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Nq accurate tidings at Barbadoes of the approach of the 

 Port/mouth Convoy. Symptoms of the troops moving. Drs. 

 Henderfon and Cave ordered to remain in charge of the 

 fck of the St, Domingo divifon. Author cautions his friend 

 not to liften to the alarming rumours of ficknefs, and death. 

 Great numbers in hofpital — their maladies mild, and Eu- 

 ropean-— not endemic. Author witnejfes a cafe of yellow fever 

 in company with Dr. Jachfon. 



April ii. 



Could it have been foretold that on the i ith 

 day of April the people of Barbadoes would 

 have remained wholly ignorant regarding the 

 fituation of an itnmenfe fleet of fhips which 

 failed for that ifland, from England, in the 

 month of November preceding, the myfteries 

 of the prophet Brothers had fcarceiy been held 

 more abfurd ! Yet fo it is, for all here ftill 

 continue in total darknefs refpeding the Portf- 

 mouth convoy ! But fome fymptoms of mov- 

 ing are now exhibited, which feem to indicate 

 that the troops already arrived will not be 

 longer detained inactive. 



