EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 



wine, rum, &c. 8cc. were alnioft fufficient ta carry me 

 round the globe : amongft the reft, in a fmall bottle cafe, 

 containing liquors, I found a cryftal phial filled with 

 effential oil of orange^ and a parcel of what they called 

 here tonqnin beans. — The firft is extra6ted from the rind 

 or peel of the oranges : which is done here by the tedious 

 and laborious method of fqueezing it between the finger 

 and thumb. A few drops of this on a fmall piece of 

 fugar, is faid to be an excellent remedy to ftrengthen the 

 ftomach, create an appetite, and help digeftion ; and one 

 fingle drop fmells fo ftrong, that it is fuflicient to per- 

 fume a whole apartment. The tonquin beans are faid to 

 grow in a thick pulp, fomething like a walnut, and on a 

 large tree. I never faw them otherwife than dried, when 

 they bear fome refem/olance to a prune or dried plumb, 

 and are made ufe of to fcent fnuff and tobacco, to which 

 they impart a moft agreeable odour. 



On the 26th, we took our laft leave of his Excellency 

 the Governor, en corps, as afiiiredly was his due ; after 

 which all the officers of the Society troops waited on 

 Colonel Fourgeoud, at the head quarters, to wifh us a 

 profperous voyage to Holland, and the day was fpent by 

 a regale, en militaire, viz. a dinner, as ufual, of fait pro- 

 vifions ; but I muft acknowledge, accompanied with as 

 much good liquor of every kind, as Surinam could fur- 

 nilh, and a very hearty welcome. 



I beheve that now a hundred times Fourgeoud fliook 

 me by the hand, declaring, " That there was not a young 



" man 



