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IXiy anxiety, and be afliired that we fliould 

 not fail to meet with good accommodations, 

 and a fincere welcome, by only announcing 

 ourfelves in propriis perfonihus i and this in- 

 formation proved to be perfe£Hy correal:, fot 

 Mr. Hollingfworth greeted us cordially, and 

 entertained us in all the genuine hofpitality 

 of the illand. Eight vifitors, eight flaves, 

 and eight horfes, thus dropping in unexpe£l- 

 edly, and at night, were received with fuch 

 kindnefs and unafFeded urbanity as to af- 

 fure us that thrice the number would have 

 been joyfully welcomed. No cold, nor for- 

 bidding ceremony ; no feeming hurry nof 

 confufion ; no derangement of the houfehold 

 appeared. We were all immediately at home ; 

 no mark of furprize, or inconvenience vv^as 

 evinced; not an individual was incommoded j 

 the duties of the family were continued; nor 

 was there the fiighteft mark of interruption in 

 any department of this hofpitable home. The 

 ufual order was maintained, and it only ap- 

 peared as though we were a part of the family. 

 The mauvaifa honte^ the confufion and embar- 

 raflment but too common, upon fimilar oc* 

 cafions in England, were utterly unknown ; 

 ^nd we at once belonged to the family. The 



