EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



— «^ Who fomma datty P and another footo Jooto da Bonny 



kiry da dago f Who is that ? Who is there ? Fire ! fhoot ! 



it is Bonny, kill the dog !"— and looking up, we faw the 

 muzzles of fix miifquets prefented upon us at a very little 

 diftance indeed, I inftantly dived, but Philander anfwer- 

 ing that we belonged to Magdenberg, we were permitted 

 to come on fhore one by one at the Jacob, and found that 

 thefe trufty negro flaves, having heard a flouncing in the 

 water, and feeing three armed men in the marfli, took it 

 for granted that the rebels were coming, headed by Bonny 

 himfelf, for whom they had miftaken me, being almofl 

 naked and fo much fun-burnt ; befides my hair, which 

 was fhort and curly, I entirely refembled a mulatto. 

 Being refrefhed with fome rum, and having dried our- 

 felves by a good fire, we now returned back to the Mag- 

 denberg, where I congratulated myfelf on my efcape. 



On the 19th, Colonel Fourgeoud being now fupplied 

 with frefh troops, fent a whole fliip load of invalids to 

 Holland, who failed this day ; and on February the 26th, 

 my dear friend Heneman alfo failed for Holland, in an 

 extremely debilitated ftate. 



Among the troops which failed at the fame time with 

 Heneman were feveral officers, not very fick, but juflly 

 diflieartened and difgufted at Fourgeoud's injuftice, in 

 having flopped their preferment, as I have intimated iu 

 the end of the tenth chapter ; while they now faw them- 

 felves fuperfeded by raw youths, who were at fchool 



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