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bread-fruit. All are chattering, so that there is avery 
babel of sounds. Little stalls, temporarily erected, 
contain most villainous salt fish, ancient and vile- 
smelling, and every few feet is a table, presided over 
by a contented wench, who has for sale cakes and 
sweetmeats of her own manufacture. 
POSEAU. 
Near the market is the fort, a low stone structure, 
pierced with loopholes, commanding from its high 
bluff the roadstead, in which, save the trading-vessels 
and the weekly steamer, there are seldom any craft 
besides the sugar-vessels. Near the fort is the Eng- 
lish church, with a clock in its face, and four magnifi- 
cent palmistes to guard its entrance. Adjoining is the 
