EXPEDITION TO SURINAIST. 



judge of my mortification, when I inform him, that, in- 

 itead of receiving the approbation of my commander, as I 

 certainly deferved, I was immediately on my arrival in 

 camp put under an arreft, to be tried by a court-martial 

 for difobedience of orders. Colonel Seyburg and I had 

 never been on amicable terms; and though, during the 

 former part of this march, he had treated me with appa- 

 rent civility, yet from this ftep it was evident that he was 

 my mortal enemy. I muft not omit, that though a pri- 

 foner (ftrange to tell !) I was ordered to carry my own 

 arms and accoutrements, till further orders. 



On the 24th, we took our departure very early, and di- 

 re(5ted our courfe S. and S. by W. when we paffed clofe 

 by Pinenburg, a forfaken rebel village formerly men- 

 tioned — I a prifoner, in the moil dejeded fpirits. 



On the following day our courfe was S. W. through a 

 matakey or trumpeter morafs, which was very deep, and 

 which we entered when we were all in a violent fweat 

 by advancing too faft while upon the hard ground : but 

 the health of our men was not made an objecfl during 

 this expedition, though fo much wanted to facceed. 



Having got again upon a ridge, an accident had now 

 nearly befallen me incomparably greater than all my for- 

 mer misfortunes put together; this was no lefs than, hav- 

 ing fallen into a deep reverie, while I foUow^ed the rear- 

 guard, I imperceptil)ly wandered away from the troops, till 

 1 was entirely loll and by myfelf in an unbounded wilder- 

 nefs. Quaco no fooner had miiTed me, than, poor fellow, at 



every 



