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CHAP. The former of thefe is fo fmall as to be fcarcely vifible 

 the latter is fomething larger, and formed like a crab,, 

 and both agree in adhering clofely to the ikin, and oc- 

 c?.iioning an intolerable itching. Thefe infers abound 

 moft during the rainy feafon, when the beft means of 

 avoid in their attacks is fuppofed to be by walking bare- 

 foot, as ' } ey are beheved to faften more eafily, and con- 

 fcquenriy in greater numbers, upon the cloaths, whence 

 however they very fpeedily find their way to the fkin. 

 We did not get rid of our difagreeable companions till 

 Gur return to the fhip, when we wafhed the affeded parts 

 with the juice of limes or lemons, which confiderably al- 

 leviated our troublefome fenfations. 



On the 3d of March we received a vifit from feveral 

 officers of the Society, or Weft India Company's troops,, 

 accompanied by a number of other gentlemen, to wel- 

 come our arrival in the colony. Nor were they fatisfied 

 with paying us merely a compliment in words, but re- 

 galed us with a large quantity of excellent fruits and 

 other refrefhments. They came in very elegant barges 

 or tent-boats, adorned with fiagSj, and attended by fmall 

 bands of mulic. The velTels were rowed by lix or eight 

 negroes, who were entirely without cloaths, except a 

 fmall ftripe of check or other linen cloth, which was 

 paffed between their thighs, and failened before and be- 

 hind to a thin cotton ftring tied round their loins. As 

 the colonifts generally make choice of their handfomeft 

 Haves for this office, and to attend them at table, Sec, 

 I the 



