EXPEblTION TO SURINAM. 



The others were : 



^ammi Condre - From Quammi, the name of the chief. 

 Pinenburgb - - From the pines or manicole - trees 



which formerly furrounded it. 

 Caro Condre - - From the quantity of maize it afforded. 

 Rsifee Condre - From the quantity of rice it produced. 



Such v/ere the names of the negro warriors, and their 

 fettlements. 



I now fliook hands with Captain Hannibal, while my 

 mind being occupied with the hopes of vi(5lory unftained 

 by cruelty, and being very much fatigued, I foon fell 

 profoundly afleep. 



On the 20th in the morning, no one could awake in a 

 more beautiful day and better fpirits than I did, imtil 

 they were damped by obferving that at fo critical a time, 

 and even in the moment before the conflidl, inftead of 

 that kind treatment which it would have been prudent to 

 have fliewn to thofe from whofe exertions we v/ere to 

 expect a happy period to our fufferings, there was even 

 then fuch difcouragement of the fubaltern officers and 

 private men as involuntarily drew from me the reflec- 

 tion — That (if poifible to avoid it) princes and minijiers 

 iliould never inveft any one individual with unlimited 

 authority, efpecially in a foreign country, without being 

 perfecftly well acquainted with the re^flitude of their 

 moral principles and difpofition ; no men being fit to 

 command but thofe who are po(reffj;d of manly feel- 

 ings, and whofe valour is tempered with humanity ; 

 % iince 



