The mate was a native of St.Bartholomew.
All belonging to the sloop were creoles, and assumed to be subjects of the king of Sweden, excepting Bohun and myself; and I had been so much exposed to the sun in that hot climate, that I looked as much like a creole as any person on board.
The island of Saba is in sight of St.Bartholomew a level, precipitous rock, nine miles in circumference, highest in the enter, appearing like a mound rising out of the sea, and covered with no great depth of soil.
Saba was first settled by a colony of Dutch from St.Eustatia towards the close of the seventeenth century.

It is a place of no trade, having no harbor, and is but little known.

It is accessible only on the south side, where there is a narrow, intricate, and artificial path leading from the landing-place to the summit.

Frequent rains give growth to fruit and vegetables of large size and superior flavor, which are conveyed to the neighboring islands in open boats and sold.

It contained in the early part of the present century about fifty families of whites, and probably double that number of slaves.