LETTER XI. ^505 



6. About two months before T left' the JVeJi- 



Lidies^ I took a little trip up to Antigua^ which 



' is a fine liland, though it has not one fingle 



Spring of Water in it: Arid as it was in a time 



of great drovv^th, the whole fice of the Country 



looked diffnally enough. All their Ponds were 



- then quite dry, and their Cifterns almoft empty; 



' ' fo that they were obliged to fetch their frefli Wa- 



'■ ter from GiiardahupCy a Frejich Ifland, and Mont^ 



\ ferrate an EngUJJj one, which was afterwards fold 



• for Eighteen Pence a Pail- full. The Capital is 

 called St. yohns^ a'nd^is by-far the 'mbft regular 

 Town I law in the Wq^ I^idies^ 'clofe to the 

 lloufes wliereof is the beft and moil commo- 



• dious Harbour, belonging to our EngUJlo Lee- 

 ward I Hands : They were then building a llately 

 Church, which I fince hear is completely finiih- 

 ed • and I am falisSed is the finefl Building of the 

 kind by much, we have under the Government. 



■•' Aild as for the Inhabitants, they (like our other 



'^ Settlemchts) were femiarkable for Hofpitality and 



• Civility to Strangers. Their Produce is the fame 



with 'that of Nrols : But^ as they want a great 



' Mountain, they can have no Afparagus, very 



few Cucumbers, and not fo much plenty of 



Garden- growth in other kinds. I was lately af- 



fured by an Antigua Gentleman, That they have 



very fine Prawns,- a Fifli not met with at Nevis, 



U He 



