secuis to he required ; anil in some places a >oli- 

 tary gun is perched ; so iitot lie islan4 



art* Oil advanring" toward tlic ancliorage, the 

 barren clifls, wliirh lirfore alone met tlie eye, are 

 both varied and contrasted by moini tains covered 

 with verdure, rising from the inland part of tlie 

 island^ about whieli a licms^ are vHm 



seen scattered. 



The castellated tniildiog, called High Knowle, 

 has a pretty and picturesque effect, prrelietl on 

 the summit of a very high eminence, and re- 

 miMiag ijt 0ie mtlerlii siixillat^tuiitioDs 

 seen on the picturesque banks of thfe IJhine. 



James's Town is a small, neat town> built in 

 a vale, or glen, which gradually recedes as it 

 proceeds inland ; and the town is etintined on 



and of the most barren aspect. The neat church 



is readily distinguislied by its tn\\Tr ; and the 

 green foliagi; of vegi tatiun in the gardens adjoin- 

 ing the houses eharms the eye by the agreeable 



We landed^ wi^idciit iilisonif^^ien actlihe ateps 

 near tln^ watering-plaee, on the k'ft of tlu' inirlior- 

 age ; but it often happens that the surf auil eddy 

 renders a landing extremely iuconvenieiitj and 

 €Vfin dangerous, A hroad causeway Ind to James** 



