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dress, and how free to talk to every body, we no bin 
know he come till you tell us. When last Guvnor come 
me know long before he reach Grand Sable ; him dress 
out all over so fine, him soldiers wid him, drum beating, 
flags flying, him all so grand." On his progress north- 
ward to visit the other estates, I accompanied Sir 
GEORGE across our own boundaries and through the 
neighbouring properties of mount Bentinck and Langley 
Park until he reached the road leading up to Lot 14, 
Mr. Cummings' residence, which, as it had sustained the 
least injury from the hurricane would best admit of his 
reception ; and there, several gentlemen of the neigh- 
bourhood and amongst them myself paid our personal 
respe6ts next morning. The following week the Governor 
occupied in a similar tour to the leeward side of the 
island, and from his own observation and strong repre- 
sentations of our desolate situation, accompanied by the 
estimate of losses made out by the Commissioners he had 
appointed for that purpose, we may mainly attribute the 
£20,000, which has been awarded by Parliament to this 
island. The estimated loss sustained on the whole island 
was about £200,000 and our own individual loss at a 
moderate calculation £10,863 18s. so that our proportion 
of the grant will, at 8 per cent be about £869. Small 
however as this sum is when compared with our a6tual 
loss, we shall find it in these times a most seasonable 
relief and of considerable service to us in our reduced 
circumstances. I have great reason to be thankful that 
we have not had the same expenses to incur in repairs 
at Grand Sable as many of our neighbours on the ad- 
joining estates, who were obliged to hire tradesmen at 
very high wages, there being so much competition, 
