OF HONDURAS.


 The chief property of the settlers of
Honduras, from what has been advanced,
must be supposed to consist in slaves.
These have mostly been imported from
Africa by the intercourse with Jamaica,
no direct importation having ever taken
place; but many of these people are cre-
oles of the different West Indian Islands,
and several have been brought into the
Settlement, by their owners, from the
United States. And in no part of the
world, where slavery prevails, can the
condition of beings so circumstanced be
found of milder or more indulgent form.
The labour they undergo bears no pro-
portion to that which they sustain
throughout the islands: nor is it more to

trade, of course the above is provided for in the
way of business. To those who may not be so si.
tuatqd, of whom there are likewise several, and
who must depend on the merchant for such supplies,
this expense consequently bears a very different
proportion.