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contributes, at the fame time, to the health 

 and amufement of thefe poor beings, who 

 feem delighted at feeling their feet on Ihore, 

 and, in due obedience to their captain, dance 

 and frolic as they go along, either in real, or 

 in well diffembled contentment and happi- 

 nefs. 



I made a vifit on fhore this morning 

 In the intention of leaving fome books to be 

 bound, which, you will remember, I brought 

 out, in fheets, from the printer ; but you will 

 be furprifed to learn that no fuch perfon as 

 a book-binder could be found in Barbadoes. 

 We called on Mr. Hinde, and were informed 

 that, by the affiftance of his friends MefTrs. 

 Jordan and Maxwell, he had provided horfes 

 for our intended " Marooning party" to Hac- 

 kleton's Cliff, and the northern coaft of the 

 ifland ; when, upon our apologizing for be- 

 ing fo troublefome to him, and his friends, 

 and obferving that we had fent our fervants 

 to hire horfes for the journey, he replied 

 that no apologies could be neceffary, for it 

 would be " quite inconfiftent with Barbadoes 

 to fuffer ftrangers to have the trouble of pro- 

 curing horfes, or of feeking, for thenifelveSj^ 



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