3S sBRITIH SETTLEMENT
to the gratification of one indulgence, an
inmoderate con:magtimL of um. During
.te period .of their labour; nevertheless,
they are conspicuous for a religious ad-
herence to sobriety, water only being per-
mitted to-be taken on the exouksion
BIt" this over, a penawuce o mortify-
ing is at once atoned for in weeks of ton-
tinued drunkenness. An entire puncheon
oftairt favourite-hoverage amoAea n
 deemed nPo proAte allowance for the
 celebration of a single rgie.'i Of the
 Turtler, as of the voluptuous Antony, it
 noay be ai4
 i.e eis, diks, and wastes
 The lamps of night Iin ieteL

 From the uscommon, variety of ishs
 with which the sea, con-igups to is
 coast, so plentifully abound, itmight'he
 coiectured that the curingofs svemalsor
 of thma waou form an advanageus em-
 ployment. Of the kinds which might