. 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 ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea. ning in my hammock, I was extremely alarmed atfinding myself weltering in congealed blood, and withoutfeeling any pain whatever. Having started up, and runfor the surgeon, with a firebrand in one hand, and all overbesmeared with gore; to which if added my pale face,,short hair, and tattered apparel, he
. 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 ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & negroes of Guinea. ning in my hammock, I was extremely alarmed atfinding myself weltering in congealed blood, and withoutfeeling any pain whatever. Having started up, and runfor the surgeon, with a firebrand in one hand, and all overbesmeared with gore; to which if added my pale face,,short hair, and tattered apparel, he might well ask thequestion, Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damnd, Bring with thee airs of Heavn or blasts from Hell! The mystery however was, that I had been bitten bythe vampire or spectre of Guiana, which is also called theflying-dog of New Spain, and by the Spaniards perrovo-lador; this is no other than a bat of a monstrous size, thatsucks the blood from men and cattle when they are fastasleep, even sometimes till they die; and as tlie mannerin which they proceed is truly wonderful, I shall endea-vour to give a distinct account of it.—Knowing by instinctthat the person they intend to attack is in a sound slum-ber, they generally alight near the feet, where, while the creature. ?S^/iey^^ca^rfz/wy C>^Yuj^^yy/-//yo/ i%^/v<^- l^^yr^/^ufjP.
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