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party of Indians as conductors, and a young 

 Indian girl, who had refided among the colo- 

 Bifts, as interpreter. 



The tide ferving for us to proceed, we 

 were compelled to make our vifit at M. 

 Schneider's much fhorter than we could have 

 wiflied ; we therefore had barely time to take 

 our breakfaft, and accompany the intelligent 

 manager in a fhort walk about the plantation, 

 in order to fee the fugar works, fome fine trees 

 of the mango, and a young plantation of the 

 breadfruit. At 10 o'clock we refumed our 

 feats in the boat when M. Schneider kindly 

 defired to contribute to our ftore fome bread, 

 and fome rum. We alfo difcovered that he 

 had lent on board, without our knowledge, half 

 a dozen bottles of very fine porter, of which 

 he had obferved us to partake, with great en- 

 joyment, at our fecond breakfaft. Inftruded 

 by M. Schneider, we were to make our next 

 home at the eftate Vigilantie, where we arrived 

 at 7 o'clock in the evening. This was a fe- 

 Tere day for our flaves. Indeed they were 

 expofed to far more of labour and exertion 

 than we fliould have required of them, but 

 from their own confent to the propofal of M. 



