LETTER XXXIV.

_General observations concerning Barbadoes. Its importance, in the opinion of its inhabitants. Its ample supply of stock. Languid pronunciation of the Creoles. First party of slaves seen by the author. State of the negroes. Account of the elephantiasis, or “Barbadoes disease.” Titles of the estates. Cottages of white inhabitants. Their habits, persons, and complexions. Argument against the doctrine of conversion. Ignorance respecting the Portsmouth convoy. Physicians of the St. Domingo staff left on duty at Barbadoes. Number of sick. Case of yellow fever_ 275