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were going to join Fourgeoud about this time, and weak 

 as I was, I intreated once naore to be one of the party. But 

 on the morning of the 26th, his adjutant, with another fur- 

 geon, viliting all the troops that were in Gomewiaa, I was. 

 deemed totally incapable of fupporting the fatigue : in-^ 

 deed fo much fo, that relapfing on the 29th, I was evea 

 glad to be fuperfeded in the command of the river by 

 the major, Mr. Medlar, who arrived at the Hope this 

 day for that purpofe. Neverthelefs I was condemned 

 to linger at this place, while one month at Paramaribo 

 might have perfedlly recovered me. — I had now nothing 

 to do but to continue my drawings, for which the above 

 gentleman at that time offered me one hundred crowns^ 

 but my defire was, if poflible, to complete the colle6lion;, 

 and when I had the ftrength, I walked round the plan- 

 tation with my gun. Amongft others, I fhot, on the 

 3d of September, a fmall bird, called kibry-fowlo^ on ac- 

 count of its continuing in a manner conltantly under co- 

 ver. It was about the fize of a thrulh, and very much the 

 colour of a quail, which it alfo exacSlly refembled in fhape, 

 but the limbs were rather longer, and the bill was ex- 

 tremely lharp-pointed. This bird is very feldom feen 

 on the wing, but runs incredibly faft through the grafs 

 and favannas, where it hides itfelf the inftant it is per- 

 ceived. When dreffed, it was as fat as a l\imp of butter,, 

 and as delicious as an European ortolan^ 



On the nth of September, Fourgeoud at laft broke up 

 from Crawaflibo, and, with all the able troops he could 

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