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Show JAMA(Ct\. 128 I \ . I . k' ds arc rene crec smgu ar, I f vanous m . and t tc trees 0 . which hug their trunks. . se creepers by the mtmcn bear a large white trumpet f 1 creepers · Some o t tcse h· !some. Ncar the road·sidc d arc very .tnc blossom, an ' kl a place of confinement and R d cy wor · to use, stands 0 . l tn noton.o us . 1 former days, as a scene of n · pums unen ' c I n it bas lost at once its iu- 1 Under ,recc or ' . . erne ty. . We were kmdly received by t •s and ItS terrors. rna e . M . · k and his sister, and accommo-the MissiOnary etnc . I b d d· d free o f. ·•1l l ex. p ense ' with bed am oar -· a ,tte ' . 'd . cooked for our dinner. A meetmg rnountam ki w.ts . h' h for worshi.p hac1 be, cn a ppointed for the cvenmg, w dIC d, notwi. thstand.m g t he stormv weather, was atten e J • d by many hun d r.e d s o f the labonn. g people, an was an occasi.O n o f nl UCh feeling and mtcrest. c \1 · ' Another meet.m g was ajJpointed for the 10 owmg evcn.m ", at S t. A nn e's Bay' on the northern coast, at a ch. stanebe o f thirty-five miles; and, as our road lay ove1r l\fount D.m vo lo, t' t was necessary to start very\ eba r y . . But our horses, which hal een m the mornmg. . h ti and we were d t to grass were lost m t e og, turne on ' · ournev before foiled in our attempt to commence our J . . the usual breakfast h om.· The ·' tscent of .M ount dDt a.· volo is laborious, cont·m m· ng f or rna ny miles·' an , mlk order to relieve our horses, it was necessa~y to w~ . 1 B t for tins exertiOn in the heat most of t te way. n d I' htful- we were amp1 V rep a·u 1 · The scenery was . e Ig 1 · s the hi\h are CO· Vered W.i th 1c 0res t 'an d the distant P. aiD'f · a successiOn ° beautifully cultivated, Wl~re seen m \opes · . · · On the steeps views, between their pro.Jectwns. b f plotsnf immediately below the road, are a num cr o I were ground, lately purchased b Y t 1t e ne gToeS ' W iO .JAMAICA. 129 busily engaged in cultivating them, and in building their cottages. It is a land of rich pastures; the fine cattle seemed half buried in the guinea grass; and the meadows on the brow of the mountain, in which they were feeding, were richly adorned with fern-like tufts of bamboo. These grow to the height of forty or fifty feet, and wave about in the wind, like gigantic ostrich feathers. 'l'he road on the northen side of the mountain winds down by a gradual descent, into the luxuriant valley of Moneague, which is covered with guinea grass and other herbage, and is very similar, in appearance, to some of the picturesque, fertile valleys of Wales. But, amidst these beautiful scenes, we were undergoing the uneasiness of being belated, with an appointed meeting ahead, which we could not reach. Eighteen miles further had we to travel from Moneague, before we could arrive at the place of our destination; the rain was falling in torrents, and the road, in parts, was steep !and difficult. At length we reached St. Anne's bay; and, on our arrival at the chapel, found the people in the act of dispersing. They rallied with surprising rapidity; and, tired as we were of travelling, and they of waiting, we all derived refreshment, I trust, from a short but solemn meeting for worship; during which the negroes, who bad come from the country in large numbers, evinced their usual seriousness and good behavior. We afterwards found art agreeable resting-place, under the hospitable roof of the Baptist missionary, Thomas F. Abbott. His bouse is on the brow of a high hill, and commands an animating view of the thriving little town, the bay, the K |