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though lefs elevated, neverthelefs commands a richer and more ex- 

 tenfive proipcvH:, comprehending the fineft part of Clarendon, and 

 of the neighbouring pariflies. The beauties of" nature tliat are 

 diTpIajed here are innumerable. In one place is leen a long, uavy 

 lurface, adorned with the lively verdure of canes, inteiTperfed v/ith 

 wind-mills and other buildings. In another are beheld feveral 

 charming lawns of pafture-land, dotted with cattle and Iheep, and 

 watered with rivulets. In a third are Negroe villages, where (far 

 from poverty and difcontent) peace and plenty hold their reign ; 

 a crafted ridge of fertile hills, which feparates this parifli froirv 

 thofe contiguous on the North and Eaft, diftantly terminates the 

 landfchape. 



The produce of this parilh is (hipped for the moft part at Old 

 Harbour Bay; on which there are two principal barquadiers, the 

 one at Old Harbour Town, the other at Bower's River. 



In a rocky hill, on the Northern fide of Old Woman's Sa- 

 vannah, is a cavern wliich runs a great deptir under the earths 

 Upon examination, a few years fince, it was found to contain a great: 

 many human bones, which were probably either Indians, or the 

 relicks of fome of the wild or rebellious Negroes, who formerly 

 infefted this part of the country, and made it their place of con- 

 cealment. Near this favannah is likewife a chalybeate-fpring, 

 which has performed fome cures, but is not much attended to. 

 The hills adjacent to it furnifh evident proofs of their abounding 

 with copper ore, which one day or other may poffibly excite a 

 ftrider inveftigation. The hard, fliining pyrites are frequently 

 found in thefe mountains; and magnetic ftones have been picked 

 up on this favannah, which feem to indicate the prefence of iron 

 ore. Many of the fprings in this, as well as in St. Anne's and 

 fome other pariflies, are remarkable for their incrufting and petre- 

 fa£live qualities; forming in fome places a layer or thin cruft; 

 in others, penetrating into wood, and other iubftances, without 

 altering their fliape. I have feen pieces of hard wood metamor- 

 phofed, by their procefs, into ftone, fo as to anfvver the purpofe of 

 hones for fharpening knives. In moft of the gullies bordering 

 upon the coaft, are large quantities of agate, chiefly oftheflefli- 

 coloured, blood-coloured, and yellow kinds. But there arc 

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