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Show 38 ST. CHRISTOPHER'S. · {; r labor . and t h e laborers arc eager to work munerative pncc o ' t art of his letter he says, " A . , In a subsequcn P• . h ( for [alr w. ages. iven here a rL e\v dll_tv., S si·n ce ' at whiC won-public dmner was g . 1 . d men sat down together, 1 t ) wlute and co 01e derful to re a e d <TOod fellowship." . 1 in good humor all " , fi check by JOW ' . h Tortola ended with tne rst . . St Kitt's lilw t at to '• . Our viSit to · ' . 1 ld lar"e reli<rious meetmgs l . g wluch we le " " day of the week, c nrm . t' houses. 'l'hese were d. d Moravmn mee mg iJ1 the Metho tst an ' . olor alld condition,- chiefly d d b persons of every c . h d attcn e y . the evening, notwithstandmg t e anblack. The throng m t be accommodated in the uch too <rrcat o • <rer of fever, was m . " d od order nevertheless pre- "' · t attentton all go house, but stnc f another in the flowing of vailed ; alld we parted rom one mutual good will. . h t noticitw an instance of that ly conclude wit ou o h I Call scarce . hi h not a sparrow falls to t e . ·d ce wtthout w c ' . specw.l pronv·l en ' . "t not finding the LJeut. inted as we weie .. ground. Jsappo . to this circumstance that we Governor at home, it was owmgh . 1 d He has since been 1 tl days on t e ts an . continued on Y nee . . 1 h d e prolmwed our visit, d b tl [lhystClallS t lat a w " assure y le ' , h ould have been no proba- 1 1 nt of a week t ere w even to t le ex e . . ' <r of the fever. As it was, we bility of our escapmg the ravages e left St. Christopher's m health alld peac . lam, &c. &c. LETTER V. ANTIGUA. Flushing, L. 1 6th Month, (June) 4tlt, 1840. On tl1e 13th of the First 1\'Ionth, (January,) we set sail from St. Kitt's for Antigna-unother beat to the windward, which we accomplished in two days. There is a passage tor those who are acquainted with it, through the narrows, between St. Kitt 's and Nevis, but our captain preferred the longer course round the latter islalld. This gave us the opportunity of taking a deliberate view of its beautifuL contour; the concave circular line of its mountain towards the south, sweeps down grandly to the plain below, which appeared to be extensive and well cultivated. Being desirous of overtaking our friend Cunninghrun before he should leave Antigua, we could not visit either this island, or Montserrat, which with its extinct volcano and soutrriere, soon appeared in view-tempting enough from its picturesque beauty. Here agait1 we afterwards found occasion to recognize the hand of a kind and wise Providence, for dangerous fever was prevalent, at the time, on both these islallds. In Montserrat, it was said to be occasioned by an rutimal compost imported from Europe, a11d imprudently used for manure. Although we were not able to visit these islands, we were afterwards furnished with satisfactory accounts from both of them, of the dep01tment and condition of the peasantry. The report of the stipendiary magistrate of Nevis, to the Govemor General, for the half year ending with the Eleventh month, (November,) 1839, states, "that the conduct of the laborers was peaceable and orderly, and that a good understanding generally prevailed between them |