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CHAT, my prefent commanders and this fervice, the firfl: ho- 

 XXIII. noiirable opportunity that fhould offer itfelf; — how re- 

 ligioufly I have perfevered in obferving this vow, £hal£ 

 be feen in the fequel of thefe pages, before I take my 

 final farewell of my readers. 



The place of our prefent encampment was now intoler- 

 able beyond every defcription, being con ftantly overflowed,, 

 fo that the ammunition and provifions were flowed for pre- 

 fervation on wooden rafts ; nor could we flep out of our 

 hammocks without being up to the knees in mud and 

 water, where it was moft lhallow, while the gnats and 

 other infecSts devoured us alive. The confequence of alL 

 v/hich was, that another barge- full of dying wretches was 

 fent down the Cormoetibo Creek, bound for the hofpital 

 at Devil's Harwar ; among whom the poor old negro 

 with his fracSlured fkull, who had only yefterday rejoined 

 us in his fhocking condition. This floating charnel--- 

 houfe weighed anchor on the lafl day of the year 1775 — 

 with which I fhall beg leave to conclude this gloomy 

 chapter,. 



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