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CHAP. To delineate the different fpecies of wild ducks that 

 XXVfif. Surinam with any degree of accuracy, is a talk 



which I acknowledge to be far beyond my reach. Suffice 

 it therefore to fay, that in general they are not very large, 

 but adorned with the moil fplendid tints and moft beau- 

 tiful plumage that can be imagined, particularly thofe 

 they call the cawereerkee, the fookooroorkee, and the anna- 

 kee^ which laft are the fmalleft. No water-fowl of any 

 kind, without exception, can be more delicate eating than 

 all thofe I have juft mentioned ; while fome of them 

 are tameable, and frequently feen amongft the poultry on 

 the plantations. 



Having the following day the opportunity of a boat, I 

 profecuted my voyage down the Cottica River till I came 

 to Paramaribo, where in fine fpirits and perfect health 

 (however ftrange) I arrived that very fame evening, and 

 where I was moft heartily welcomed by my many friends 

 with the warmeft congratulations on my Hill exifting, 

 after having efcaped fo many dangers, and been fo long 

 deprived of every comfort — torn by thorns, flung by in- 

 fe(5ls — ftarved, tormented, emaciated, and v/ounded — often 

 without clothes, health, reil, money, refrefhments, medi- 

 cines, or friends; — and after having loft fo many of my 



brave companions, who lay buried in the duft. Thus 



ended my feventh and laji campaign in the foreft of 

 Gmana. 



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