[13] I have said they can make no rum here; neither do they refine sugar. [↑]
[14] Mr. Hartzink mentions four horses, but this is a mistake. [↑]
[15] Drs. Bancroft and Brooke say, the leaf is light above and dark below, which in my original drawing is quite the reverse. [↑]
[16] The above names, with such as Nero, Pluto, Charon, Cerberus, Proserpine, Medusa, &c. are usually given to negro slaves, in exchange for Quacco, Quacy, Quamy, Quamina, Quasiba, Adjuba, &c. [↑]
[17] It is to be remarked, that though Europeans look pale under the torrid zone, the native inhabitants have often a freshness peculiarly engaging, particularly mulattoes and quaderoons. [↑]
[18] The latter gentleman, in the year 1783, sailed from the Texel to the Molucca islands; where, as commander in chief, he killed the king of Pongue, with his three sons, and 600 men; and dethroned also the king of Salangoo, whose land he captured for the Dutch East-India Company, besides taking 127 pieces of cannon, &c. [↑]
CHAP. XXV.
Singular Method of detecting a Theft—Rencounter between the Rangers and Rebels—Amazonian Action of a black Girl—Wonderful Sagacity in wild Bees—The Regiment receives a second Order to return to Europe.
On the 27th of March, 1776, adieu once more Paramaribo, my Joanna, and my boy!