females; some of them were very pretty, and made my heart go pit-a-pat. I
saluted the Governor, who shook hands with me, and introduced me to a
lady, who, as he was a bachelor, presided for him, and whose fine auburn
hair was so long that she had it fastened with a graceful bow to her side,
otherwise it would have trailed on the ground. She was a native of
Guadeloupe, and married to a relation of the Governor's. The ball was
opened by four sets of minuets, which were danced with much grace. I
figured off in one, but I fear, not gracefully. Country dances then began,
which were kept up for about two hours. Waltzes were then the order of the
ball, which continued until nearly daylight. I was heartily glad to reach
my room, and did not breakfast until a late hour. I was spending my time
very pleasantly, but not profitably. I was a prisoner, and that was
sufficient to embitter a mind naturally active. I began to get tired of
doing nothing, and longed to be free. I was shortly afterwards invited to
two more balls, but as they were much the same as the one I have
described, it is not worth while speaking of them, except that I lost my
heart to three young females, who, alas! were perfectly ignorant of the
fact.

On the day of the American Independence, Mr. B. invited me to his
dinner-party, where I met the Lord knows who. A number of toasts were
given replete with freedom and Republicanism, and guns were fired, and we
were all very merry, until a person near me, in hip-hip-hipping, hipped a
bumper of wine in his next neighbour's face. This disturbed the harmony
for some minutes, when, on the friendly interference of the Consul, the
offended and the offender shook hands, and all went on prosperously until
midnight, at which hour we took leave of our kind host, some with their
eyes twinkling and others seeing double. A few mornings afterwards the
Governor asked me to breakfast at six o'clock. I found him taking his
coffee on the terrace of the house, where he had one of Dollond's large
telescopes, the view from which was magnificent and rich; but before I had
been half an hour with him I found my eyes suffering from the great glare
of light owing to the terrace being white. This he remarked. "We will
descend," said he, "and if you are fond of horses and mules, you shall see
my stud." On the landing-place of the stairs we met a servant. "Go," said
he to him, "and tell the grooms to bring all the mules into the yard. In
the meanwh