X CONTENTS. 



Chapter HI. 

 GOVEENMENT. 



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Medical Practitioners — Government — Practical Eepublics — 

 The colonies of a free State — The Spanish possessions in 

 America — The evils and absurdities of the Constitution 

 of Bermuda — Party spirit — Private relations of life — ^A 

 Tory and a Radical — Families of different parties — The 

 public spirit extinguished — Tyranny of a majority — 

 Reform — Vice-regal government, with a Council of Advice 

 — Bitterness of party spirit in the House of Assembly — 

 Insult to the Eepresentative of the Sovereign . . .40 



Chapter IV. 

 BRITISH WEST INDIES. 



The British establishments in the West Indies — The branches 

 of the Legislature — The Governor — The Council — The 

 House of Assembly 49 



Chapter V. 

 JUDICATURE, LEGISLATION, REVENUE, ETC. 



Church Establishment — Courts of Lavr — The Court of 

 Chancery — The Court of General Assize — The Court of 

 Exchequer — The Court of Ordinary — Instance Court of 

 Vice- Admiralty — The Court of Quarter Sessions — The 

 art of legislation — The Public Press — Trade — Revenue . 60 



Chapter VI. 

 FISHERIES, TOPOGRAPHY, ETC. 



Fisheries — The most esteemed fish — Their brilliant colours — 

 Peculiar fashion of baiting a hook — A " full bait " — The 

 fisherman taking it easy — The goat-fish — The doctor-fish, 

 and their curious glassy lancets — The soap-fish, &c. — 

 Description of Bermuda— The group of islands — Their 



