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happiness of beholding the good effects of his hu¬ 
manity and wisdom, in the flourishing condition of 
the several islands under his government. 
The prosperity of Antigua was manifested in its 
extensive population; for when, in the year 1690, 
general Codrington commanded on the expedition 
against the French inhabitants of St. Christopher’s, 
as hath been related in the history of that island, 
Antigua furnished towards it no less than eight 
hundred effective men: a quota which gives room 
to estimate the whole number of its white inhabi¬ 
tants at that time, at upwards of five thousand. 
Mr. Codrington dying in 1698, was succeeded in 
his government by his son Christopher; a gentleman 
eminently distinguished for his attainments in polite 
literature 3 and who, treading in the same paths 
as his illustrious father, gave the people under his 
government the promise of a long continuance of 
felicity.* His administration, however, terminated 
at the end of six years; for in 1704 he was supers 
seded (I know not on what account) by Sir William 
Mathews; who dying soon after his arrival, the 
queen was pleased to appoint to the government 
of this, and the neighbouring islands, Daniel Park, 
* He was the author, if I mistake not, of a copy of verses prefixed 
to Garth’s Dispensary, and in which is this beautiful triplet: 
I read thee over with a lover’s eye : 
Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy : 
Thou art all beauty;—or all blindness I. 
