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hifx abode we met with in the whole of our 

 tour. The houfe and little flower garden 

 before it refemble thofe of England, and near 

 to the door is a cool avenue forming an 

 agreeable promenade, deeply (haded with the 

 foliage of a very handfome tree called the 

 ^' Evergreen." 



We walked into the fmall garden before 

 the houfe, which is laid out a ranglotfe^ and 

 has much more corredly the appearance of an ^ 

 Englifh garden, than the many very humble 

 imitations, which Englifhmen are fo often in- 

 vited to fee in France, Germany, and other 

 parts of the. continent, under the title of 

 Jardiii Anglois." 



Mr* Ellcock's favorite purfuit is bota- 

 ny. He is occupied in obtaining an extenfive 

 collection of rare and curious plants, and of 

 the different fpecies of tropical trees, and 

 fruits. He is particularly curious in his or- 

 chard ; but unfortunately he was from home^ 

 and the key was not to be found, .hence we 

 loft the opportunity of feeing perhaps the 

 jnoft varied, and valuable aifemblage of fruit 

 tree^ in the ifland. Nor could we even iteal 



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