CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| LETTER I. | [1] |
| LETTER II. | [15] |
| LETTER III. | [21] |
| LETTER IV. | [29] |
| LETTER V. | [39] |
| LETTER VI. | [43] |
| LETTER VII. | [47] |
| LETTER VIII. | [57] |
| LETTER IX. | [65] |
| LETTER X. | [73] |
| LETTER XI. | [83] |
| LETTER XII. | [87] |
| LETTER XIII. | [91] |
| LETTER XIV. | [99] |
| LETTER XV. | [105] |
| LETTER XVI. | [113] |
| LETTER XVII. | [119] |
| LETTER XVIII. | [125] |
| LETTER XIX. | [131] |
| LETTER XX. | [137] |
| LETTER XXI. | [143] |
| LETTER XXII. | [149] |
| LETTER XXIII. | [155] |
| LETTER XXIV. | [161] |
| LETTER XXV. | [165] |
| LETTER XXVI. | [173] |
| LETTER XXVII. | [183] |
| LETTER XXVIII. | [185] |
| LETTER XXIX. | [207] |
| LETTER XXX. | [215] |
| LETTER XXXI. | [219] |
| LETTER XXXII. | [221] |
LETTER I.
Cape Francois.
We arrived safely here, my dear friend, after a passage of forty days, during which I suffered horribly from sea-sickness, heat and confinement; but the society of my fellow-passengers was so agreeable that I often forgot the inconvenience to which I was exposed. It consisted of five or six French families who, having left St. Domingo at the beginning of the revolution, were now returning full of joy at the idea of again possessing the estates from which they had been driven by their revolted slaves. Buoyed by their newly awakened hopes they were all delightful anticipation. There is an elasticity in the French character which repels misfortune. They have an inexhaustible flow of spirits that bears them lightly through the ills of life.