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following remarks were written at the deſire of ſome reſpectable friends, who were pleaſed to think, that a reſidence of nearly thirteen years in Jamaica might ſupply the place of abilities, and the ſubject be an excuſe for the preſumption; and although they were only meant for a private eye, yet I do not now ſcruple to ſay, that they are publiſhed upon another account: the place in which I am, the ſituation to which reduced, muſt therefore be my apology to the candid, and my juſtification to the humane. I am