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who, from want of method, and from that hu(illegible text) which is its conſtant attendant, were always ⟨in⟩ the way, and conſequently did more harm ⟨than⟩ good. Some, indeed ſucceeded in their ⟨exertions⟩ and I ſhould little deſerve thoſe comforts I ſo ⟨ſoon⟩ found, in compariſon to many others, did I n(illegible text) bear witneſs to the willing induſtry and ⟨unremitting⟩ application of the tradeſmen and other negroes ⟨who⟩ were employed in the reparation of the offices, ⟨and⟩ in making tight thoſe parts of our temporary ⟨dwellings⟩ which were deſtined to the accommodation (illegible text) ourſelves and friends.
Another Hirricane in Jamaica, 1781.
IN addition to the forementioned calamity, ⟨the⟩ inhabitants of the iſland of Jamaica, were ⟨again⟩ viſited by this dreadful ſcourge of ⟨Humanity⟩ within leſs than a twelvemonth after it happened—as appears from the following extract.
About eight o’clock on Wedneſday evening, (illegible text) ſt inſt (illegible text) a hard gale of wind came on from the ⟨ſouth⟩ ward, but ſoon after veered to different points (illegible text) the compaſs; before nine it increaſed to a ⟨perfect⟩ hurricane, and continued to rage till near ⟨eleven;⟩ greateſt part of the time blowing from the ſouth eaſt, accompanied by a heavy and inceſſant ⟨rain,⟩ nor did the ſtorm altogether ſubſide till about ⟨two⟩ in the morning: 73 ſail of veſſels, including ⟨ſloops,⟩ ſchooners and ſhallops were on ſhore ⟨between⟩ Ruſſel’s bulks and the wharf of John Vernon, (illegible text) and Co. and ſeveral others to the weſtward of ⟨the⟩ town, but being moſtly light veſſels, the ⟨greatest⟩ part of them either have been, or will be got on (illegible text)
