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Show liS JAMAICA· d ally satisfied-equally at their borers, all seeme eqn · h II . ne property wluc wou c occa-ease. Here then was 0 . . ' t f Jamaica-another whtch would sion a bad repor 0 ' ' . . · t a "ood report. As 1 t regards the as surely gtve rtse o o . 1 lves both reports arc true-and properttes t JCmse ' . . I ctive results of two opposttc modes they are t Je respe of management. D k. • Caymanas we had the pleasure of At aw m s ' ' · · t esting spectacle ; for the laborers witnessmg an m cr I ty with their wives, sons, and daughters, on t 1e pwpcr ' tl t day met at a pic-nic dinner. The table, were on JU ' .. f l til was spread under a wattled hmldmg 0 vast eng , ' . erecte d 1r 0r t!Je purpos· e ' and at the convemeut hour of six in the evening (after the day's work was finish-ed) was loaded with all sorts of good fare-soup, fish, r 1 pt"gs -1nd J. oints of meat in abundance. About lOWS, ' ( . . . one hundred and fifty men and women, of the Afncan race, attir<'d with the greatest neatness; 'were assembled, in much harmony and order, to partak~;, of the feast; hut no drink was provided stronger than water. It was a sober, substantial repast-the festival of peace and freedom. This dinner was to ha\"e taken place on New Year's day; hut it so happened, that a Baptist Meeting House in another part of the island, bad been destroyed by fire; and, at the suggestion of tbe:r minister, these honest people agreed to waive thetr dinner, and to subscribe their money instead, 10 the rebuilding of the Meeting House. For this purpose, thev raised a noble sum (1 believe considerably up· war·d s of £100 sterling) ; and now, m· the t h"t r d mo nth of the year, find.m g that matters were war king well with them, they thought 1. t we 11 to m. el u Ig e themsrhcs JAMAICA . 119 with their social dinner. By an unanimous vote they commissioned me to present a message of thei; affectionate regards to Thomas Clarkson and Thomas l<'owell Buxton, the two men to whom, above all others perhaps, they were the most indebted for their present enjoyment. In the course of this delightful ride, I observed several beautiful birds entirely new to me-the woodpecker of Jamaica, finely ,·aried with red, black, and green; the bright green toady, of the size of a small wren, with scarlet throat; a larger bird in shape like a robin, green and purple; and the smallest of the" fowls of the air"-if fowl it may be called-the bee hummingbird, just about the size of a' humble bee, and much resembling it, in manner and appearance. Our friend Richard Hill is an ornithologist and artist, and has made an admirable set of drawings of the birds of this island, which I trust, in due season, will be presented to the public. The following day was the First of the week, and brought with it, at Spanishtown, a repetition of the scenes which had so much interested us, the preceding week, at Kingston-a vast meeting of negro laborers, at the Baptist Meeting House in the morning; and, at the Methodist Chapel in ihe evening, a promiscuous assembly of all classes and colors-both meetings held, of course, after the manner of the Society of Friends. The principles upheld to view on these occasions were not of a sectarian nature; but were calculated, we trust, to cement all sound christians in "the unity of the spirit, and in the bond of peace." In reference to the tnecting held in the morn- |
