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VITY OF DATA VIA. 



l>estileiitial a place as could be met with between 

 the tr(>])irs. Doriug" tlie lirief period tlie island 

 was under the British governnieiit, the canals 

 Med up ; the tmhk ^i^m of tke QjMd 



The houses in tlic^ city are s[)acions, but oidy 

 used as offices and storts by uu rebauts and 

 others, on account of the insalubrity of the city 

 during the night ; having concluded busitteas 

 by «r five ©*4<$efe» j»* m * tbey diiire UteJr 

 is^dences in the viomity. On the aftemOJeatt 

 my arrival I drove out with Mr. Vi<laL (a mer- 

 cantile gentleman, resident in Batavia,) to 

 Moolenfleet, about tm tfiRes from the city, 

 pmug ^ 1^ iK>Ad sonteinanmem^ in the mml 



style of Diitclj ui'cliitecture, having gardens be- 

 fore tiicm filled with various Howerino- sbrubs 

 and plants, among wbicb tlu' IJi/i'fsrffs ro.sv/ chl- 

 ntitalsj Pouwiana pulckcrrlma, and ixuru^ in 



fnll Wiass^tiii Were conspicuous feom ih6 fail- 

 liancy of their colonra. 



We arrived at a tavern kept by a Monsieur 

 Choulan, pleasantly situated jiI (bis [d;ice, but 

 it is ill-conducted, (altluiugii the best and most 

 respectable^) the proprietor having fealked a 

 doe& udti^i^d^T It ^.uisite ^ deroti& 

 any furtlier attention on tbose liy whom ho 

 acquired it. Our after dinner display disap- 



