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CHAP, wliiiil Colonel Fourgeoxid kept fcouring the buflies ; but 

 , , the fum of his operations amounted only to having fomc 

 of his men fhot by the negroes, fome loft in the woods ; 

 whilft the rebel Cupido efcaped with all his chains. Of 

 two m^n he fent me for the hofpital at Clarenbeek, one 

 was terribly cut by the rebels. 



I received a prefent of a haunch of venifon on the 17th 

 from a Mr. D'Onis ; and one of my flaves prefented me 

 with a lizard called fapagala, which is lefs in fize and 

 lefs agreeable food than the iguana, which I have already 

 defcribed, and which the Indians call wayamaka» Of 

 this laft dainty I did not partake, but gave it to the 

 overfeer, while with the venifon I entertained all my of- 

 ficers. 



Of the deer fpecies there are two kinds ; the flag or 

 largeft, called the bajew, is about the fize of the Englifh 

 roebuck, with Ihort curvated horns ; the eyes are bright, 

 and full of fire ; the tail fhort ; the hair a reddifh 

 brown, except the belly, which is white. Thefe ani- 

 mals, when purfued, run with amazing ftrength and ve- 

 locity. They are frequently feen near the plantations, 

 where they commit great devaftations among the fugar- 

 canes ; they are often fliot by the negro or Indian huntf- 

 men, which the planters keep on purpofe. Hunting is 

 impra(51;icable as a fport to Europeans in this country, 

 owing to the thicknefs of the woods. The deer are 

 fometimes taken alive in crofling rivers, which they of- 

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