The testimony of the numerous apprentices with whom we conversed, was to the same effect as our observation.

They all testified that they were paying as much attention to their grounds as they ever did, but that their provisions had been cut short by the drought.

They had their land all prepared for a new crop, and were only waiting for rain to put in the seed.

Mr.Bourne corroborated their statement, and remarked, that he never found the least difficulty in procuring laborers.

Could he have the possession of the largest plantation in the island to-day, he had no doubt that, within a week, he could procure free laborers enough to cultivate every acre.
On one occasion, while among the mountains, we were impressed on a jury to sit in inquest on the body of a negro woman found dead on the high road.