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imported from Europe, grow abundantly all over the 
island. 
We halted for some time at Colonel Smith's 
charming place,, where he has extensive gardens and 
orchards, laid out with great taste by himself. The 
peaches were so abundant that part of them were con- 
sumed by the swine. We next visited Dr. Baldon, 
whom I had seen in Scotland, who on account of a 
pulmonary complaint has resided eight years on the 
island, kept alive by the salubrity of the air and uni- 
formity of the climate, the thermometer being seldom 
under 70 or higher than eighty. Returned to James- 
town before sun-set. 
27th. Heard Mr. Boys preach in the morning and 
Mr. Jones in the evening. Both were evangelical dis- 
courses ; and I was sorry to observe so few of the in- 
habitants of the town attending, except children and 
soldiers : the rest seemed chiefly to be strangers be- 
longing to the ships. Glad, however, was I to find 
such doctrine preached at St Helena. 
On the 28th, after dinner, rode out with Messrs. 
Boys and Hastie, to take a view of Sanday Bay, where 
there is the most romantic scenery in the island. The 
mountains form a very majestic amphitheatre, deco- 
rated with various gentlemen's seats. We halted for 
some time at one of them, Mr. Doveton's, who, 
though nearly seventy years of age, has never been off 
the island. The ride home over the mountains was so 
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