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already begun to give way ; and, after he had battled 
with his disease for some time, he was obliged to 
consign his government over to other hands, and to 
try a voyage to Europe. He got well in his native 
country. But, alas^ we are here to-day, and gone 
to-morrow. This brave officer, and truly just man, 
was ordered to Alicante in Spain, where he fell a 
victim to the prevailing fever. 
Governor Ross was beloved to enthusiasm by the 
inhabitants of Demerara. On the 31st of March, 
1 809, we sent an address to him, expressive of our 
warmest gratitude for the many services he had 
rendered to us during the time that the colony was 
under his charge ; and we made a subscription of 
1500 guineas, which token of public gratitude was 
presented to him with due form. 
I wrote the following tribute, and it appeared in 
the newspaper the day after the governor had sailed 
from the river Demerara, on his 'way to Europe for 
the recovery of his health. 
CARMEN SAPPHICUM. 
Tristis heu nobis, nimiumque durus 
Ordo Parcarum est ! Demerara damnum 
Flet repentinum, lacrymasque fundet, 
Tempus in omne. 
Ille, qui justis manibus regebat 
Lora, jam currum, medio reliquit 
Cursu, et invitis pedibus remota 
Gramina quaerit. 
Tempore asstivo, rutilans ut agri 
Ros fovet gramen sitientis — Ille, 
Sic opem nobis, tulit, et levamen, 
Auxiliumque. 
