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place, should he iWv ujum the i^>l}ui(l ; a fore- 

 boding realized not a very long time alter* 

 On returning from our visit to H^e tantb^ ^ttld 



tered the small g^rjep^ kept in very neat order, 

 dinnified hv the nam(* of Hofrtnic Gardon ; it 

 aflords a cool and agreeable proiiienade, but 

 Contains notlung to excite the attention of any 



News having arrived at ihv island, of its hav- 

 ing been cban^'ed from the Ilonourahb' tiic East 

 India Coni])any*s to the King's government, much 

 speculation has been excited in consequence 

 teth mmg, ^ Company's w4 t^"- 



tliere is a great variety of opinions : the inha- 

 bitants enjov their own notions, none of wliicli 

 will probably ever be realized. They are daily 

 in expectation of news from England iSfU tb^ 



Tinh is Vi^^ 'abundant, and not confined, as I 

 lormcrly su]>posc{l, to albicore, mackarel, l>oncto, 

 ami H\ ing-bsb ; l)ut they have a great number of 

 .species, (it bus been stated amounting to even SO 

 many m n htmdred and twenty,) cOnm^tin^ qJ* 



The UiiiU of rain Ibr ihu [>huitution> a|>|iuar5 tt* bt' nittl'h 

 nccMU'tl ; Init iicKt moutli luwv mm in rspcrU<l to Ihll, 



