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LONDON,T

ESDAY, JUNE 12, 1821.

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EngICA vegetables do not thrive here well; what
come in in spring are excellent, bat after. the sea is
so hot they are barns up arid blighted. Insit is cheap.
Most of the dealings bore is by barter ; very little mo-
ney passes, There are three degrees of farmers
here: first. he who fattens mad grows for New Or-
leans market, lives in a large log or weather-boarded
house, generally situated in the centre of a meadow.
earroanded and isterspereed with tree. for *bode and
shelter, with a pond I. the middle ; their homestead
itesamerons. but have a very slovenly appearance; the
farmer, his wife, and sialidrea, all taking an votive
part in directing and amisting en his farm, sad ma-
naging the house. It is highly necessary here to do
without assistance as meob as possible; iadeed. tab
vast maids are seldom to be got—when they are.
they feel too independent to be of much Gerrie* to
CThe second class is a man very short of
; part of hie lead cleared, grows for his fatailly7.3
his surplus it/edam exchanges for necessary articles
at the nearest market—perhaps 60 or 100 miles dis-
taut, but it is performed with great ease on the river.
The third degree of farmers are almost in a state of
nature; they p and take possession of a spot of go-
vernment lead, or perhaps purchase clear a little
spot, grow for their own use, and spend nearly the
whole of their time in bunting, and clothe themselves
mostly with the skins of the beads they kill. The
Americans in general grow their own lax. spin anal
weave their own linen, he. Paper•money is a great
curse to America. India corn and wheat grow here
in great perfection ; barley and oats do not answer.—
Cattle may be bred to any extent of numbers, bat
very inferior to the English. Religion is here (if it
deserves the name) nothing but a complication of be-
wildered notions ; I could scarcely have believed it
possible that a human being, endowed with reason,
could entertain each romantic notions of the Deity :
their pastors get but little money ; they are generally
paid by having their houses plentifully stored with
provisions. A good clever conjurer would be adored
hero : old women, fortune-tellers, or conning men, as
they call them here. generally take the place of the
surgeon and physician, and generally perform their
ours hr charm, which are mostly sold, with direr-
limo- for use. I consider the English settlements in
Canada preferable to our prospect! in this place."

NCH' SOUTH ICELAND.

(FitnNl THE PHILiDELPHIA lIRERMAN'A JOURNAL, WO 5.)
The Express, of Stonington, left at New South Ice-
land, Feb. 26th, ship Esther, Low, of Boston, 7000
skin.; ship O'Cain, Winship. ditto 7000; ship Huron,
D tvi , Newhaven, 5000; brig Catherine. Hatfield,
Stonington, yIIUS t brig Emeline, Holmes, ditto 11000;
bril Jane Maria, Johnson, New York, 8000; brig;
Aurora, Macy, ditto 1000; brig Charity, Barnard, ditto
30100 ; brig Emerald, Boston, none; brig Nancy, Uptoo,
Salem, Done ; ecbmtuer Henry, Bruno, New York, 3000;
schooner Haattusa,Surgiek, Nantneket, 8000; echooner
Harmony, dino3llo'
The Hessian frigate Wostoek, Capt. Hellenhoueen,
and a sloop of war, were at New South Iceland in Feb.
lest, on a survey.
Captain Henfield of the Catherine, writes from New
Shetland, Feb. II —" We have been much mistaken
about Sealing in this country, as there is but little
ground that the Seals come upon ;and a greater number
or vessels after them than we supposed there would b..
The country is a gild, cold, disagreeable mass of snow
anal ice, and its shores are extremely dangerous. in
entering this harbour, the ship Clothier, struck on a reef
ot rock., and was totally lost. The following persons,
belonging to the Catherine, were drowned by the upset.-
tin: of the boat at Falkland Islands—Henry Perry, Tho-
m or Pomeroy, Nahum Haynes, and Corry Manchester."
A letter from Mr. Daniel W. Clark, mate of the brig
H ter. ilia, ot Stoning-ton, to the editor of the Newhaven
Journal, dated at Port Williams, New South Shetland
Island, Fr+. IS, furnishes the following information.
" We arrived at these Islands on the 31st of October,
after a pleasant passage of 85 days.
" We are now loaded with fur skins, having taken up-
wards of I s,OOO of superior quality; but being elisions
to obtain a second voyage before 1 return to the United
States, we hare agreed to send out voyage home by the
schooner Express, and brig Frederick, Pendleton, both
of .Stonington, then to proved around Cape Horn into
the Pacific Ocean, in search of a second cargo, which
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doubt not will be obtained soon. As for getting another
cargo in these islands, it is utterly impossible, for there
is scarcely a seal left alive. The country is full of ves-
sels from most quarters of the globe, and I am certain
that one-half of them will not obtain half a voyage.
Our being the first vessel in the country, and getting.
possession of the hest ground, is the reason why we suc-
ceeded in a valuable cargo.
" There are now lying to this port, 12 sail of American
vessels : among the number is the ship Huron, Davis, of
New-haven, who has made nut rather indifferently.
it here they are next bound, 1 am not able to ascertain;
but they, as well as ourselves, must push off soon, on
account of the severity of the approaching season. There
is scarcely a day passes without snow, hail, or rain, al-
though midsummer with us; and ice makes every night.
In truth it is a climate lam glad to leave. We hare al-
ready had accounts of nine sail of English vessels being
lust in these islands, and one American ship, called the
Clothier, from Stonington, Con. How many others are
lost, that we have no accounts of, tied only knows.
" The brig Aurora, of New York, has lately arrival
here, I understand she has been looking for these Islands
nearly two months.
" Perhaps the American dealers in far skins Lave an
idea that this country will be overstocked with skins,
and that they will be bought for little or nothing, but I
can assure them they will be mistaken; for I am certain
at least 6 sail of American vessels will mobliged toesafit
for a cargo in some other parts.
"This harbour lies in about 62.311. S. lat. and63.11.W.
long. We have been as far S. as 66. and found land.a.-
How much further the land extends 1 -know not. It is
entirely covered eseept the low land and beaches, where
the seal come up) with snow and ice, at this season of
the year, which is the middle of summer.
" DANIEL W. CLANK.
On board the brig Hersitia, Soo& Seas."

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