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CHAP, gracioufly accepted. They reprefented the free Indians 

 XXX. ^ q£ Guiana, and negro flaves of Surinam, engaged in dif- 

 ferent occupations, on an ifland, fupported by a cryftal 

 mirror, and ornamented with gold. 



I now alfo, with bis own confent, made a prefent of 

 my faithful black boy, Quaco, to the Countefs of Rofen^ 

 daal^ to whofe family 1 was under very great obligations ; 

 and who lince, on account of his honefty and fober con- 

 dudl, not only chriftened him, by the name of Stedmatty 

 at my defire, but promoted him to be their butler, with 

 a promife to take care of him as long as he lived ; which 

 was particularly grateful to me^ being fuch advantages 

 as I eould never have procured for him myfelf» 



Here I cannot omit an anecdote of attachment in this 

 boy :— Having fet out by myfelf on a Ihort journey, I 

 found a crown-piece more than I expected in my purfe^ 

 and for which I was at a lofs to account; till on my return^ 

 when I queftioned Quaco, he faid, " that fearing I might 

 "be fhort of cafh, where people feeraed fo fond of it, he 

 "had put his five-fliilling piece in my pocket.'' — This 

 action was the more generous, not only in the manner it 

 was done, but being at that time the only crown poor 

 Quaco poffelfed in this world,; 



About the latter end of 0<Stober, I was offered by the 

 directors of the fettlement to be fent over as a lieutenant 

 governor to the colony of Berbice, fituated next to Suri- 

 nam* In confequence, I immediately went to uim/ierdam>» 

 to wait on thenij and bear the propofals, in which they 



indeed 



