoes and ftockings for fome time, they heated and even 

 fwelled my feet fo much, that, dining on the i6th of Ja- 

 nuary with my friend Kennedy, I was actually obliged to 

 throv/ them off at his houfe, whence he was fo kind as to 

 fend me home in his whifky. I have already mentioned 

 that Paramaribo is fituated on the right fide of the beau- 

 tiful river Surinam, at about fixteen or eighteen miles 

 diftance from its mouth. It is built upon a kind of gra- 

 velly rock, which is level with the reft of the country, in 

 the form of an oblong fquare, its length is about a mile 

 and a half, and its breadth about half as much. All the 

 ftreets, which are perfectly ftraight, are lined with orange, 

 lhaddock, tamarind, and lemon-trees, which appear in 

 everlafting bloom ; while at the fame time their branches 

 I are 



