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WANDERINGS IN 



Second 

 Journey. 



Stabroek. 



Court of 

 justice. 



The planta- 

 tions. 



Stabroek, the capital of Demerara, has been rapidly 

 increasing for some years back ; and if prosperity go 

 hand in hand with the present enterprising spirit, Sta- 

 broek, ere long, will be of the first colonial consideration. 

 It stands on the eastern bank at the mouth of the Deme- 

 rara, and enjoys all the advantages of the refreshing sea 

 breeze ; the streets are spacious, well bricked, and 

 elevated, the trenches clean, the bridges excellent, and 

 tlie houses handsome. Almost every commodity and 

 luxury of London may be bought in the shops at Sta- 

 broek : its market wants better regulations. The hotels 

 are commodious, clean, and well attended. Demerara 

 boasts as fine and well-disciplined militia as any colony in 

 the western world. 



The court of justice, where, in times of old, the band- 

 t^ge was easily removed from the eyes of the goddess, and 

 her scales thrown out of equilibrium, now rises in dignity 

 under the firmness, talents, and urbanity of Mr. President 

 Rough. 



The plantations have an appearance of high cultiva- 

 tion ; a tolerable idea may be formed of their value, 

 when you know that last year Demerara numbered 

 seventy-two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine 

 slaves. They made above forty-four million pounds of 

 sugar, near two million gallons of rum, above eleven 

 million pounds of coffee, and three million eight hun- 

 dred and nineteen thousand five hundred and twelve 



