On three sides of the landscape the prospect is bounded by lofty, purple mountains; and the variety of occupations going on all around me, and at the same time, give an inconceivable air of life and animation to the whole scene, especially as all those occupations look clean—even those which in England look dirty. All the tradespeople are dressed in jackets and trousers, either white or of red and sky-blue stripe. One band of negroes are carrying the ripe canes on their heads to the mill; another set are conveying away the “trash,” after the juice has been extracted; flocks of turkeys are sheltering from the heat under the trees; the river is filled with ducks and geese; the coopers and carpenters are employed about the puncheons; carts drawn some by six, others by eight, oxen, are bringing loads of Indian corn from the fields; the black children are employed in gathering it into the granary, and in quarrelling with pigs as black as themselves, who are equally busy in stealing the corn whenever the children are looking another way: in short, a plantation possesses all the movement and interest of a farm, without its dung and its stench and its dirty accompaniments. The following inscriptions occur at Cornwall: Here lieth the Body of Mrs. Jane Lewis Late wife of the Honourable William Lewis Esq. and elder daughter of Matthew Gregory Esq. who departed this life on the 19th day of February 1765. Aged 39 years and 10 months. She was married 22 years and 5 Days During which time She devoted herself entirely to her God and her Family. She lived the inimitable Pattern of Conjugal Affection and Goodness, of Filial Love and Duty, And of Maternal Care and Tenderness. Oh Death Thou hast Shewn thy Sting Oh Death Thou hast Obtained thy Victory. Also the Body of William Lewis who died the 27th of April 1774 Aged 53 years His Remains were brought from England according to His own request and Deposited in this Place near those of his Affectionate and beloved Wife. For Beckford Town, now little more than a name, the land was given by Richard Beckford, one of the family of that name, which numbered in it some of Jamaica’s most wealthy planters.