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and parasitical plants. We called on our way, at Cedar Hall ; |tlius completing our circuit of the Mora vian stations in this island, which has been the scene of their most successful labors. Two of the Brethren are stationed here—one of them is seventy-four years of age, and has been thirty years resident. He is pro bably the oldest missionary in the West Indies. He told us, that when he came out, the missionaries dare not be known to keep a school ; but taught a few by stealth on one evening in the week. 12th. One of us called this morning upon the Hon. SAMUEL WARNER, President of the Council, whose testimony, like that of the speaker, was decidedly fa vorable to the results of the Emancipation. There was not much difference, he thought, in the expense of cultivating his estate before and since 1834. The ne gros did less than before, when they worked by the day ; but much more when they were on task work. Lately a field of cane-holes was opened on the latter plan, by a gang of his people, consisting of fewer than twenty to the acre, in the same space of time that would have been taken by forty to the acre under the slave system. 15th. We called this morning upon the Governor to take leave ; and to thank him for his kindness in for warding our views, by permitting us access to the re cords of the Police Offices, and Court of King's Bench, &c. He mentioned to us, that a gentleman, who was a proprietor, and also Attorney for sixteen estates, and who had been strongly opposed to Emancipation, had lately told him that he was at length satisfied with the change, and would be sorry to return to the slave sys tem. In the course of the morning we were surprised and pleased by the arrival of two gentlemen, of the ,