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were executed. During my stay in Jamaica 

 I made several pleasant excursions into the in- 

 terior of the country and to the mountains. I 

 likewise visited the romantic scenery called 

 the Falls, which is scarcely surpassed by any 

 thing I had ever hitherto witnessed. By the 

 politeness of Mr. John Wilson I was enabled 

 to gain much information ; at his estate called 

 Good Hope I spent some delightful mornings, 

 in rambling among the huts of a Negro village 

 belonging to that gentleman ; and although 

 an enemy to slavery, must bear testimony 

 to the contented and comfortable appear- 

 ance of these poor people. I was surprised 

 at the familiar manner in which Mr. Wilson 

 was always accosted by them : they are not 

 deficient in the comforts, and possess even some 

 of the luxuries of life ; every house has its 

 neat garden, its pig-sty, and its stock of poul- 

 try. The vivacity and gaiety of the negroes 

 formed a great contrast to the almost melan- 



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