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such marks of truth and feeling, that I cannot 

 believe the whole to be mere acting and mum- 

 mery. 



I dined with Mr. All wood at Shaftstone, his pen 

 near Blue-fields, and at half past seven found 

 myself once more on board the Sir Godfrey 

 Webster. 



To fill up my list of Jamaica delicacies, I must 

 not forget to mention, that I did my best to pro- 

 cure a Cane-piece Cat roasted in the true African 

 fashion. The Creole negroes, however, greatly 

 disapproved of my venturing upon this dish, which 

 they positively denied having tasted themselves ; 

 and when, at length, the Cat was procured, last 

 Saturday, instead of plainly boiling it with negro- 

 pepper and salt, they made into a high seasoned 

 stew, which rendered it impossible to judge of its 

 real flavour. However, I tasted it, as did also 

 several other people, and we were unanimous in 

 opinion, that it might have been mistaken for a 

 very good game-soup, and that, when properly 

 dressed, a Cane-piece Cat must be excellent food. 



One of the best vegetable productions of the 

 island is esteemed to be the Avogada pear, some- 

 times called " the vegetable marrow." It was 

 not the proper season for them, and with great 

 difficulty I procured a couple, which were said to 

 be by no means in a state of perfection. Such as 

 they were, I could find no great merit in them ; 

 they were to be eaten cold with pepper and salt, and 



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