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Reverting to the prote£tion demanded from 

 us, by the tender fex, we forgot for a mo- 

 ment, all the circumftances of the country 

 we were in, and, indulging in a train 

 bf European fentiments, could not refrain 

 from rebuking the man : and although re- 

 fleftion whifpered " he is but on dutyy^ I 

 confefs that I muft remain long in a land of 

 flavery, before I can witnefs fuch a fcene, 

 without feeling a ftrong imqulfe to take the 

 whip from the fellow's hand, and lay the 

 lafli acrofs his fhoulders, until he fliall relieve 

 the women, by, at leaft, partaking of their 

 toil. 



Notwithftanding the alarm of our Bar- 

 badoes acquaintance. Dr. Cleghorn and my- 

 felf continue our walks, by rambling about the 

 fields, and the paths, in the environs of Bridge- 

 Town, at an early hour of the morning : and, 

 perhaps, we do not feel more fatigue than 

 we might experience from the fame degree of 

 e^j^ercife in Europe. We, lately, walked from 

 6 to 9 o'clock, and if you had the opportunity 

 of confulting our ftately mulatto attendant, at 



