desire for a military career, and jhnant!
accordingly his education was = ms
begun in that direction, t

Previous to his coming to Fe 2
New Amsterdam he had served
as Military Governor of Cura-
cao, where he lost his right leg
in an attack led upon the Portu-
guese at St. Martin.

He was above the medium
height, of fine physique, and
dressed commonly in slashed
hose fastened at the knee with a
knotted scarf, velvet jacket with
slashed sleeves over a full ruffled
shirt, and rosettes on his shoes.

Abrupt in manner, conven-
tional, cold, full of prejudice and||
passion and often unapproach-