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fields and around the shores, to the civilized Ber- 

 mudan, who has drawn forth the riches of the 

 soil ; and from the petty trader, who collects the 

 scattered produce of the islands, to the native capi- 

 talist, who receives and disperses it to more distant 

 regions. 



Situated between the rich and populous continent 

 of America on the one hand, and the West Indies on 

 the other, the demand for the produce of the colony 

 is unfailing ; and that produce is only limited by the 

 extent of the population. 



When we consider that Bermuda is situated on 

 the very threshold of America — a country overflow- 

 ing with an enterprising and industrious people, 

 anxious and eager to settle wherever security and 

 , protection are afforded ; that it is the Americans who 

 have chiefly contributed to maintain and support the 

 energies of the population, and diffuse the stimulus 

 of their own activity wherever they have settled ; — 

 if we consider this, the resources of these islands will 

 at once appear unlimited. 



Circumstances like these cannot be viewed with 

 indifference by the philosophic and contemplative 

 mind. The diversified form in -which the human 

 character is exhibited, the new and original features 

 which it displays, the things which have restrained 



