Mr.A.conducted us first to a new boiling house, which he was building after a plan of his own devising.

The house is of brick, on a very extensive scale.

It has been built entirely by negroes--chiefly those belonging to the estate who were emancipated in 1834.

Fitch's Creek Estate is one of the largest on the Island, consisting of 500 acres, of which 300 are under cultivation.

The number of people employed and living on the property is 260.