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tainty, that it may be efteemed one of the moft eligible for fugar 



in the whole ifland, both in regard to quantity, and excellence of 



quality. 



On leaving Savannah la Mar, the road to Hanover croffes Caba- 

 rito River twice, at no great diftance, by two bridges, about eight 

 or nine feet wide, conftrufted with planks laid acrofs fome beams, 

 but unprovided with any fide-rails to guard paflengers from tumbling 

 over. This river takes its rife among the Hanover Mountains, a 

 little to the Eaftward of King's Valley. At Black Morafs it fepa- 

 rates into two flreams, one of which empties itfelf into the fea at 

 Savannah la Mar, as already mentioned ; the other, a little to the 

 Weftward of it. Thefe flreams, although they run upwards of 

 eighteen or twenty miles through the country, are neither of them 

 navigable, except for canoes. From hence to Albany plantation 

 the way is, in general, very flat, confined, and fwampy. This 

 brings us to the Delve barracks, which were built in confequence 

 of the inlurreftion in 1761, and capable of accommodating one 

 hundred men. They ar£ fituated near the foot of Hanover Moun- 

 tains, tolerably well conftruded, and judicioufly ported. They 

 fland on a dry fpot near the dividing line of the two parifhes, three 

 or four miles diftant at lead from the morafly ground of Negril, 

 and are well enough contrived to anfwer moft of the purpofes for 

 which they were intended, being fufficiently ftrong to refifl: any 

 force that a band of rebellious Negroes could bring againft them. 

 They are alfo built in a place moft likely to be infefted with fuch 

 difturbancesj for it is a part of the country where there are a great 

 multitude of flaves, and few proprietors of eftates refide; and 

 where the neighbourhood is filled with woods and thickets, that 

 might the oftener tempt them to mutiny, by the fhelter they afford, 

 if they were not kept in awe by thele barracks, from which a fmall 

 detachment might harrafs and prevent their committing any ex- 

 tenfive outrages. This building is, however, defedive in fome 

 refpefts. The hofpital for the fick is only divided from the com- 

 mon room by a boarded partition, full of chinks; by which means 

 there is a continual paftage open for malignant and noxious ef- 

 fluvia to infedlthe healthy. The number of loop-holes is likewife 

 too Ihiallj there not being more than five or fix ; fo that very little 



annoyance 



