EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



121 



by his brother, named Captain Avantage, who, upon chap. 

 feeing his mortal condition, a fcene of fuch real fra- , 

 ternal afFe<Slion enfued as is feldom to be obferved in a 

 civilized country : — kneeling at his fide, and bending 

 over the mangled Valentine, he fucked the blood and 

 gore from his fliattered bread and fides; then cherifli- 

 ed him with the manly promife to revenge his 

 death upon his foes, and the hopes that when he him- 

 felf was killed he Ihould meet him again in a better 

 place. 



Colonel Fourgeoud now found that the rebels had kept 

 their promife of maflacring the rangers ; while Captain " 

 Bolts reported that fome had fired upon his party from 

 the tops of the palm-trees, and then Aiding down with 

 furprifing agility, difappeared, whilft the rangers were 

 foaming for revenge on their active adverfaries, and 

 could hardly be reftrained from an immediate purfuit 

 through the verdure. 



Our mighty leader now found his abfurd fcheme of 

 purfuing the enemy compleatly fruftrated, and himfelf 

 in danger of total deftru6tion ; being cut off from every 

 fupply, and having neither ammunition nor provifions 

 left in his camp, with very few men, except the fick 

 and wounded, to defend it. Thus he at laft began moft 

 ferioufly to confider how to fecure a fafe retreat; to 

 which he was urged likewife by the general and incefiant 

 murmurings of the troops, who were not only almoft 



Vol, II « R ftarved. 



