Af ersonie examples of success & severity, he set a price upon the heads of t^e rebels, i^: it was not long before he was plentifully supplied with tlietu, bv their freaeherous c -untrymen. On all occasions of danger, h-; insti'iel & guided the \ nl >r of his troops, & was often obliged (o exiiose h's peison & eyert h's a'l'li'ies. Rut though his men were diciplined h bold, this new s)>ec'es ot warfaie. so pn'nful & lingering, so obscure & ignomin'ous, wear'c.l (lie^r ))niienee, & eons'inied their hopes. On (he other hanil, (he partial defeats & losses of (he African chieftains served only to streng'hen their force, fc d'solay the'r cr>ura!re. or tlieir cruelty. -- The life of Moore was once exposed to imm'nenl danp;ei bv 'he intrepid curiosity with which h<« persisted in exploring a secret and unguarded

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path. The barbarians rose in ambush around him: he vig-orously spurred his horse down a steep & slippery descent; the animal fell, &, but for his consummate skill as a marksman, his pistols would scarcely have relieved him from throe athletic slaves who lushed upon him. At length his troops came up, the rebels were driven into a narrow pass, their chieftains fell by the first discharge of a small field-piece, many, prisoners were captured, & the survivors, for a time, dispersed. In this last action the maroons exhibited a disgusting instance of their native barbarity. They seized the body of Tacky, & after taking- his head as a trophy, they roasted & ilevoured the heart of their countryman. Encouraged by the disaffected slaves, who continued to flock to the sournl of their shell, and animateil by the hope of a reinforcement from the free negroes, the dispersed rebels soon rallied, & rose again, in various directions, nothing dismayed by their late defeat.