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her mother, he had permitted the fugitives to 

 establish themselves in his garden-cottage, till the 

 troubles of their own country should be over. 

 She talked perfectly good English, for she said that 

 there were many of that nation established in Provi- 

 dence. Her name was Antonietta. Her figure was 

 light and elegant ; her black eyes mild and bright ; 

 her countenance intelligent and good-humoured; 

 and her teeth beautiful to perfection: altogether, 

 Antonietta was by far the handsomest Creole that I 

 have ever seen. 



From Blue-fields we proceeded at once to La- 

 kovia (a small village), a stage of thirty miles. 

 Here we found a relay of horses, which conveyed 

 us by seven o'clock to " the Gutturs ;" a house 

 belonging to the proprietor of the post-horses, and 

 which is situated at the very foot of the tremen- 

 dous May-day Mountains. The house is an excel- 

 lent one, and we found good beds, eatables, and, 

 in short, every thing that travellers could wish. 

 The distance from Lakovia to " the Gutturs " is 

 sixteen miles. 



February % 



Yesterday the only very striking point of view 

 (although the whole of the road was picturesque) 

 was " the Cove," situated between Blue-fields and 

 Lakovia, and which resembled the most beautiful 

 of the views of coves to be found in " Cook's Voy- 

 ages ;" but our journey to-day was a succession of 



