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now when after leaving one horse in one place and 

 another horse in another, on the morning of Mon- 

 day the 16th, he beheld my whole caravan reduced 

 to one pair of chaise horses and a couple of miser- 

 able mules, he cast a rueful look upon my dimi- 

 nished cavalry and sighed to himself, — " I verily 

 believe, we shall return home on foot after all !" 

 I reached Spanish Town in time to dine with the 

 chief justice (Mr. Jackson), and intended to remain 

 two or three days longer ; but the fatality, which 

 had persecuted me from the very commencement 

 of this abominable journey, was not exhausted 

 yet. On Tuesday morning, my landlady just 

 hinted, that " she thought it right to let me know, 

 that to be sure there was a gentleman unwell in 

 the house ; but she supposed, that I should not 

 care about it : however, if I particularly disliked 

 the neighbourhood of a sick person, she would 

 procure me lodgings." I asked, " What was the 

 complaint ?" " Oh ! he was a little sick, that 

 was all. 5 ' To which I only could answer, that, 

 " in that case I hoped he would get better and 

 thought no more about it. However, when I 

 went to visit the governor, I found, that this 

 " little sickness" of my landlady's was neither 

 more nor less than the yellow fever 5 of which 

 the gentleman in question was now dying, of 

 which a lady had died only two days before, and 

 of which another European, newly arrived, had 

 fallen ill in this very same hotel only a fortnight 



