268 STATISTIGAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



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i-ifib ilRfn:', ^o' -fodrfiL' "CHAPTER XlV. 



CHANGE OF CONDITION IN THESE PROVINCES RESULTING 



FROM THE CONQUEST CAPITULATION OF 1796 



BURGHER REGULATIONS REVISED NEW BARRACKS CON- 

 TRACTED FOR BY AN ENGLISH MERCANTILE HOUSE AR- 

 RIVAL OF TROOPS RATIONS NEW RUM, PROPERLY 



CALLED KILL DEVIL FACT RELATED OF AN ENGLISH 



SEAMAN BATAVIAN MEDICAL STAFF FEVER IN THE 



DUTCH TROOPS BAD TREATMENT OF THE PATIENTS 



GREAT NUMBER OF DEATHS MANNER OF INTERRING 



DU MELLES RESIGNATION REFUSED ENGLISH GUI- 



NEAMEN ALLOWED TO SELL SMUGGLING REGULA- 

 TION TO PREVENT IT EVERY BOAT OBLIGED TO WEAR 



DUTCH COLORS FATE OF A NEGRO CAPTAIN FOR RE- 

 FUSING. 



account ought now to be given of the change of con- 

 dition which these provinces have undergone, in consequence 

 of their passing from the Dutch under the British protection. 

 Those circumstances relative to the transfer of allegiance, 

 which passed within the limits of my hearsay, or observation, 

 are not many, and can havejic^^cj^ims to importance as histo- 



