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cattle, thefe are always included in calculating 

 the flock of the eftate. Together with the 

 multitude of domeftic productions at this all- 

 fupplying abode were likewife fome of the more 

 rare and curious fpecimens — -fuch as the fmall 

 lion, — monkey — and the large powys, or wild 

 turkey of the woods ; alfo the trumpeter, the 

 fly-catcher, and feveral other uncommon birds. 

 Our walk was highly gratifying, and offered 

 much to excite, as well as to intereft our con- 

 templations. We extended it to the fea beach, 

 and found the fand flat and firm as a bowling- 

 green, and of a dark brown colour, whence it 

 was neither liable to be blown into the eyes, 

 nor to offend them by its brightnefs. A cool 

 and conftant fea-breeze adds to the many ad- 

 vantages of this fituation : it is always free 

 and pure, there being nothing to impede or 

 contaminate it between the houfe and the 

 ocean. After it grew dark a rubber was pro- 

 pofed as the amufement of the evening — but 

 cards had no power to attract the majority 

 of us from the dear unfinifhed Times and 

 Chronicle. .We flept in hammocks according 

 to the common mode of the country, and a 

 moft excellent and convenient mode it is, for a 

 very large party may be thus accommodated 



