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On the 6th, a marine drowned himfelf, in one of 

 thofe phrenzy fevers which are fo common in Guiana. 

 About the fame time another Society foldier was fliot by 

 order of a court-martial, Thus periflied thofe men 

 .who were fpared by the climate or the enemy. , 



Having written to a Mr. Seifke, to enquire whether 

 it was not in the power of the Governor and CGuncil 

 to relieve a gentleman's child from bondage, provided 

 there was paid to its mafter fuch a ranfom as their wif- 

 dom lliould judge adequate ; I received for anfwer, that 

 no money or intereft could purchafe its freedom, with- 

 out the proprietor's confent ; iince, according to law, it 

 was juft as much a flave as if it had been born in Africa, 

 and imported from the coaft of Guinea. This information 

 now perfe(5tly completed my mifery, and I at laft had.ije- 

 courfe to drinking; which temporary relief, however, 

 only caufed my fpirits to flow higher, in order to make 

 them Unk lower after its evaporation. During this con- 

 flict it happened that I was invited with the Major to dine, 

 at an eftate called Knoppemonbo, in the Gafavinica Greek, 

 where a Mr. DeGraav, the proprietor, did, every thing in 

 his power to amufe me, but to no purpofe.— Atlaft, feeing 

 me feated by myfelf on a fmall bridge that led to a grove 

 of orange-trees,' with afettlecj gloom on my countenance, 

 he accofted me, and taking me by the hand, to, my aftor- 

 nifhment, pronounced the following words : 'i -r, , .^r 



" Sir, I ^m acquainted by Mr. Lolkpns with the caufe 

 «^ of your juft difl:refs,, r,^p%y pa neyerfjl^ft^a ^ood inten- 



