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mills, and fugar-works, although plentifully 

 ^ diftributed, in patches, about the ifland, did 

 not prefent the fcenery, nor the air of rich- 

 nefs and comfort we had expeSed. There 

 feemed to be a want of inclofures, and a£ 

 deficiency of trees and hedges. The build- 

 ings looked bare and . expofed, and there was 

 a want of that proteding flbade, for the cattle, 

 which our feelings had deemed requifite in 

 fuch a climate. The houfes, devoid of orna- 

 menr, and without chimnies, conveyed th« 

 idea of barns : nor could we aflbciate them 

 in the pidure of wealth and abundance which 

 had been called up in our minds. We la- 

 mented that the numerous windmills, houfeSjj 

 and other buildings we faw, were not more 

 protefted by the deep fhading foliage of tro- 

 pical vegetation. Had a variety of trees been 

 interfperfed, or had the branching filk-cot- 

 ton, or ftately mountain- cabbage, contributed 

 their flielter, the appearance of comfort had 

 been preferved, and the pidurefque effe£t 

 rendered more ftriklng. The land is con- 

 Xiderably varied, being hilly and unequal ; 

 ^nd from the general view, in failing along 

 iXh^ -coaft^ it appears to rife into t\yo or three 



