EXPEDITION TO SURINAM. 381 



CHAP. XXX. 



^he Ships weigh Anchor, and put to Sea — Revie-iv of the 

 T roops — Account of the Voyage — The Arrival in the T exel 

 '—Defcription of the Fampus near Amferdam — Final 

 Debarkation in the Town of Bois-Ie-Duc — The Death of 

 Colonel Fourgeoud~Fnd of the Expedition — Short Flifory 

 of the late Scotch Brigade — Conclufion. 



EVERY thing beiiig at laft perfectly adjufled for duf chap. 

 departure, both veffels, under the command of Lieu- , 

 tenant Colonel des Borgnes, weighed anchor" on the 

 morning of the ift of April, 1777, when, with a frefh 

 breeze at E. we put to fea, and kept courfe N. and N. W.~ 

 Motionlefs and fpeechlefs, I hung over the fhip's ftern till 

 the land quite difappeared. After fome days, however, 

 by conliderable exertions, I got the better of my melan- 

 choly, though not of my afFedtion, and my mind became 

 once more compofed and calm. What chiefly contributed 

 to the reftoring of my peace, was the comfortable reflec- 

 tion, that if I had in fome meafure injured myfelf, I had 

 at leaft done good to a few others, by relieving three * 

 innocent and deferving young people from a flate of 

 bondage. Yet, for this a6lion, I was afluredly moft amply 



* Joanna, Johnny, and Quaco. 



rewarded 



