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CHAP, fiiice *tis 71 truth that ilerling bravery i;:; incompatible with 

 ^"^^ a cruel heart. 



At fix o'clock we advanced N, E. by N. towards the 

 marfli, my melancholy evaporating with the rifing fun. 



About eight o'clock we entered this formidable fwamp, 

 and foon found ourfelves above our middle in water, 

 well prepared neverthelefs for the warm reception we ex- 

 pe6led from the oppofite fliore, as the former party had 

 fo fatally experienced. After wading above half a mile, 

 our grenadiers rapidly mounted the beach with cocked 

 lirelocks and bayonets fixed ; the main body inftantly 

 followed, and alfo mounting the beach, the whole formed 

 without the fmalieft oppofition. We now beheld a fpec- 

 tacle fuflicient to fhock the moft intrepid, the ground 

 firewed with fiiulls, bones, and ribs ftill covered with 

 human flefli, and befmeared with the blood of thofe 

 unfortunate men who were killed with Captain Meyland. 

 — That oflicer had indeed found means to bury them, 

 but the rebels had dug them up for the fake of their 

 cloaths, and to mangle the bodies, which, like ferocious 

 animals, they had torn limb from limb. Amongft thefe, 

 the fate of Meyland's nephezv, a promifing young man, 

 was peculiarly afFc6ting. He came from the mountains 

 of Switzerland in queft of military preferment, and met 

 his fate in a marfh of Surinam jufi: after his landing. His 

 bravery was equal to that of his uncle, his intrepidity, 

 voluntarily expofing himfelf to clanger, knew no bounds. 

 — ^Such is the enthufiafm of military ambition. 



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