1. Author apprehensive of having wearied his friend with the detail of his river excursion; 2. Captain Maxwell and the author make an excursion to Mynheer Roboloski's; 3. Medical discussions promoted by Governor an Battenburg; 4. Author apprehensive lest his unanswered notes should provoke feelings of repentance in his friend; 5. Author suddenly recalled to the colony of Demarara on account of increased sickness among the troops; 6. Author called from La Bourgade to Mahaica, on account of the prevailing sickness among the troops; 7. Barbarous murder of a slave; 8. Troops sickly; 9. Visit to Major Prauel's; 10. Author addresses his friend by means of some officers returning to England; 11. Delayed departure of officers returning to England; 12. The author narrowly escapes falling a victim to 'yellow fever', considers himself initiated, and free of the West Indies; 13. Hospitality and friendly attentions of the colonists towards the author; 14. News from England implies a wide spreading war, and a transformation of the coalition against France; 15. Author receives letters from England; 16. South American Rangers go into barracks near the hospital; 17. Christmas weather in Guiana; 18. Author again visits Mynheeer Bercheych; 19. Author addresses his friend on returning from the burial of a comrade; 20. Coincidence of fever and the spring tides; 21. Attack of the Spaniards from Oronoko; 22. Fatal effects of misconduct under prosperity; 23. Author accompanies a party upon an interesting excursion up the river Demarara; 24. The author's horse a victim to the climate; 25. Celebration of the Stadtholder's birth-day; 26. Little things sometimes made important; 27. Author addresses his friend on the anniversary of his arrival in Guiana; 28. Author transcribes for his friend some notes on the general subject of the colonies; 29. Concerning the seasoning, or yellow fever; 30. The commandant receives final instructions for the author to proceed to St. Domingo; 31. Author's adieu.
