The following Letter to Mr. Buckworth dated May 22nd, 1807, contains some interesting particulars of which there is no record in the Journal:-- “From the first of January till the beginning of this month, I was much affected by this climate; and did not begin to recover till April. Thanks to a kind Providence, I am now quite well; and have escaped that first attack on arrival, which has carried off four of my fellow-passengers. The effect of this climate was felt as severely by my mind as my body: a listlessness and languor rendered any little exertion a burden: even my devotion was for the most without life or activity; and, alas! little of that lively spirit I, in some poor measure, enjoyed in England, remains with me. I bless God who enables me to live on Christ as my ‘All in All’ and keeps alive in my heart a sense of the value of His favour, and the excellency of the ‘purchased possession.’ The absence of lively feeling I conceive to be occasioned by the want of ‘the communion of saints;’ and I remember, with tears sometimes, those days ‘when I went to the house of God with the multitude of those that kept holy day.’ I am very far, however, from being without marks of the Divine favour: I am enabled to spend weeks alone without weariness; and to find pleasure in those studies which may qualify me for extensive usefulness. We have here about three hundred Europeans, invalids, and officers; of the latter I see little, although we exchange mutual civilities: perhaps, I am not three hours in a week, on the average, in civilized society; though I might be much more if I chose, but find it my duty and privilege to avoid much visiting.