EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. JS5 



to my feelings) of taking an aaive part againft them, and CHAP, 

 feeing the ringleaders brought to condign punifhment. _ \ 

 I felt that at this time I could war v^ith all the world, and 

 nearly with myfelf— my heart was breaking apace— my 

 life became a burden : 



" Dependants, friends, relations, love himfelf, 

 *^ Savag'd by wocy forget the tender tie, 

 ** The fweet engagements of the feeling heart.'* 



The day after our arrival in this ftation, we received 

 the particulars of the Pirica news, which were, that on. 

 the 20th the eftates Scho'dnhove and Altona had been pil- 

 laged by the rebels whom we had routed at Gado-Saby, 

 but that at the plantati^on Poelwyk they had been beaten 

 back by the flaves : that the rangers ftationed at an eftate 

 called Hagenbos had purfued them on the 21ft, over- 

 taken them on the 23d, killed fever al, and brought back 

 moft of the booty : that on the fame day another party 

 of the rebels had made an attempt to feize the powder 

 magazine at Hagenbos (which was no bad plan) but that 

 (while the rangers were in purfuit of their affociates) 

 they had been repulfed by the manly behaviour of a few 

 armed flaves, one of whom, belonging to the eftate 

 motibo, took an armed rebel himfelf, and next difcovered 

 their camp at the back of his matter's plantations ; for 

 which he was handfomely rewarded. From all which 

 intelligence, there was now no doubt remaining that 

 if Seyburg's detached party on the i6th had marched 



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