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"unhealthy rock" it has directed

Millions

upon

Millions to the Imperial

and Indian Treasuries - through

immense disadvantages, contrarieties and an unworthy reputation" it has

made its

way

to

A

Commercial

as

position of which a few years was boasted. On

every

houses

are rising -

hills

are

being

levelled - valleys filled - ground recovered from the Sea. I have had occasion to hear the Opinion of - almost every foreign traveller who

4

or years

has visited the Colony and while they have looked on the Shipping

traversed the Streets and witnessed the general activity of the population

1

I have seldom heard

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75

any thing but

indeed

expressions of wonder and admiration with the frequent addition "you know how to Colonize!" How few -

Harbors in the world can boast

of an average

entrance

of

2,000

daily

tons of Mercantile

Shipping - On how few has there been so rapid

an increase of foreign

population, seeking the protection of Laws and the participation in our commerce! Such progress -

our

such prosperity - such prospects the best answer to all

misrepresentations whatever be

their

origin

circulation.

their motive or their

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