SETTLEMNETS ON THE DEMERARY, &C. 



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CHAPTER XV. 



IMPROVEMENT AND STATE OF THE COLONY FROM 1783, 



TO THE PEACE OF AMIENS LOTS OF LAND SOLD VERY 



CHEAP — DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DUTCH AND ENG- 

 LISH PLANTER PREVIOUS UNPLEASANT STATE OF THE 



COLONIES FROM INTERNAL CAUSES A SERVILE WAR 



QUELLED BY A REGIMENT OF RANGERS GRANTS TO THE 



OFFICERS ALONG THE POMAROON INVASION THREAT- 

 ENED BY VICTOR HUGHES FROM CAYENNE HISTORIC 



PARTICULARS OF THAT SETTLEMENT FURTHER PARTI- 

 CULARS OF THE PROGRESSIVE STATE OF THE INTERIOR. 



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HE preceding chapter left the Dutch in quiet possession 

 of the colonies. The new regulations of the court of Holland, 

 and the extension of power granted to the governor, were 

 hailed as returning symptoms of affection and regard from the 

 mother country, for want of which the infant had of late 

 years been declining, but being received again under the pro- 

 tection and fostering care of its mother, it was expected to 

 thrive tenfold. 



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