EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



f^ven corporals, and fifty privates, befides a furgeon, and 

 the noted free negro Goufary (whom we loft for three 

 pr four hours) and encamped near the banks of the 

 fame creek, not having been able to advance above fix 

 miles due weft from its mouth. 



On the 2ift we marched north for about feven or eight 

 miles, without meeting with one drop of water to alle- 

 viate our burning thirft, it being at this time in the very 

 heart of the dry feafon, which this year was more fcorch- 

 ing than I ever remembered it before. 



Haying now changed my eourfe to the north-eaft, and 

 pafl^ed the quagmire, about noon the following day we 

 marched dry through the late fatal marfli, and an hour 

 after we kept due weft ; when, falling in with a large 

 field of yams, we demoliflied it ; then proceeding for- 

 ward, I encamped in. the old fettlemcnt Cofaay, almoft 

 choked for want of water, not having met with any 

 thing like it from the moment we fat out. Here, how- 

 ever, the negro flaves found means to procure us fome, 

 which, though ftagnant and ftinking like a kennelj we 

 drank, ftraining it through our fl:iirt'-fleeves. 



During this march, I neverthelefs took notice of the 

 following trees, not yet defcribed, viz. the canavatepy^ 

 and the berUack^ which are extremely fit for domeftic ufe. 

 The firft is beautifully ftriped, black and brown, and has 

 much the appearance of that ufually called brazil, while 

 it diffufes a fmell in working not inferior to that of a 

 CE^rnation. The fecond is a pale red or pink colour, and is 



equally 



