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ouaht not to forget his excellent French wines, which CHAP. 



. XIV. 



were perfectly unadulterated and truly delicious, parti- _ ' . 

 cularly his mufcadell. But in fpite of all thefe good 

 things, I ftill continued a valetudinarian, being oppreffed 

 with weaknefs and indigeftion. Thus, in hopes that ex- 

 ercife on horfeback might do me good, I determined to 

 take leave of my hofpitable French friend, and afic leave 

 of abfence to go for fome time to Paramaribo. 



In confequence, on the 9th, Colonel Fourgeoud arriv- 

 ing in the river at the eftate Crawaffibo, and expecfting 

 foon to renew his manoeuvres, I, on the loth, wrote him 

 a letter for the above purpofe, and alfo for above fix 

 months pay, which was due to me. I was anfwered, on 

 the 1 2th, not only with a negative to both my requefts, 

 which had been granted to other officers, but in ib truly 

 impertinent a ftyle, as I could not, even from himfelf, 

 have expected — fuch as calling in queftion my zeal, 

 though he knew I was lick ; and refufing me my 

 own money, or even the proper remedies and means of 

 recovering. This incenfed me fo much, that I wrote 

 him a fecond letter, to let him know I was incapable of 

 doing or afking any thing unbecoming my chara(5ter, 

 but on the contrary (ill as I was) ready to give him fuch 

 proofs of my honour as fhould leave him no farther 

 room to doubt of it, fliould he be pleafed ta put it to 

 the proof. This epiftle, weak and unfit as I was for fer- 

 vice, I followed in perfon two days after, with my French 



friend 



