XU CONTENTS. 



PEOBUCTIONS OF THE SOIL. 



The flax plants— The op^atia— Ineshaustible source of weiJth 

 —Negligence of the Colonial government in not ftirtheriof 

 soientiflo ol^eets— Local prejudices— Agriculture — Soil of 

 tlie BermudAS — ^Practical directions in agriculture and 

 hortiealture, with a calendar, &c &c. — ^Agricultural asso- 

 dations of England and Scotland— The Home Govetn- 

 nieat—Sympathy from England 108 



Chamer X, 

 INHABITANTS. 



The white people— Delicate languor of the women— The 

 Tudters— Rose of the Isles — Tom Moore and Nea — 

 Different classes of people of colour— Dktlnotlons of the 

 tribes by Don Antonio de UUaa— Little knowledge of 

 imitative arts—Development of tl» vocal organs— Display 

 in vocal harmony-— Iwiwovisatori- Christmas holidays 

 —Pyrrhic dance of the Gomhays — Their dress — Pr^u- 

 dice against people of colour less in Bermuda than in the 

 United States — Enjoyment of municipal rights, &e. — 

 People of colour not often united with the white popula- 

 tion In matrimony — Jealousy of public fooling— Cheerful • 



- disposition of people of colour proverbial— Their natural 

 kindness to offspring and tViends is equally wdl known 

 as oharaoteristic of tl>e people of colour — ^The rising genera- 

 tion of the coloured race — ^Their readiness of perception 

 greater than that of thek progenitors — Social state of 

 coloured population superior to that of the States of 

 America — The want of intelligence a drawback — The 

 census shows a steady iacreaae of the inhabitants . .147 



