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The day paffed moft pleafantly : — all was 

 harmony and good cheer. The hofpitality 

 which fpread the feaft, enriched its flavor* 

 and the entertainment was highly graced 

 by the urbanity and attentive politenefs of 

 the dodor and his lady. On our way back to 

 Bridge-Town, in the evening, we perceived 

 the air to be, more clofe and oppreffive, 

 and the heat greater as we defcended from 

 each plain of table-land ; fo that the dif- 

 ference we felt between breathing in the 

 town, and in the cool breeze of the country 

 was very flrikhig, and led us to felicitate 

 the do6tor in having fo advantageoufly ex- 

 changed phyfic for fugar — ^ the confined ftreets 

 of the town for the open hills of the country. . 



It was the feafon of cutting the canes, 

 and Dr. Hinde, kindly attentive to our gra- 

 tification, had contrived that the works 

 fhould be going, in order that we might wit- 

 nefs the method by which the faccharine 

 juice is feparated from the canes, and after- 

 wards prepared into fugar. We alfo vifited 

 the diftilling houfe, and infpeded the ap- 

 paratus for making the rum 5 hence, we had 



