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NARRATIVE OF AN 



CHAP, forwards inftead of backwards, by bis orders? tbe above 



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^ _ '_. mifcbief might have been prevented ^ and the enterprize 

 of the rebels entirely fruftrated.. It was allb evident from; 

 this narrative, that the man whom v^e fired at on the 

 2ifl: was certainly one of the plunderers on the 20th, andl 

 ♦ that the bodies fotiad dead on the a^d had been fhot the: 

 very fame day. 



On the 29th, among other fruitSj fome dates were fent 

 to me by a Society officer. , This tree is alfo of the Pal- 

 meto fpecies, but not extremely high ; its leaves diverge 

 from its fummit, very thick, hanging down in the form 

 of an umbrella. The dates appear in large clufters, being: 

 an oblong thin fruit like a man's thumb, of a yellow co- 

 lour, and the pulp,, v\^hich is fat, firm, and fweet, adheres, 

 to a hard greyilli-coloured ftone, with longitudinal fur^ 

 rows. — I ought not to omit mentioning^ that this day^ 

 lixty rangers going to reconnoitre, dilcovered the old! 

 rebel camp at the back of Timotibo,, which feemed: to* 

 have contained about fixty armed men. 



On the morning of the 30th of September, having no** 

 thing more to do in the neighbourhood of the Pirica Ri- 

 ver, we left it> and on the ift of 0(?tober came to Devil's 

 Harwar much fatigued, nothing remarkable having hap- 

 pened on our march.. I had written on the preceding^ 

 day to Colonel Bourgeoud, informing him,, that I was ' 

 weary of exiftence in my prefent ftate, and requeuing 

 that a court-martial might be immediately called; and> 

 this letter I had fent by a flave to the commander in chief.. 



On. 



