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prosperity go hand in hand with the present en- SEC ND 



. . . . JOURNEY. 



terprismg spirit, Stabroek, ere long, will be of the 



first colonial consideration. It stands on the 

 eastern bank at the mouth of the Demerara, and 

 enjoys all the advantages of the refreshing sea 

 breeze ; the streets are spacious, well bricked, and 

 elevated, the trenches clean, the bridges excellent, 

 and the houses handsome. Almost every commo- 

 dity and luxury of London may be bought in the 

 shops at Stabroek : its market wants better regu- 

 lations. The hotels are commodious, clean, and 

 well attended. Demerara boasts as fine and well- 

 disciplined militia as any colony in the western 

 world. 



The court of justice, where, in times of old, the court of 

 bandage was easily removed from the eyes of the 

 goddess, and her scales thrown out of equilibrium* 

 now rises in dignity under the firmness, talents, 

 and urbanity of Mr. President Rough. 



The plantations have an appearance of high The plan- 

 cultivation; a tolerable idea may be formed of 

 their value, when you know that last year Deme- 

 rara numbered seventy-two thousand nine hundred 

 and ninety-nine slaves. They made above forty- 

 four million pounds of sugar, near two million 

 gallons of rum, above eleven million pounds of 

 coffee, and three million eight hundred and nine- 

 teen thousand five hundred and twelve pounds of 

 cotton ; the receipt into the public chest was five 

 hundred and fifty-three thousand nine hundred 



