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William in "The Haunted Tower," and Don Juan in 

 the pantomime which followed. The theatre is neat 

 enough, but, I am told, very inferior in splendour to 

 that in Kingston. As to the performance, it was 

 about equal to any provincial theatricals that I ever 

 saw in England ; although the pieces represented 

 were by no means well selected, being entirely 

 musical, and the orchestra consisting of nothing 

 more than a couple of fiddles, My stay in Spanish 

 Town has been too short to admit of my inspecting 

 the antiquities of it, which must be reserved for a 

 future visit, although I never intend to make a 

 longer than the present. The difference of climate 

 was very sensible, both at Spanish Town and Kings- 

 ton ; and the suffocating closeness made me long 

 to breathe again in the country. 



The governor happened to be absent on a tour 

 in the north ; but I had an opportunity of seeing 

 many of the principal persons of the island during 

 my residence here ; and the civilities which I re- 

 ceived from all of them were not only more than I 

 expected, but such as I should be unreasonable if 

 I had desired more, and very ungrateful if 1 could 

 ever forget them. 



February 7« 

 We were to return by the North Road, and set 

 out at six in the morning. The first stage was to 

 the West Tavern, nineteen miles ; and nothing can 

 be imagined at once more sublime and more beau- 



