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CHAP, abandon the expedition immediately, and with his few 

 remaining troops to fail for Holland without delay. 



In confequence of thefe commands on the 27th, the 

 tranfport fhips were put in commiffion, and all the officers 

 and privates received their clearance, which made them 

 very happy; and indeed all at Paramaribo were alive with 

 joy, except fome of the inhabitants and myfelf. 



On the 14th of February, ill as I was with a bad foot,, 

 a fore arnci, the prickly heat, and all my teeth loofe with 

 the fcurvy, I found means to fcramble out on crutches,:, 

 with a thoufand florins in my pocket, v/hich having di- 

 vided between Fourgeoud and Mrs. Godefroy for the 

 redemption of the black boy ^laco, and my mulattOy \ 

 returned home without a fliillmg in my purfe ; yet for 

 this fmall fum of 500 florins, fo inadequate to 1800 which 

 I owed that lady, flie was induced generoufly to renew 

 her perfuaflons of carrying Joanna and the boy wdth me 

 to Holland. This, however, Joanna as nobly as firmly 

 refufed, declaring, " that, independant of all other confi- 

 *' derations, Ihe could never think of facrificing one be- 

 nefaftor to the intereft of another ; and that her own 

 happinefs or even mine, which was dearer to her than 

 " life, fliould never have any weight,, till the debt of her 

 liberty was paid by me, or by her own induftry, to the 

 utmoft fraction, and which ihe did not defpair to fee 

 one day compleated." She added, " our feparation 

 *^ fhould only be for a time, and that the greateft proof I 

 ** could ever fhew her of my real efteem, was now to un- 

 ** dergo this little trial of fortune like a man, without 



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