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I was much struck with the different shades of coloured people, 

 the mestee,* mulatto, -f- sambo,| and black. 



The foregoing towns are to the north-east of Stabroek, the 

 village or town of Werk en Rust, so called after the name of 

 an estate to which the land formerly was attached, joins it to 

 the south-west, and is the residence of a number of merchants 

 in the American business ; it is not so well or regularly laid 

 out as the others ; besides which, the burial-ground being 

 here, which consists of ten acres, makes it unpleasant ; there 

 are but few grave or tomb stones. 



Before cultivation extended itself, this part of the country 

 was inundated with deluges of rain ; but the seasons, as the 

 land was cleared, soon became more settled, and the rain less 

 heavy. Two wet and two dry seasons complete the year: the 

 former commences in December, and continues January and 

 February, and June, July, and August ; the latter occupies 

 the intervening months. In the rainy season the thermometer 

 is generally lower than at other times ; the land winds are also 

 prevalent, which are esteemed unhealthy; and the number of 

 mosquitoes which infest all buildings are extremely trouble- 

 some, indeed, so much so, that the planter making a new 



* Between a white and mulatto. f Between a white and negress. 



X Between a mulatto and negress. 



