EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. (£45 



in a ferious quarrel. Our men, who had been on board chap. 

 fince the iSth, being now joined by their officers, the ^ 

 poor remains of this fine regiment were thus finally em- 

 barked, and in the highefl flow of fpirits, expeding to 

 fet fail the following day for Europe ; while ( one alone 

 excepted) every countenance wore the appearance of 

 happinefs and joy ; and nothing indeed could equal the 

 exultation of the few furviving troops, when the next 

 morning the orders were ilTued for the fliips to weigh 

 anchor and put to fea. 



But it was by fate ordained that their eager hopes 

 and expe6lations once more fhould be blafted : for on 

 the very moment of departure, a fliip entered the river 

 with difpatches, inclofing an order for the regiment 

 immediately to re-ejiter the zvoods, and remain in the 

 colony until relieved by frefh troops to be feat ovit from 

 Holland for that purpofe. The sinckre thanks of 

 his Serene Highnefs the Prince of Orange were now 

 read to the men from the quarter-deck of each vefTel, 

 " for the manly and fpirited condudl they had difplayed 



during fo long a trial, and fo many great and unpre- 

 " cedented hardiliips but as they concluded vv^itli or- 

 ders for the troops to difembark, and remain in this ^ 

 dreadful fervice, I never faw dejeclion, difappointment, 

 and defpair fo ftrongly marked : while at this moment 

 Ij who but jull before had been completely miferable, 

 was now in turn the only one who was not deprelTed 

 with forrow. 



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