EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



of the opportunity to fend fome prefents to nay friends 

 in Europe ; amongft thefe were a couple of beautiful 

 parrots, two curious monkies, an elegant coUedtion of 

 fine butterflies, three chefts of fweetmeats, and fome 

 pickles, all fhipped on board the fhip Paramaribo, and 

 under the care of Serjeant Fowler, who was, poor fellow, 

 one of the invalids bound for Amfterdam. 



Major Medlar being quite emaciated with fatigue and 

 hardfliips, now alfo failed for Holland; thus, during his 

 abfence a6ling as major, I began to entertain an expec- 

 tation that I fhould one day carry home the regiment 

 myfelf, fo very rapidly were our officers daily diminifh- 

 ing ; and yet amongft thofe few who remained two had 

 the courage at this time to venture upon matrimony, 

 and married two Creole ladies, both widows. 



Every thing now being peaceable and quiet, I recover- 

 ed my ftrength fo far as on the loth to walk to Mrs. 

 Godefroy, when I acquainted her that I willied much to 

 emancipate at leaft Johnny Stedman\ and reqiiefted her to 

 become bail before the court, for the ufual fum of ^. 300, 

 as he fhould never be any charge to the colony of 

 Surinam. But this llie peremptorily declined, though 

 there was no rifque, it being only a matter of form ; at 

 which I could not help feeling fome aftoniftiment, till I 

 was acquainted that Ihe had actually refufed the fame 

 favour to her own fon. 



The mention of flavery reminds me of a debt which 

 I feem to have incurred to my reader. I have from 

 time to time given fome account of the mode in which 



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