Governors: The Right Honourable Ralph Lord Lavington—William Woodley—James Tyson—John Julius—Hugh Elliot—Sir James Leith—Henry Rawlins—S. Rawlins—Major-General Ramsay
Governors: Sir Benjamin D’Urban—Sir Patrick Ross—Sir Evan Murray McGregor—Mr. Light—Sir W. G. MacBean Colebrooke—Major McPhail—Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy
My first voyage to Antigua—Visit upon deck—The booby’s welcome—Nearer approach—Harbour of St. John’s—The Black Pilot—North Sandy Island—Wreck of the mail-boat—Dangerous navigation—Long Island—South Sandy Island—Panoramic views from the vessel’s deck—Light winds—Disappointment made pleasing—Anchorage for the night
The extent of Antigua—Opinion of some planters—Want of agricultural labourers—Emigration not always profitable to the negroes—“Seizar’s” letter upon the subject—Return of emigrants—Soil of Antigua—Geological matters—Petrifactions—Climate of Antigua—“Yellow fever”—Beautiful evenings—the appearance of the heavens—Evening visitants
Scenery of Antigua—Pilgrimage to “Tom Moore’s Spring”—The Goddess Mnemosyne—Fig-Tree Hill—The “Bower of Bliss”—“Old Road”—The Strand—The cross sexton—The parochial school—Old Road Church—Tomb of Col. Williams—Moravian settlement—Salt ponds—Copses—“Crab Hill”—Sandy Valley—The Valley Church—The rising moon—Arrival in town—Night, and night dreams