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in the West Indies, (Tobago excepted), by the ge¬ 
neral pacification which took place in January 
1783; a pacification upon which, whatever may 
be its general merits, it is impossible but that the 
English sugar planters (except perhaps those of 
the ceded island) must reflect with grateful satisfac¬ 
tion. It might indeed have been wished, by those 
who have at heart the present repose and future 
prosperity of mankind, that some salutary regula¬ 
tions had been framed, at the same time, for pre¬ 
venting the revival of those unhappy national ani¬ 
mosities among the white inhabitants of Grenada, 
of which, I have so largely spoken, and which I 
am sorry to be informed, were renewed on the re¬ 
storation of the island, with additional force and ag¬ 
gravated violence. It is not my intention however 
to enter into any further detail on the subject. As 
a friend to the interests of humanity, independent 
of religious opinions, and locality of birth, I shall 
rejoice, if means can be found to restore to this lit¬ 
tle community that peace, confidence and unanimi¬ 
ty, without which its inhabitants must be a ruined 
people, and a prey to the first invader. 
Having thus, as I conceive, sufficiently treated of 
the historical and political concerns of this valuable 
colony, I shall conclude with a short display of its 
present state (1791), in respect of soil, population, 
productions, and exports; premising, that many of 
those little islands which are called the Grenadines, 
no longer appertain to the government of Grenada. 
By an arrangement of the British administration, 
