Nor is the market of Roſeau, in general, well ſupplied with poultry, owing to the very blameable neglect of the generality of the planters, in not raiſing a ſufficient quantity of feathered ſtock on their eſtates, of which they are ſo very capable. It is, however, well ſupplied with excellent fiſh of moſt kinds peculiar to the Weſt Indies; vegetables and fruit of almoſt every deſcription are to be had there, in great abundance, much cheaper and better than in moſt of the other iſlands.
Sunday is the chief market day there, as it is in all the Weſt Indies; on this day the market is like a large fair, the negros from the plantations, within eight miles of Roſeau, come thither in great numbers, each one bringing ſomething or other to diſpoſe of for himſelf, often to the amount of three or four dollars; and many of them, who bring kids, pigs, or fowls, ſeldom return
