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CHAP. XIX. 



Ilje Troops march to Barbacoebay in the River Cottica-^- 

 Frenzy Fever — Gratitude in an EngliJ?j Sailor — Defcrip- 

 tion of the Government of Surinam — Zome Account of 

 the Emigrant Americans during the late War — Scene of 

 unprecedented Generofity, 



THE rainy feafon being again approaching, Colonel CHAP. 

 Fourgeoud, having fele6led all the remaining 

 healthy people, who now amounted to but one hundred 

 and eighty in number, on the 3d of July, 1775, pro- 

 ceeded on his march for Barbacoeba, in the river Cottica ; 

 which fpot he appointed for the general rendezvous, , 

 previous to the grand attack on the rebels. Of this party 

 I had the honour to be one : but on the furgeon's de- 

 claring that I fliould run the hazard of lofing my foot 

 if I marched in the woods, I was ordered to remain at 

 Magdenberg, with liberty, if I foon recovered, to join 

 Fourgeoud, and make the beft of my way to Barbacoeba. 

 My limb, indeed, was now fo fwelled, and my wound fo 

 black with the mortification, that an amputation was 

 dreaded by Mr. Knollaert, Fourgeoud's furgeon, and I 

 could not even ftand without excruciating pain. — I fliall 

 bear the mark of it as long as I live. 



During this confinement I received daily prefents from 

 Philander and the other negroes, as I was always kind to 

 Vol. II. K them. 



