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brimming punch-bowl wasfet before us, and 

 pleafant lively converfation prevailed until Tap- 

 per called us to further feafting, which conti- 

 nued until the hour of repofe. After fupper 

 Mifs HoUingfworth kindly, as fweetly, added 

 foft melody to complete the harmony of the 

 entertainment. 



We retired to reft, according to the cuC- 

 torn of the country, at an early hour. Drs. 

 Matter, Cleghorn, and myfelf were accom- 

 modated in one fpacious room. It was the 

 firft night we flept on fhore, and you will judge 

 of the temperature of thefe regions, when I 

 tell you that, in this cool part of the moft 

 Windward Ifland, and in the month of 

 February, we fet open the windows of the 

 room, and threw afide all the bedding and 

 clothes, preferving to each perfon only a hard 

 mattrefs, and a fingle fheet. With this ar- 

 rangement we paffed the night in found re- 

 pofe, and rofe at fix in the morning, well 

 prepared for another marooning day. 



We rode before breakfaft to fee the 

 Barbadoes or Codrington College. On our way 

 we paiTed an eftate called " Society," and oa 



