Now they save it--_to buy small tracts of land for their own cultivation_.
The Governor informed us that the police returns did not report a single case of arrest during the holidays.

He said he had been well acquainted with the country districts of England, he had also travelled extensively in Europe, yet he had never found such a _peaceable, orderly, and law-abiding people as those of Antigua_.
An acquaintance of nine weeks with the colored population of St.John's, meeting them by the wayside, in their shops, in their parlors, and elsewhere, enables us to pronounce them a people of general intelligence, refinement of manners, personal accomplishments, and true politeness.

As to their style of dress and mode of living, were we disposed to make any criticism, we should say that they were extravagant.

In refined and elevated conversation, they would certainly bear a comparison with the white families of the island.
VISIT TO THIBOU JARVIS'S ESTATE.
After the Christmas holidays were over, we resumed our visits to the country.

Being provided with a letter to the manager of Thibou Jarvis's estate, Mr.James Howell, we embraced the earliest opportunity to call on him.