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This farm has the advantage of very fine timber in its neighbour- 

 hood, and when the improvements, begun by the governor, are com- 

 pleted, it will be well provided with water, brought from a distance 

 of six miles, in sufficient quantities to wash the hills, and to 

 work the machinery of a sugar-mill. On the estate were employed 

 about fifty negroes, and half that number of free Indians; the 

 latter ate at their master's expence, and earned about sixpence a day ; 

 but they appeared far less laborious and handy than the negroes. 

 They were clearing grounds and making walks in a wood, which 

 when finished will render the place a most agreeable summer-retreat. 



Among the many marks of kindness with which the governor 

 honoured me, I must not omit his repeated assurances, that in 

 the event of war between our respective countries, which was then 

 talked of, he would not detain me. After remaining here five days, 

 which were rendered as agreeable as possible by the polite civilities 

 of my host, we set out on our return in the order in which Ave came : 

 the governor and his lady in a carriage drawn by four mules, his 

 aide-de-camp and myself on horseback, and six dragoons in front, 

 the guard always allowed to an officer of his rank. We arrived at 

 St. Paul's without any material occurrence. 



This city is seldom visited by foreigners. The passes to it from the 

 coast are so singularly situated, that it is almost impossible to avoid 

 the guards who are stationed in them, to inspect all travellers and 

 merchandize passing into the interior. Soldiers of the lowest rank 

 on these stations have a right to examine all strangers who present 

 themselves, and to detain them and their property, unless they 

 can produce passports. I and my friends in our way hither were 

 thrice obhged to exhibit our licence from the governor of Santos, 

 which was attested. Our appearance at St. Paul's excited con- 

 siderable curiosity among all descriptions of people, who seemed by 

 their manner never to have seen Englishmen before ; the very children 

 testified their astonishment, some by running away, others by 

 counting our fingers, and exclaiming, that we had the same number 



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