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room. One of our fellow passengers, a resident for many years in the West Indies, told us he never felt it so oppressive. In the evening we went to the Wesleyan chapel, a spacious and elegant building, which was completely filled by a respectable and well-dressed congregation. The white persons appeared to be in the proportion of one in fifteen. No distinction was observed in the seats. We were much struck with the silence and complete decorum which prevailed, and with the harmony of the singing, which was led by two or three black men, one of whom we were informed occasionally officiates as a local preacher. After the service, we had an interview with the excellent mis sionary who occupied the pulpit. His name is M O Y S TER. He was formerly stationed on the African shore, near the post now ccupied by THOMAS D O V E among the Foulahs. 14th.—We made an excursion early this morning into the interior of the island. Barbados has rather a sterile aspect towards the coast, but our route was through a district in a high state of cultivation. The land was entirely occupied by cane grounds, fields of Guinea corn, plots of yams, &c. We saw several gangs of negros at work with their hoes, under the superintendence of a driver, who having been deprived of his whip, now carries a staff as a badge of authority. The number of women seemed to preponderate. They were sufficiently clothed. Their huts are wretch ed little thatched hovels, crowded irregularly together. The views from the rising ground of the estates' build ings, the houses with their avenues of cocoa palms, and the boiling houses with their windmills, are often very picturesque. We called on our return at a Moravian mission station, to the minister of which. Brother KLOSE, we had a letter of introduction. He informed