EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



a quarter-i.:after. — This, indeed, was literally the fa6l ; 

 but to this he might fafely, and without hurting his 

 confcience, have added, the inveteracy of his difpofition, 

 v/ith which he had determined to perfeciite me and 

 fome others to annihilation. I ought to mention, that 

 it was not till about this time that he ilFued orders to be 

 obferved on a march, and that previous to this every 

 thing was performed in perfect hurry and confuHon, 

 which indeed even afterwards was too frequently the cafe. 



Having now been near two months on the eflate Eg- 

 mond, where I could not recover, and not being permitted 

 to go to Paramaribo, I preferred returning back again to 

 take the command at the Hope; v/here having entertained 

 Monfieur de Cachelieu in the bed manner I was able, this 

 gentleman in the evening returned to his plantation. 



At the Hope I found my friend Mr. Heneman (who 

 was now made a captain) very lick, with feveral others. 

 All thefe, as well as myfelf, were left v/ithout a furgeon, 

 medicines, or money ; while, as I ilated before, the 

 many hogineads of wine fent from Amfterdam, together 

 with fcores of kegs containing preferved vegetables, and 

 other frefh provifions, were foreverkept invidble from the 

 poor, emaciated, and languifliing troops, for whom they 

 had certainly been intended by that city. I indeed here 

 made one more attempt to recover our property, but to no 

 purpofe; money, medicines, wine, and refrelliments, were 

 all kept back. Thus did we continue to pine and lofe 

 ftrength, infiead of gaining it. I mean the greateft part 



of 



