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nished 'with a stone stairs and a crane for loading and unload- 

 ing boats. From the landing a good road leads toward the 

 town at the mouth of the valley, which is protected from an 

 attack by sea by a ditch and a high massive wall, bristling 

 with guns. 



There is but one entrance into the town, and that is closed 

 at nightfall. There are also sentinels stationed here at all 

 hours. Just beyond the gateway is the grand parade, around 

 which stand the church, the principal hotel of the place, and 

 the building occupied by Napoleon on his first landing. 



The houses are from one to two stories in height, and have 

 their walls painted white or yellow. Some of them are also 

 furnished with verandahs. 



The market is good, but meats and eggs are excessively 

 dear. The price for beef is 20 cents per lb. ; mutton, 18 

 cents ; eggs, 50 cents per dozen. 



Of course, before leaving the island, we rode out to Long- 

 wood, and the tomb. Our conveyance was a covered carriage, 

 drawn by a pair of horses, and just large enough to accommo- 

 date two persons comfortably. 



The road we pursued, and there is no other leading to the 

 tomb from the town, is cut on the side of the eastern hill, 

 which gradually rises to an elevation of upwards of a thousand 

 feet. This afforded us several fine views of Jamestown — We 

 could see all the houses, the gardens, the soldiers' hospital, 

 the barracks, the church, the botanic garden, and the grand 

 parade. 



After leaving the town we did not fall in with a solitary 

 tree until we reached the head of the valley. Here the soil is 

 capable of cultivation, and we passed many a garden in which 

 were to be seen, besides, a great variety of vegetables, trelisses 

 .of vines, from which depended clusters of the tempting and 



