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trees. Through the fhipping at the bottom 

 of the bay, are feen numbers of neat cot- 

 tages ; among which are interfperfed va- 

 rious tropical trees, affording the proteding 

 flielter of their umbrageous fummits. On 

 the fouth-weft fhore ftands Bridge-town, the 

 capital of the ifland ; and on the north-eaft, 

 upon high ground, is a new and handfome 

 quadrangle of ftone barracks, with the mili- 

 tary hofpital and other buildings of St. Anne's 

 Hill. Nor is the profpe(5l confined to thefe 

 limits. It extends ftill wider, and in addition 

 to the water, the {hipping, and the numerous 

 other objeds, immediately before the eye, 

 the back ground, beyond the bay, and above 

 the town, forms a rich and extenfive land- 

 fcape. The land is feen above the houfes, 

 the trees, and the topmafts of the fhip$, rifmg 

 to a great diftance, clothed in all the richnefs 

 of its tropical apparel. Verdant fields of 

 fugar, of coffee, and of cotton ; fine groves, 

 dark with luxuriant foliage ; country villas ; 

 dufters of negro huts, windmills, and fugar- 

 works, all prefent themfelves to diverfify 

 and enliven the pidlure. Such was the fcene 

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