professional visits and prescriptions for yellow-
fever, sunstroke, ague, hydrophobia, and "all
the ills that flesh is heir to," his business
accounts and so forth, all of which are recorded
pell-mell with notes of riots, hurricanes, duels,
debauches, card and dinner parties, we have
selected the following passages. They may
serve to interest the reader, as showing
something of the inner life of a Jamaica doctor in
those days.

The names of many old naval and military
men who afterwards won honour, occur in the
volume. We were then engaged in the war
which began in 1775, and in which our insurgent
American colonists were afterwards abetted
by France, Spain and Holland, and when the
population of Jamaica consisted of somewhere
about thirty thousand whites, ten thousand free
people of colour, and two hundred and fifty
thousand slaves.

The notes or additional memoranda to each
name of interest, are added within brackets to
preserve the context of the little narrative, which
in some parts is amusingly literal, especially in
its bibulous statements.

Jamaica, 1783—1784.

May 30th. We dined at Brown's, a very
excellent dinner, and fine claret; drunk too much;
cards in the evening; supper at nine, sat till
ten smoking, and went to bed rather drunk.

31st. Got up at four A.M.; put K.'s horses
to the phaeton, and left Smith in bed. Visited
in the forenoon; dined at Hibbert's; visited in
the afternoon, being disagreeably affected after
last night's debauch. Admiral Pigot sailed the
. . . . . . [The admiral then commanded the
Jamaica fleet, having succeeded Sir George
Romney. His flag was on board the Formidable.]

June 1st. Very hot; visited in the evening;
still sleeping in the cott.

2nd. Visited Liguanea; began to feed the
horses on biscuits.

4th. Hamilton dined with me; drunk too
much of Peter Mitchell's claret, which we found
very good.

10th. Strong breezes; dined at Mr. Mure's;
lent him the first volume of Gibbon; drunk
moderately; the night's so hot one can't sleep.

12th. Strong breezes; the three Hibberts
and Fisher dined with me. Dinner so badly
served that I am determined to discharge Polly.
A concert in the evening; supped at ten; sung
catches, drunk and smoked till two, when I
went to bed very drunk, and vexed with Polly
for spoiling the dinner.

23rd. The Augustus Cæsar, Alarm, and
Diamond sailed this morning. [The Diamond was
a thirty-two gun-ship, then commanded by
Captain Charles Parker.] It rained and blow'd
hard in the night; slept in the chamber, as the
closet leaks.

25th. Captain Fairfax sailed for New York,
in the Tartar of twenty-eight guns. [George
William Fairfax, Captain R.N. 1782, admiral
and knight banneret; latterly Flag Captain of
the Venerable at Camperdown.]

27th. Cupid came home; having left George-
estate, not being well treated. Dined at home
solus; to bed at eight.

July 3rd. Angry with Dr. Grant for decrying
our bark to our patient Hobb. Home early;
to bed feverish.

4th. Visited; drank too much; music at
Mitchell's; to bed early quite free from fever.

6th. The Andromache French frigate came
in yesterday from the Cape. [L'Andromaque
forty-eight. In 1796, this vessel was driven on
shore near Arcaffon on the coast of France, by
the squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren,
and destroyed with three hundred men on board.]
Tried the effect of red bark among the hospital
patients. At ten A.M. went with Haylett in a
wherry to visit Small at his fort; overtaken by
a heavy squall of wind and rain, and were almost
running upon rocks. Dined, and sat till six;
almost on the rocks again; but got into the
fair way; stood over to Port Royal and got under
the Admiral's stern; rowed up to town, when
the stupid coxswain run us ashore at the Point;
did not land till near eleven. Clear moonlight.
Found Cupid at "the shop" with the chaise.

7th. Feverish from cold in the boat last night.
Fresh breezes. Visited. Come home and beat
Jenny for mislaying my spectacles.

9th. Strong breezes. The Prince William
sailed for London this morning, and carried
two turtles and my letter to Will Hibbert. At
Thomson's tavern—a bad dinner.

14th. Visited Silveras Penn. Dined at
Doddington's coffee house. Blistered Taylor as the
fever has continued fifty-six hours. Allan
Maclean arrived from the Havannah. Bell and
Latouche robbed of seven or eight hundred
pounds at their store.

17th. Taylor's fever still continues; he took
forty-nine more of the powders at two doses.
Went to Bruce's concert, stayed till ten.

19th. Taylor very low and weak. Made his
will.

20th. Dr. Grant married Miss Hitchman last
night, and to-night the cat kittened.

25th. Taylor free of fever. Visited Dr.
Grant's wife. Discharged Morton, with nine
doubloons for nine days' attendance. Small
returned from the Fort.

27th. Dined with Dr. Grant and his young
wife, a very pretty and agreeable woman.

28th. Dined solus upon eggs and spinnage;
drank only a bottle of ale.

30th. My horse lame; John employed in
breaking the Spaniard. Mr. Lachlan Grant,
the overseer on the Dalvey estate, very ill.

August 6th. Free from fever. Received a
letter from Captain Leslie, dated on board the
Torbay, seventy-four guns, Halifax, June 21st
last. She had sprung a leak at sea on the 3rd,
and was obliged to bear away; luckily got in
on the 16th. The Tankerville Packet arrived
yesterday; no news or any arrangement for the
troops.

7th. Up at gun fire. Called in Dr. Grant to
Mrs. Banks, who has a hectic fever with a
bloated and dropsical appearance.