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tinderftandlng ! Her intelligence and qiuck- 

 nefs of percepaon affured us that ihe had ta- 

 lents capable of high improvement ; and it is 

 probable, that had fortune lo placed her in 

 life, as to have offered her the acquirer 

 ments of a chafte and cultivated education^ 

 this woman, notwithftanding the color of 

 her fkin, had made a faithful and virtuous 

 wife ; been an ornament to her friends and 

 fociety ; and a blefling to the man who 

 fliould have made her the partner of his hours. 



The taverns are commonly known by 

 the names of the perfons who keep them. 

 The moll frequented, at Bridge Town, are 

 thofe of Nancy Clarke, and Mary Bella 

 Green ; the former a black — the latter a mu- 

 latto woman. Mrs. Clarke, or Mrs. Green 

 would fcarcely be known ! A party is faid to 

 dine at Mary Bella Green's, or at Nancy 

 Clarke's — or, more concifely, at Mary Bellas 

 or at Nai2cys, —ThQ title Mrs— feems to be 

 referved, folely, for the ladies irom turope, 

 and the white Creoles, and to form a diftinc- 

 tion between them and the women ot color of 

 all claifes and defcriptions — po of wbom, 



