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therafelves to trees as they do to rocks?, has given rife to CHAP. 



the vulgar error th^:t they grov/, or vegetate like fruit; , _ , 



but it is not more extraordinary that they lliould flick 



on any one fabU'cince than on another, for many fpecies 



of fliell-iifli are as commonly found to adhere to fliips' 



bottoms as to rocks. Thefe oyfters, which at fome dif- 



tance look like muOirooms, are, indeed, very fmall and 



trifling; for one hundred are not comparable to one dozen 



that come from Colchefler. In Surinam are alfo a kind 



of mufcles, but thefe are fo fmall and infipid, that they 



are fcarcely worthy of mention. 



The day after my arrival I vifited the governor: as 

 alfo Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Lolkens, Mrs. De Melley, &c. 

 who all congratulated me on my acquaintance with Mr. 

 De Graav, and highly honoured me, and approved of what , 

 I had done for my Mulatto and her infant. 



On the 22d, our few remaining troops being moftly at 

 Paramaribo, a Mr. Van Eys gave an entertainment to the 

 whole corps. 



On the 25th a great number of Indians, or natives, ar- 

 rived at Paramaribo ; which afforded me an opportunity of 

 feeing and defcribing this people, who are the aborigines 

 of the country. Thefe Indians, who appear the happiefl 

 creatures under the fun, are divided into many calls or 

 tribes, fuch as the 



Caribbees, 

 Accawaus, 

 Worrows, 



Arrowouks, 

 Taiiras, and 

 Piannacotaus ; 



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befides 



