. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots : with an account of the indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea . flash of whose pan N° 3 fires in E,and receives the fire of N* 4 in F, &c. &c. Thus conti-nuing through both lines, till N* 8 has fired in F, whenthe whole have shifted their stations; and the same ma-noeuvre is continued with t
. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots : with an account of the indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea . flash of whose pan N° 3 fires in E,and receives the fire of N* 4 in F, &c. &c. Thus conti-nuing through both lines, till N* 8 has fired in F, whenthe whole have shifted their stations; and the same ma-noeuvre is continued with the columns C and D, beginningagain with the identical numbers 1,2, 3, &c. at the top;while these lines, having shifted their places, still the firingis repeated by the lines A and B, and thus ad infinitum,until by sounding the horn one of the parties gives way inflight, and the battle is over. I shall only add, that whenthe forest is thick, instead of lying on their bellies, orkneeling, each negro skulks behind a thick tree, whichserves him as a bulwark, and from which he fires at hisadversary with more certainty and less danger, usuallyresting his piece against the trunk, or in the forkedbranches, like the Shawayiese and Delaware Indians. Captain Hannibal also informed me, that the famouschief Bonny was supposed to be in person amongst the neigh-. /////////■/>//■}//.>// -////A fr-na ^/^!JWrtcc&n ■ Ve&rot :>. White
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