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Jested while he acts as a gentleman, and does not insult the; esta* 

 blished religion. His Excellency the Bishop is a most worthy pre-> 

 late, and were the inferior orders in his diocese to follow his steps in! 

 cultivating the sciences, and diffusing useful information, they 

 would command greater respect from their flocks, and by that 

 means further the interests of the religion they profess. Priests, 

 so ignorant, can hardly escape contempt. 



No endemial diseases at present prevail here. The small-pox' 

 formerly, and indeed of late, made great havoc among the inhabi- 

 tants, but its progress has been checked by the introduction of 

 vaccine innoculation» Professors attended at a large hall belonging 

 to the governor, to which the public were invited, and the operation 

 was performed gratis. It is to be hoped that the credit of this pre- 

 ventative will make its way among the people here, for they are 

 not competent to enter into the merits of that controversy which 

 injured it in Europe. 



Here are few manufactures of any consequence ; a little coarse 

 cotton is spun by the hand, and woven into cloth, which serves for 

 a variety of wearing apparel, sheets, &c. They make a beautiful 

 kind of net-work for hammocks, which are fringed with lace, and 

 form an elegant piece of furniture, being slung low, so as to answer 

 the purpose of sofas. The ladies are particularly fond of using 

 them, especially when the heat of the weather disposes them to ease 

 and indolence. The making of lace is a general employment for 

 females, some of whom excel in it. The shop-keepers here are a 

 numerous class, who, as in most colonial towns, deal in almost every 

 thing, and sometimes make great fortunes. Here are few doctors 

 of medicine, but many apothecaries ; some silver-smiths, whose 

 articles are equally indifferent both in metal and workmanship ; 

 tailors and shoe-makers in great numbers ; and joiners, who manu- 

 facture very beautiful wood, but are not so moderate in their 

 charges as the former classes of tradesmen. In the out-skirts of the 

 city live a number of Creolian Indians, who make earthen-ware for 



