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 who, from want of method, and from that hurry which is its conſtant attendant, were always in the way, and conſequently did more harm than good, Some, indeed ſucceeded in their exertions; and I ſhould little deſerve thoſe comforts I ſo ſoon found, in compariſon to many others, did I not bear witneſs to the willing induſtry and unremitting application of the tradeſmen and other negroes who were employed in the reparation of the offices, and in making tight thoſe parts of our temporary dwellings which were deſtined to the accommodation of ourſelves and friends.

N adition to the forementioned calamity, the inhabitants of the iſland of Jamaica, where again viſited by this dreadful ſcourge of Humanity, within leſs than a twelvemonth after it happened--as appears from the following extract. Kingſton, Aug. 1, 1781:

About eight o'clock on Wedneſday evening, the 1ſt inſt. a hard gale of wind cane on from the ſouthward, but ſoon after veered to different points of the compaſs; before nine it increaſed to a perfect hurricane, and continued to rage tiiltill [sic] near eleven, greateſt part of the tine blowing from the ſouth-eaſt, accompanied by a heavy and inceſſant rain; nor did the ſtorm altogether ſubſide till about two in the morning: 73. ſail of veſſels, including ſloops, ſchooners and ſhallops were on ſhore between Ruſſel's hulks and the wharf of John Vernon, Eſq; and Co. and ſeveral others to the weſtward of the town, but being moſtly light veſſels, the greateſt part of them either have been, or will be got off,