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ill blood and in dnft ; the Ihrill found of the negro 

 horns from every quarter, and the crackling of the 

 burning village ; to which if v\^e add the clouds of fmoke 

 that every wiiere furrounded us, the afcending flames, 

 Sec. Sec. formed, on the whole, fuch an uncommon fcene 

 as I cannot defcribe, and would perhaps not have been 

 unworthy of the pencil of Hogarth : this fcene I have, 

 however, faintly endeavoured to reprefent in the fron^ 

 tifpiece— -where I may be feen^ after the heat of the ac- 

 tion, fatigued, and deje6tedly looking on the body of an 

 unfortunate rebel negro-, who, with his muiket in his 

 hand, lies proftrate at my feet. 



In iliort, having wafhed off the duft, fweat, and blood, 

 and having refreihed ourfelves with a dram and a bit of 

 bread till the flames fubiided, we next went to infpe6l 

 the fmoking ruins ; and found the above tovvn to have 

 confifted of about one hundred houfes or huts, fome of 

 which were two ftories hicih. Amone the olowino- allies 

 we picked up feveral trifles that had efcaped the flames, 

 fuch as iilver fpoons and forks, which we fuppofed, by 

 the marks BW. to have been pillaged from the Brunjwick 

 eftate in Rio Cottica. "VVe found alio fome knives, broken 

 china and earthen pets ; amongll: the latter one filled 

 with rice and palm-tree worms fell to my fnare : as this 

 wanted no fire to drefs the contents, and as my appetite 

 was very keen, I emptied it in a few minutes, and made 

 a very hearty meal. Some were afraid this mefs had been 

 left behind v/ith a view to poifoa us ; but this fufpi- 



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