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Show 74 DOMINICA· h t vithont good cause, they and matron, w on1, no ' . . h lace are accustomed to call the1r many others m t e P . , l'l e were received w1th abundant " mother. Jere w . . d provided with good accommoda. cord 1ahty, an were . . 1 1. b I nd board dunng our stay on the twn, bot 1 o el a ' . . rl , Af artakin" of a hearty breakfast, and 1s!an . ter P " makm. g a fie w nee dful arrang-em.e nts, we proceeded, to G t Honse and pa1d our respects to Ma-the overnmen ' ' . . M'PI .1 tb Lieut. Governor. He and Ius lady )Or m1, e . . ·h ad g1. ven a k'm d reception to some miSSionary mem-b ers o f. our s-o c1'ety, when he was governor of. Santa M aura, one o f tile Ionian islands ; and very kmd and cor dm. 1 were they to ourselves. We frequently par-took of their hospitality, and were glad to meet at their table white and colored persons without distinc· tion. The m!~jor is a man of great integrity anu liberal views. He was imprisoned two months, on one occa· sion, in Portugul, for refusing to kneel before tiJC host. When in Greece, he was an able and success· ful promoter of education; and in Dominica, he has proved himself, through no small difficulties, to be the undaunted protector of the rights of the negro. I wish I had the opportunity of introducing to thee our friends Fillan and Bellot. The former is a ~oung. man with the wool of Africa on his head, but full of bodily and mental energy, ardent in the cause of reh~ ion and humanity, but naturally prone to merriment. He is a plant of no stunted growth, which won!~ ~e~r a h. ttle prunm. g ; an d remm· d e d me of QuintJhans say.m g, m. h1·s work on e d ucat·w n, " Des quod .a mpu· tern-give me something to cut rlf." I draw this ~ortrait, at the risk of annqying him, for the sake of the DOMINICA. 75 race with which he is connected. Bellot is an intelligent well-educated person, a member of the legisla~ ture, and much respected in the colony. On our return from the Governor's, we found they had provided horses, and were ready to accompany us on our excursion into the country. The day was hot, but the temptation of the scenery was irresistible. We first ascended Mont Bruce, a military station, from which there is an enchanting view of the Roseau valley, which winds along between many shaped rocks and mountains, itself luxuriantly green; with the little river of that name running, or rather rushing, through the midst of it. As we rode up and down the hill, we observed on its brow many garden grounds . of free setlers, filled with orange trees, plantains, and other fruits and vegetables. We then took our course along the valley itself for a few miles, until we arrived at one of Bellot's estates, where we found his people busily engaged in making sugar. He has had the good sense to lease out portions of his land to independent settlers, many of whom are at work upon his estate. His sugar works are in the valley; and, after leaving them, we pursued a winding road up a high hill, which led us to his house at Copthall. When there, I observed a curious little building on the premises- of new stone well cemented-out of which the pigs were emerging one after another. On examination 1 found it was the "bilboes" or "cachot ;" an abominable place, without light or air, or as nearly so as possible, in which the wretched negroes had formerly been punished with solitary confinement. During slavery and the apprenticeship, Copthall had |