EXPEDITION TO SURINAM, 241' 



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"S^he Troops on Board-— Again ordered to difembark — Great 

 Deje6fion — Mutiny — Infolent Condu^ of an Owca Negro' 

 Captain — Near t-wo hundred Sick fent to Holland—Gene-^ 

 ral Defcription of the African Negroes, 



N the evening of the r5th of July, we anchored off chap, 

 the eftate Berkflioven, where I fpent the night xxvi. 

 afliore with my friend Gourley ; and in the morning we 

 continued to row down the river, when I took my laft 

 farewel of Mr. Palmer. I pafled the evening of the lyth 

 with Captain Mac Neyl ; and, on the iSth, the whole 

 fieet, confiding of my own barges, together with three 

 from Magdenberg, and thofe from the River Ccttica^ ar- 

 rived fafe at anchor in the roads of Paramaribo, where 

 three tranfports lay ready to receive us, on board of 

 which velTels I immediately embarked all the troops that 

 had come down under my command. 



This fervice being accompiifliedj I went aHiorCj and 

 made my report to Colonel Fourgeoud ; after which I 

 went to vifit Joanna and her boy, whom, to my great jo}/^ 

 I found very much recovered. 



• The following .day 1 was again fent on boardj to make 

 the neceflary arrangements for the voyage ; and on the 

 20th I dined with Colonel Foargeoudj wherej to' 'iny 



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