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dows, the wild neglefted trees, the obtrufive 

 weeds, and half covered walks all befpeak, 

 in doleful decline, its former beauty ; and 

 while they create a fcene, at once romantic 

 and pidurefque, excite the mod painful feel- 

 ings of regret, and lead to gloomy refledtions 

 concerning the inftability of all earthly things. 

 The objeds around convey the image of the 

 mafter's now difordered mind, and the whole 

 place feems to deplore in fympathetic fadnefs 

 the melancholy derangement of his once rare 

 and fplendid faculties : and truly may it be 

 faid that Joe's river mourns the fhattered in- 

 telledt, and participates, in foft and faft wither- 

 ing forrow, the afflidling ills that have be- 

 fallen this diftinguifhed ornament of Barba- 

 does. 



Having viewed every part of this inter- 

 eftlng eftate, with a minutenefs of attention 

 which was merited, equally by its fituation 

 and improvements, as by the painful hiftory 

 of its late accomplifhed owner, we left it with 

 regret, earneflly fympathizing with our 

 friends in the fad lofs they fo heavily and fo 

 juftly deplored. 



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