EXPEDITION TO S U B I N A M. 



" No force, no firmnefs, the ■^ale coward Ihews : 

 " He fhifts his place, his colour comes and goes 5 



A dropping fweat creeps cold on every part, 

 " Againft his bofom beats his quivering heart : 



" 'Terror and death in his wild eye-balls ftare ; 



" With chattering teeth he (lands, and ftiff'ning hair, 

 " And looks a bloodlefs image of dcfpair." 



At ten o'clock we met a fmall party of the rebels, with 

 each a green hamper upon his back ; they fired at us, 

 dropped their bundles, and taking to their heels ran 

 back towards their village. Thefe we lince learned were 

 tranfporting rice to another fettlement for their fubfift- 

 ence, when they fhould be expelled from Gado-Saby (the 

 name of this fettlement) which they daily expe6ted5 

 fince they had been difcovered by the gallant Captain 

 Meyland. The green hampers, which they call warimboSy 

 were very curioufly plaited with the manicole leaves. 

 And when our men cut them open with their fabres, 

 there burft forth the mofl beautiful clean rice that I ever 

 faw, which was fcattered and trampled under foot, as 

 we had no opportunity of carrying it along. A little 

 after this we perceived an empty fhed, where a picquet 

 had been ftationed to give notice of any danger, but they 

 had precipitately deferted their poft. We now vigorouily 

 redoubled our pace till about noon ; vv'hen two more muf- 

 ket fhot were fired at us by another advanced guard of 

 the enemy, as a fignal to the chief, Bonny, of our ap- 

 proach. Major Medler and myfelf, with a few of the 



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