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LETTER XXV. 



Author and his comrades make an excurfion to Cel. Wil" 

 Hams' s. Cufiom of riding with a fugar cane. Soil of 

 Barbadoes, PiBurefque .fcenery of the diflriB called Scot-- 

 land. ** Sweet Jhades'^ of Turner* s-hall wood. Boiling 

 or inflammable fpring. Barbadoes-Tar. Lemons left to 



fall under the treesy like crabs. Mountain cabbage" 

 tree. View from Mount Hilloughby. A ** runaway 

 ejlate.** A golden orchard, A " fecial rock,** Cray* 



f/Ij foupy and Centurian Oranges, Evening ride to Bridge^ 

 'lown. Running Jlaves the only alloy to a mofl delightful 

 eKcurfion, Belfafl tranfport captured by the enemy, Trees y 



plants, and fruits^ of Barbadoes, Remarks concerning 

 the cultivation and favor of pines, 



Barbadoes, Feb. 



E have made another very delightful ex- 

 ' eurfion, and lind this little ifland more inter- 

 efting and pidurefque than my pen can tell 

 you. Being invited to form a party to the 

 plantation of Col. Williams, and to go very 

 early, in order that we might extend our ride 

 to fome of the moft beautiful fpots of the 

 ifland, before dinner, Cleghorn, Mailer, and 



