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ripen, changes to a dark brown, when they burft open CHAP. 



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and difplay a rich crinnfon pulp, in which are contained j 

 feeds that are Hack, hke thofe of a grape. The vife of 

 this pulp I have already defcribed, when fpeaking of the 

 Aborigines or Indians ; and now I prefent the reader with 

 a view of it, though from neceifity on a fmall fcale : — 

 ^ is the leaf above ; B the fame below ; C the pod before 

 it is yet ripe ; D the fame ripe, and expofing the crim- 

 fon pulp ; E the black feed covered over v/ith part of the 

 pulp. Here again I muft take the liberty to obferve, that 

 the rovjcow plant, exhibited by the celebrated Madam 

 Merian, is very unlike the original that I faw ; and to my 

 great furprize Ihe fays it grows on a large tree. 



Having croifed an arm of the Mapanee Creek in the 

 evening, we once more returned to oilr camp at Mag- 

 denberg ; Mr. Noot, one of our officers, and feveral 

 others, were fo ill, that they were carried in their ham^^ 

 mocks upon poles by the negro flaves, and a great num- 

 ber were fo very weak that they could fcarcely fupport 

 the weight of their emaciated bodies ; but to complain of 

 licknefs was to mutiny, till they dropped down almoft 

 ready to expire. During this expedition, in which we 

 ftill perceived nothing of the enemy, 1 was remarkably 

 fortunate, having neither futfered by fatigue, nor been 

 perfecuted by extraordinary bad ufage. The fucceeding 

 day Colonel Seyburg's column arrived, having, like us, 

 feen no appearance of the rebels. 



On the gth, my boy Quaco returned from Paramaribo >; 



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