CHAPTER
VI.
DOMINICA. 12th Month,
19th,
(December.)
1836.
THE voyage from Montserrat to this island is fre- j quently performed in less than twenty-four hours, but j we encountered such boisterous weather, that we did : not arrive at Roseau till this morning. Sailing in a small vessel, with contrary winds, in a heavy sea, is ' not the smallest of the miseries of human life, so at least one is apt to think while it endures. We were too sea-sick to be sensible of danger, but our Captain \ told us he never before experienced such weather in | these seas, and our little schooner lost a jib, and sus- j tained some injury in her sails. In the course of the morning we visited the prison. The treadmill was under repair. The keeper of the j jail admitted that the man who superintended it, when j in use, carried a cat ; but he would not acknowledge that i it was used, except to a trifling extent. The prisoners j are put upon it fourteen times a day, for fifteen minutes each time. The upper rooms of the prison are airy and large, but too many persons are confined in each ; the lower range are equally large but close, crowded, and ill-ventilated. The present number of prisoners is thirty five. We next called on the Rector, GEORGBI CLARKE. He is much impressed with the importance]