This was a capital check to the runaways, and reflects great honour on Mr. Richardson; as by his means it was, in a great measure, that the runaways were at that time reduced. For after this action they dispersed, and were so much disheartened, that they never afterwards dared to assemble in any great numbers together; but flying from place to place in the woods, were either killed, taken, or surrendered themselves; and this noted chief, Balla, soon after fell into the hands of a party of the legions, by whom he was killed. The runaway negros have since then, been seldom heard of in Dominica; for those that were there under another chief, named Farcel[4], it is imagined have quitted the island, and have retired among the French settlements, or among the Carribbees at Saint Vincent’s. It is computed, that the number of them that were killed, taken, or that surrendered, during this contest, was about one hundred and fifty. The expences of the colony, on this occasion, was upwards of fifty thousand pounds current money of the island; a sum so considerable, that it appears hardly credible how, or in what manner it was raised and applied. The first I have endeavoured to give some idea of in the former part of this chapter; and for the satisfaction of the reader, shall here give a statement of the first year’s amount of the taxes, which were raised for this particular purpose; that is to say, from the 1st of May, 1785, to the 1st of May, 1786, as follows: £. _s. d._ Amount of tax on 4702 hogsheads of sugar, at 10s. each 2351 0 0 Ditto on 571 tierces of ditto, at 6s. each 171 6 0 Ditto on 745 barrels of ditto, at 3s. each 111 15 0 Ditto on 1861 hogsheads of coffee, at 8s. 3d. each 767 13 3 Ditto on 122 tierces of ditto, at 5s. each 30 10 0 Amount of tax on 503 barrels of coffee, at 3s. each 75 9 0 Ditto on 84340 lb. in bags of ditto, at 1s. per cwt. 42 3 4 Ditto on 682 hogsheads of rum at 6s. each 204 12 0 Ditto on 73 tierces of ditto, at 4s. 6d. each 16 8 6 Ditto on 109 casks of ditto, at 3s. each 16 7 0 Ditto on merchants and traders 676 10 0 Ditto on managers and overseers 122 2 0 Ditto on Aliens 726 0 0 Ditto on inhabitants (poll tax) 1206 6 0 Ditto on 597 negro slaves (tradesmen) 597 0 0 Ditto on 12429 ditto, domestics and field negros 6214 10 0 Ditto on rents of houses and lots in the towns 1397 10 0 Ditto on taverns, &c. 1256 10 0 Amount of tax on manumitting slaves 198 0 0 Fines of the militia 29 14 0