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CHAP, the river Gomewina, on board a decent tent-boat rdwe^ 

 l^IL^ by fix negroesj having once more bid adieu to my be- 

 loved Joanna. In the evening I paiTed the Sporkfgift 

 eftate, in the Matapica Creek ; the next day I arrived at 

 Arentruft in Comev/ina, having paffed the Orelana 

 Greek and the fortrefs Somelfdyk, which is about fixteen 

 miles above Fort Anifterdam, and forms the feparation 

 between that and the river Cottica, commanding the two 

 oppofite fliores by the fire of its cannon^ This fortrefs 

 was built in the year 1684 by Governor Somelfdyk, whofe 

 name it ftill bears. It is built in the form of a pentagon, 

 having five bafiions mounted with artillery ; it has a 

 foffe, and is well provided with military ftores : though 

 it is not large, it is well defended, ^fpecially by its low 

 and marfliy fituation. Not far above this, to the right, 

 is a fine creek, called Gomete-Wana. 



On the 19th, about noon, I reached the Hope ; having 

 found this river ftill more charming than the river Got- 

 tica, both being bordered with beautiful efiates of coffee 

 and fugar, the firfl of which abounds principally near 

 its mouth. About half way up both thefe rivers are alfo 

 in each a Proteftant church, where the plantation people 

 refort to hear divine worfhip : the expence of the par- 

 fon, Slc. being paid by the planters. 



The eftate L'Efperance, or the Hope, where I now took 

 the command, is a valuable fugar-plantation, fituated on 

 the left fide of the Gomewina, at the mouth of a rivulet 

 called Bottle Greek, and almoft oppofite to another creek 

 K called 



