FLYIXG POPULATION. 



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greater portion settle permanently upon the Is- 

 land, the savage for the most part unwillingly 

 exchanges the comforts and pleasures of semi- 

 civilization for the wildness and freedom of 

 'Nature,' so dear to the man of refinement. 

 These Africans live hv fishing and work in the 

 plantations : they easily obtain from the large 

 landed proprietors bits of ground, paying as a 

 yearly quit-rent half a dollar and upwards ac- 

 cording to crop, manioc, bananas, and sweet 

 potatoes. 



