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CHAP, could not procure a yam or a bunch of plantains, while 

 ^^-L^ ^® whole chefts of fpecie in his poffeffion ? But his 

 objedt was to gain a profit of ten per cent, on the pay of 

 the whole regiment, and for this he was juftly blamed by 

 the corps in general. 



On the 2ift, feveral officers came to vifit me at the 

 Hope, whom I entertained with a fifh dinner — amongffe 

 which were the kawiry^ the lamper, and macrely-Jify, all 

 which I fhall briefly defcribe. The kawiry is a fmall 

 filli without fcales, the head is large, with two long 

 antennae or whifkers projedling from the upper jaw, and 

 is very plentiful in the rivers. The lamper is afpecies of 

 the lampern, that are caught in the Thames : thofe of 

 Surinam are not large, but very fat, of a round fhape, 

 flimy or glutinous; its colour a blueifh green with yellow 

 fpots, except the belly, which is white; this fifti, like the 

 falmon, frequents both the fea and the rivers. The 

 macrely-fify refembles a mackarel, whence it has its 

 name, only its colour is more blueifh, and not near fo 

 fplendid. 



We were very happy, and my guefls perfedly fatisfied 

 with their entertainment. But on the morning of the 22d 

 my poor Joanna, who had been our cook, was attacked 

 with a violent fever ; flie delired to be removed to Fau- 

 conberg, there to be attended by one of her female re- 

 lations, which I complied with. But on the evening of 

 the 25th Ihe was fo extremely ill, that I determined to 



vifit 



