72 MEMOIH OF DR WRIGHT. 



long to bless us, and for the assurance which a life of 

 piety has left us of her happy immortality." 



It appears that the Jamaica Regiment had not been 

 a favourite in the service. The strong reinforcements 

 which the defence of the island had rendered neces- 

 sary, left a corresponding scarcity of accommodation in 

 the barrack department ; and, in order to make room 

 for other troops of higher moral character, the 99th 

 was ordered on board the transports, at the unhealthy 

 station of Port-Royal. Here the health of Dr Weight 

 suffered severely by the fever and ague, which the ad- 

 joining swamps are so apt to engender ; and from which 

 even the pure air of Trelawny, and the colder climate of 

 the mountains, did not suffice to restore him. From 

 the slowness of his recovery, he allowed himself to be 

 persuaded to delay his departure from Jamaica till the 

 1st of August 1785, when he embarked on board a 

 ship bound for Bristol, and arrived there on the 23d 

 September. 



The death of his friend; Dr Steel, and his own 

 serious illness in Jamaica, appear to have strongly im- 

 pressed him with the uncertainty of human life. In 

 a letter, dated from Trelawny, some time before his 

 embarkation, he mentions that he had executed a tes- 

 tamentary settlement of his affairs, in which he had 

 provided, in the first place, for the education and out- 

 fit of his nephew ; and, after certain fixed legacies to 

 his nieces, he had bequeathed the residue to his bro- 

 ther and sister-in-law, with unlimited discretionary 

 powers, for its ultimate division and disposal ; an ar- 

 rangement which was admirably calculated for meet- 



