As we drew nearer we discovered in every direction the marks of its extraordinary cultivation.

The cane fields and provision grounds in alternate patches cover the island with one continuous mantle of green.

The mansions of the planters, and the clusters of negro houses, appear at shore intervals dotting the face of the island, and giving to it the appearance of a vast village interspersed with verdant gardens.
We "rounded up" in the bay, off Bridgetown, the principal place in Barbadoes, where we underwent a searching examination by the health officer; who, after some demurring, concluded that we might pass muster.
We took lodgings in Bridgetown with Mrs.M., a colored lady.
The houses are mostly built of brick or stone, or wood plastered.

They are seldom more than two stories high, with flat roofs, and huge window shutters and doors--the structures of a hurricane country.

The streets are narrow and crooked, and formed of white marle, which reflects the sun with a brilliancy half blinding to the eyes.