3o6 JAMAICA. 



time in a ftate of viduity : the fame reafon, which in England 

 might deter any fuitors from addrefling her, namely a crowd of 

 children, is here the certain recommendation to a number of can- 

 didates for the honour of her hand; and happy is he, who fucceeds, 

 and gains her in marriage; for he enters into prefent poflefTion of 

 her children's pay, which continues even though fome of them 

 may be capable of earning an Income with their own hands. And 

 from this fource, for every able-bodied foldier thus fent abroad 

 from Great-Britain, that kingdom may poffibly receive back, at 

 the time the forces are recalled, a large flock of young recruits, to 

 fupply the lofles occafioned by death during the abode of the re- 

 giments in Jamaica. But, if any flay behind, they probably ac- 

 quire more riches to the nation by exerting their induflry in the 

 colony, than they could have done had they returned to the mo- 

 ther country. 



The author of a pamphlet, entitled, " Confiderations upon the 

 «' Military Eflablifhments of Great-Britain and her Colonies," re- 

 commends to government, " that the troops, intended for garri- 

 " fonlng the Weft-Indies, fhould, after palling three years at New- 

 ** York, be removed to the Weft-Indies ; and, after three years 

 " longer ftay to garrifon thofe parts, fhould be recalled home, 

 " being firft compleatcd to their full numbers before their return to 

 " Britain ; and fuch numbers to be fupplied by the refpedtive iflands 

 *« and colonies." The former part of this fcheme feems plaufible 

 enough, becaufe the vicinity of New- York to the Weft-Indies 

 may admit of fuch a remove with great expedition and facility ; 

 and becaufe the troops, after enduring three North-American fum- 

 mers, which are even hotter than the fame feafon of the year in 

 our Weft-India iflands, may be fuppofed tolerably well feafoned to 

 the change. But their cloathing fhould be very different for the 

 Weft-India fei:vlce from what might be thought neceffary in North- 

 America ; and they ought to arrive at their Weft-India deftination 

 in December, January, February, or March, that they might not, 

 in feparating to their country-quarters, be expofed to either the in- 

 clemency of the rainy feafons, or the great heats of the fummer 

 months. The author's propofitlon about recruiting the regiments 

 oi> the fpot is by no means admiliiblc with refpe<5t to the Weft-In- 

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