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CHAP, much the fame as they had been at Cottica, viz, to pro- 

 ■^ ^^ , te6i; the eftates from the enemy : the parole or watch- 

 word was regularly fent me by Colonel Fourgeoud. One 

 of the Berbice negro captains, before mentioned, named 

 . Acker aw^ here difcovered an old decrepid flave called 

 Pauius, belonging to this eftate, to' be his brother. He 

 acknowledged him with cordial a^Fe^^tion, and treated him 

 with much kindnefs : the fcene of their meeting was of 

 courfe very interefting. In my walks rovmd this , planta- 

 tion, 1 had an opportunity of obferving feveral curious, 

 birds, which I fhall now embrace the opportunity to 

 •defcribe. 



The queefe-queedee, fo called on account of its note, is 

 about the lize of a thrufh, and of a brown colour, except 

 the breaft and belly, wiiich are of a beautiful yellow : it 

 is very mifchievous, and an unwelcome gueft upon the 

 plantations. The wild pigeons are alfo common here. 

 I fhot one that was very large, and refembling what is 

 called the ring-tail pigeon of Jamaica. Its back and fides 

 were of an afli colour ; the tail a lead colour ; the belly 

 white; the neck refleiting a changeable green and purple ; 

 the iris and feet of this pigeon were red. I have alfo 

 feen the dwarf pigeons here walking in pairs. They 

 are about the fize of an Englilh fparrow, and rather of 

 a lighter colour. I take thefe to be the picui-nima of ] 

 Marcgrave. The eyes were bright, with a yellow iris, 

 and upon the whole thefe diminutive creatures are very 

 pretty. They are called Jleen-duyjie by the Dutch, be- 



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