EXPEDITION. TO SURINAM, 



tliey may henceforth and to all eternity be the props of 

 each other. I might have included Afia, but this I omit- 

 ted, as having no connection with the prefent narrative : 

 we only differ in colour, but are certainly all created by 

 the fame Hand. Thus, if it has not pleafed fortune to 

 make ns equal in rank and authority, let us at leaft ufe 

 the fuperiority we poflefs with moderation, and not 

 only proffer that happinefs which we have to bellow on 

 our equals, but let us extend it with chearfulnefs to the 

 lowefl of our deferving dependants. 



On the 25th of Auguft I repaired to the palace of Loo, 

 in Guelderland, where, by the Colonel of the regiment, I 

 was introduced to his Serene Highnefs the Stadiholder\ 

 who not only was pleafed to give me a gracious recep- 

 tion, remarking, that by my looks I muft have fuffered 

 much, but foon after promoted me to the rank of Major 

 in the fame Scottifh regiment. , 



As I had now the pleafure alfo to fee a few others of my 

 fellow fufFerers recompenfed after their hardfliips, I had 

 reafon to think the lefs of our former troubles ; thus, in- 

 ftead of indulging in cenfure, I found a more folid confo- 

 lation in the triumph of truth, which w^as brought to 

 //o^Z'/ without my farther interference. 



Magna eft Veritas & prevalebit," ' ' 



On the 24th of September I went to the Hague, where 

 I prefented his Serene Highnefs with eighteen figures in 

 wax, made by myfelf, for his mufeum, which were moft 



3 E 2 gracioufly 



