LETTER XXV. 



Author and his comrades male an excurjton to CoL Wih 

 Hams' s» Cujlom of riding ivith a fugar cane. Soil of 

 Barbadoes. Pi£furefque fcenery of the dif riB called ScoU 

 land, Suueet fhades" of Turner s hall luood. Boiling 

 or inflammable fpring, Barbadoes Tar. Lemons left to, 

 fall under the treeSy like crabs. Mountain cabbage- 

 tree. View from Mount ^Hilloughhy. A ** runaway 

 ejlatey A golden orchard, A *' fecial' rock.^^ Cray- 

 fi[h fcupy and Centurian Oranges. Evening ride to Bridge- 

 Town, Running faves the only alloy to a mofl delighijid 

 excurfton, Belfaf tr an/port captured by the enemy. Trees, 

 plafitSi and fruits of Barbadoes. Remarks concerning 

 the cultivation and flavour of pines ^ Page 292, 



LETTER XXVL 



Convoys and packet fill delayed. Single veffels arrive. Tranf- 

 ports taken by the enemy. InhabilaJUs anxious to have the 

 troops employed. Sailors deftrt from the Lord Shef- 



feld. Alarm concerning a boat's crew. Oars employed 

 as fails. Negroes in fave fjips taught to be ufeful. 

 Captains of Gnineamen walk on f:)ore with parties of the 



fhip^s cargo. Book-binding not among the trades of 

 Barbadoes. Preparations for an excurfion to Hackleton's 

 cliff. The church at Bridge Town. The fignal cods ^ 

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Marooning excurfion to the windward coafl of Barbadoes,, 

 Harrifons Cave. Sugar Hill, Joes River, Unhappy 



