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the defcription by the annexed drawing. The firft figure 

 reprefents Colonel Foiirgeoud (preceded by a negro Have, 

 as a guide, to give notice by his fwimming when the 

 water deepens) followed by myfelf, fome other offi- 

 cers and marines, wading through the marfh above our 

 middle, and carrying our arms, ammunition, and accou- 

 trements above our heads, to prevent their being da- 

 maged by the wet. 



In the back-ground may be feen the manner in which 

 the (laves carry all burdens whatever on the head, and the 

 mode of the rebel negroes firing upon the troops from the 

 tops of high palm-trees, &;c. A march of this nature, 

 though occafionally neceffary in Surinam, mufl be always 

 very dangerous, being expofed to an attack from under 

 cover of the furrounding bufhes, without having the 

 power of returning the fire more than once ; for in fuch 

 a depth of water no foldier can re-load his muiket with- 

 out wetting both the lock and the priming. 



We now followed a kind of foot-path made by the 

 enemy, which after a little turning led us in a wefterly 

 direction. Serjeant Fow/^r, who preceded the van -guard, 

 at this time came to me pale, declaring, that the fight of 

 the mangled bodies had made him extremely fick; and 

 that he felt himfelf completely difarmed, being that 

 .moment, as it were, rivetted to the ground, without the 

 power of advancing one fingle ftep, or knowing how to 



conceal his tremor : I d — n'd him for a pitiful 



fcQundrel, and had only time to order him to the rear. 



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