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that they are such as almost any American would adopt, 

 who should visit the island and inform himself with tolera- 

 ble minuteness, of its physical and political condition. 



The author avails himself of this occasion to make his 

 grateful acknowledgements to those friends whose acquaint- 

 ance, it was his privilege to make in Jamaica, and whose 

 hospitable attentions enabled him to forget that he was 

 nearly two thousand miles from his home, a stranger in a 

 strange land. He desires also, specially to recognise his 

 obligations to Captain J. D. "Wilson, of the U. S. Mail 

 Steamer, Empire City, to whose devoted courtesy he owed 

 many important privileges and facilities during his absence, 

 and whose personal and professional character, it will 

 always be his delight to honor. 



New York, Oct. 21st, 1850. 



