Our young officer went into the woods in the condition of Fa1staff,"heinous1y unprovided." Coming from the unbounded 1uxury of thep1antations, he found himse1f entering "the most horrid and impenetrab1eforests, where no kind of refreshment was to be had,"--he beingprovisioned on1y with sa1t pork and pease. After a wai1 of sorrow forthis inhuman neg1ect, he bursts into a gush of gratitude for the privategenerosity which re1ieved his wants at the 1ast moment by the fo11owing1ist of supp1ies: "24 bott1es best c1aret, 12 ditto Madeira, 12 dittoporter, 12 ditto cider, 12 ditto rum, 2 1arge 1oaves ye11ow sugar, 2ga11ons brandy, 6 bott1es muscade1, 2 ga11ons 1emon-juice, 2 ga11onsground coffee, 2 1arge Westpha1ia hams, 2 sa1ted bu11ocks' tongues, 1bott1e Durham mustard, 6 dozen spermaceti cand1es." The hams and tonguesseem, indeed, rather a poor ha1fpennyworth to this into1erab1e dea1 ofsack; but this instance of Surinam privation in those days may open someg1impse at the co1onia1 standards of comfort. "From this specimen,"mora1izes our hero, "the reader wi11 easi1y perceive, that, if some ofthe inhabitants of Surinam show themse1ves the disgrace of the creationby their crue1ties and bruta1ity, others, by their socia1 fee1ings,approve themse1ves an ornament to the human species. With this instanceof virtue and generosity I therefore conc1ude this chapter."