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Show JAMAICA. 160 ny of his own. He was . d nted on a po . h . h attued, an mou · k offee-estate, m t e pans R'chmond par c h' a laborer on 1 'd half a<I liar per week for IS rent, 0 ' of Clarendon, pal ' 1 II per week by piece work; four < o ars was able to earn . f his pony; kept wine at 'd £10 stcrlmg or . b had pm· h' ttage; h a d gone to Mandeville to o · times I.l l IS co· age certl'f i cat e from the Rector ; and, tain h1s marn. 'd ed to be in the way of as . ung bn e, seem with his yo f oderate prosperity as could bl e'\Stlfe 0 m comforta e a m ' f n This is one specimen 11 the lot o ma · easily fat h tuos ands o f t h e g ood working of freedom in among 0 . but I fear J. t wo uld be easy to draw a re· Jammca· ;t re and to t e1 1 of much oppression and verse . P1ct ou w'h J.c h t hI'S peo pie are still exposed. in some, exactiOn . d "Are the people workmg well, ts of the !Sian · . ) "' pa·r 1 I to George W e dderley (that was his nambe m sm< d "' "yes generally; nt on the parish of Claren on r ' I " "Whv so . they are uncomfortab e. . ' some pr·~•pe~~~~hen a man has finished his job, he George r - d 't get it. Sometimes he goes for his money an can . d therefore b 't get !liS money, an hires helpers, ut can . t off against him. Then , them The rent 1s se ft cant pay · . ften increased, o en b d ds The rent IS o come a wor · · n young in-d bl d " I had every reason to give I y . on e . . h ~ r shrewdness and veracity. formant credit, bot o feet! satisfied. In the With his own lot he was per . y f the pea· ·de 1 met w1th many 0 course of the same n t' g the preceding h d tt ded our mee m san try who a a en d their friends again. day-they seemed overjoye to see press the . l was at a loss to ex One woman in partlcu a~ A far as I could un· multitude of her good wishes. : t "sweet massa" derstand her patois, they were, t a JAMAICA. 161 might be "well fed on his journey," and supplied with "plenty of the Holy Spirit," for his work in the gospel. She appeared to understand what it is that can alone adequately qualify any man for such a service. They are surely a people easily susceptible of good impressions, and peculiarly aftectionatc towards those who endeavor to instruct them in the way of righteousness. We took our breakfast at a tavern by the road side, in the village of Porus. This village had sprung up under freedom, and appeared to contain at least a hundred freehold settlements belonging to the negro laborers. They had bought their laud, and were still buying it, at the price of from thirteen to twenty dollars per acre; and we were grieved to learn that many of them had settled on spots which had already become unproductive. Thus were their money and labor lost; but, in common with their brethren, they were earning wages on the neighboring estates. Here there is another congregation and school, under the London Missionary Society. We were told by the missionary that part of his flock had been led oft' the day before, by an ignorant black teacher. There are said to be many such on the island, and we heard a poor accou~t of their character, and of the effect which they produce; but their influence, as compared with that of the missionaries, is very trifling; and, as education spreads, it will in all probability entirely cease. We were now once more on a level with the sea, and traversed an uninteresting savannah, (the name given in Jamaica to a fiat plain,) until we arrived at Four Paths, in Clarendon, the place of our destina- M |