i^a^E'vtive ship».- There are no inns ;Jj>utevery Jjpmè is- open
st.-Heiena. jgjg, ^he^eceptioh of strangers, who ar©> eohsidered, for
the time, as a part of the family. "A moderate eompen-
- satiori is fixed for the host, in -return for all the comforts
which heministers to his guests. For those who remain
chiefly tin board, quantities o f fresh meat and vegetable^
so grateful and jso wholesome after a long marine diet,
are furnishedYt regulated pricers*to the ships. Supples
of fresh water and fuel are also provided for. the remainder
of their voyage. In the year 1 7 a4,- thëisland had
not long recovered- from a great calamity. The saufp
general causbs which occasioned the drought at St.JagdL
mentioned in the first-volume- of this work, extended
probably their baneful influence over the Atlantic, and
affectedseverely St. -Helena._Of the stock, alone, o f
horned cattle, the loss was computed at three thousand,
through want of, food and Water. The evil raged the
same length of time, about three years, as it did nearer
to the coast of Africa ; hut partly from the natural r-e-
sources-of the country, and partly from'the management
o f gbverhment, it was much legs fatal in its effects at the-
island of St. Helena, than at those of the Gape de Verd
and few traces of it ajtpewe& in thé former, when the Embassy
passed there. Verdure was restored to the Tallies,,
arid to such higher grounds as were not too steep to retairi?
thé moisture with which they had been* blessed. Lands
laid out in gardens, were improved with considerable
'lib*
advantage to the propt^lto^sC Tliofe^f *tYey'hrrison were
sufficient tb 'provide plenty YT wh o'lp s offlKveg e t ah 1 e s, for
tlfe^ick1' as^welf as healthyYofoierl'., i'Fdr this-purpose
the humane’'
fag'e frb'm ptivatlfofferf^s,'Allowed the %llinqhe|ij: sill
di^i^P*e|yimrite*-for.labour at<f^e<milita^i' gardens, the
puhh^Knmnts fo wMehf'they We^ph^demh^d.
Several sorts of fruit t % e s t l ^ i s l l n d ,
hWtmen Yfes thrived by a particular* but eiicoufagem%
ft;*'has been^i^en for 3%: -oultisvati^, oY'^hpfJ
which*'th»rMsetiig’vou.s Aramal is known-to spalrcYspch
as-4h4ehppl'erffirexsarii^le,. wi$i*all (fhe vahietfesof whac^
h The plan taii apd banaria^p I^e.'jt-W9
spglltesYf'the mwsa, ‘ thtivealso ,F^|[ffe.ably well-.4“ The
gfbfend is fertile,- arid in' ’favourable seasons produces/ifri
skmW 'inftariff, '•double Yelps' withiiiThY -^parY Planta-
t'iorisc however/ ©f indigo,- e | ‘,e$n-es*'yf&fp| -pc$
fourid* fo arfisWeli- ' tho %bffie"goocl 6p |^ e |lW tteeri ,pro-
dufc^d m it. Ahofonie-garden h«sAbeeA* established near
the^|o'^hMfo^'ffi|fcduntly house. "4Ari,-infetfigent g a i n e r
hjas b f eri sent ib take’&are I f itfBy "the Company; ']and*a
Yast vahielybf trees, plants, and flowers of different,, arid
sometimes1 opposite clihYtes, are already eo'Pec|eg fn|iti
The srirrouridirig Jea- abounds ia esGukept fish / and m-
venty 'different ’ sptebiessw including" turtle, * Irife om i
caught upon its co'astssT Whal'e^Y'repeen. in\great numbers
playing round"the island; where, it is sypposedpthe
■Mot|ges'of