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LETTER VII. 



Further hope— and further dif appointment. Another divifiofi 

 of the Portfmouth convoy reaches Barbadoes. Rumour of a 



fecret Expedition. Concerning the probable feparation of the 

 author and his comrades. Expert nefs of Negroes in the 

 water. One of their modes of Bathing. Negroes atten^ 

 five to their teeth. Mode of cleaning them with fand and 



fea water, 



Barbadoes, April 13. 



\^*ere we in danger, as often as in alarm, 

 our friends might, indeed, have ferious appre- 

 henfions both for us, and for " good old Bar- 

 badoes." The enfign of alarm has again ap- 

 peared this morning at the feveral fignal pofts 

 along the coaft, implying that another ftrange 

 fleet was in fight ; and which was obferved to 

 be {landing dire&ly for the ifland. We were 

 all very quickly on the look-out — our only 

 fear that it fhould prove to be but a part, in- 

 ftead of the whole of our long wiihed for 

 convoy from Portfmouth* 



By means of the telefcope it was foon 

 difcovered that many of the {hips had troop 

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