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the great produce of this part of thelfland. 

 Some fields of aloes, and of plantains, were 

 alfo feen : but there appeared a degree of 

 nakednefs from the want of wood, of which 

 there is not a fufficiency to giv^ a general 

 richnefs to the landfcape, although about the 

 great Backra-houks there are feveral fine 

 groves of the coco-nut and the majeftic 

 mountain- cabbage trees. 



We arrived about two o'clock, having 

 made our ride in the ftrongefl: heat of the 

 day ; but from the purity and frefhnefs of 

 the air, and from the country being more 

 elevated, as we advanced, we felt no degree 

 of languor or oppreffion, from a full ex- 

 pofure to the fun. At the dodor's houfe, 

 in confequence of the fituation and con- 

 ftrudion of the building, we felt it cooler 

 than either in Bridge-Tov^n, or Carlifle Bay. 

 The party at dinner confided of eight ladies, 

 and fourteen gentlemen ; the attendants were 

 alfo numerous, yet, notwithftanding the num- 

 ber of perfons in the room, and the many \ 

 fmoking dlfhes on the table, the fteady per- 

 jSation of the breeze kept us fufSciently cool, 

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