LETTER XXXIX.

_Expedition against Berbische. Scarcity of animal provisions. Zeal of an infuriated republican. Healthy appearance of the colonists. Refutation of the alleged insalubrity of Guiana. Visit to a coffee plantation. Gratifications in a tropical country counteracted by climate. Fruit given to the sick. Sale of negroes. Hospitality of the colonists. Author entreated by a female slave to purchase her. Corporal punishment of slaves. Barbarous exultation of a white female. Author’s chance of prize-money_ 335