E X E D I T I O N TO SURINAM. 



" to be kept alive ?" Which fpeech, on feeing the Jew 

 flare like a fool, this manQ,lecl wretch accomnanied with a 

 loud and hearty laugh. Next, obferving the foldier that 

 ftood fentinel over him biting occafionally on a piece of 

 dry bread, he alked him " how it came to pafs, that he, 

 " a '-jjbite 7nan') fnould have no meat to eat along with 

 it ?" — Becaufe I am not fo rich," anfwered the foldier. 

 — " Then I will make you a prefent, fir," faid the negro ; 

 firft, pick my hand that was chopped off clean to the 

 bones, next begin to devour my body, till you are 

 " glutted ; when you will have both bread and meat, 

 " as beft becomes you ;" — ^which piece of humour was 

 follov/ed by a fecond laugh; and thus he continued, until 

 I left him, which was about three hours after the dread- 

 ful execution. 



Wonderful it is indeed, that human nature fhould be 

 able to endure fo much torture, which affuredly could 

 only be fupported by a mixture of rage, contempt, pride, 

 and the glory of braving his tormentors, from whom he 

 was fo foon to efcape*. 



Though I never recal to my remembrance, w^ithout 

 the moft painful fenfation, this horrid fcene, which mufi: 

 revolt the feelings of all who have one fpark of huma- 

 nity, I cannot forbear exhibiting to the public the dread- 

 ful fpedtacle in the annexed drawing. If the reader, 



* At Demerary, fo late as 0£lober, in the manner juft defcribed, with no lefs 

 1789, thirty-two wretches were executed fortitude, and without uttering one fingle 

 in three days, fixteen of whorn fuffered complaint. 



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