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and water would have lasted. There is a 

 small battery on the level of the sea, in front 

 of the town, mounted with five guns; ano- 

 ther formerly existed at the N. W. extre- 

 mity of the bay, but is now dismantled. 



The appearance of the town as seen from 

 a vessel standing into the bay, is neat and 

 pretty, the houses being whitewashed, and 

 in general covered with red tiles. To the 

 eastward there is a range of hills of no great 

 elevation, but steep and of conical form ; 

 their bases are sandy, but their summits 

 covered with brushwood. The wind rushes 

 through the intervals between them with 

 great violence into the bay, and thus con- 

 tributes to its insecurity. 



I landed with Capt. Dawkins on the 

 morning of the 1 8th, and immediately wait- 

 ed on the governor, a civil and rather agree- 

 able man, about forty years of age, and 



