GEO.  C.  GOODWIN  &  CO.,  Boston  Wholesale  Agents.
CHAPTER    IX

MONS.     SASPOKTAS.
TT7E  steamo?.  into  the  pretty  bay  of  St.  Thomas  about  six  A.  M.,
'  '  and  when  we  anchored,  about  half  a  mile  off  shore,  heavy
showers  commenced,  lasting  nearly  two  hours.  At  length  all
signs  of  unpleasant  weather  having  disappeared,  we  proceeded
to  the  shore,  landing  at  a  little  jetty  on  which  stood  a  group  of
the  dingy  denizens  of  St.  Thomas.  Amid  the  chatterings  and
laughter  of  these  light-hearted  beings,  we  continued  our  walk  be-
neath a  row  of  pretty  coconut  trees,  on  which  hung  their  fruit,
and  we  presently  found  ourselves  in  the  town.  We  were  shown
a  comfortable  hotel,  and  were  glad  to  be  once  more  on  land,  and
live  in  a  house.  I  became  acquainted  with  Mons.  Sasportas,  the
gentleman  whom  I  intended  visiting  here,  while  he  was  on  a  visit
to  Boston.  He  had  immense  estates,  and  carried  on  the  manu-
facture of  perfumes  and  pomades  on  a  small  scale,  but  his  espe-
cial business  was  the  distilling  of  Bay  Rum,  and  Otto  of  Bay.
Mons.  Sasportas,  whilst  in  Boston,  told  me  if  I  ever  came  to
the  Island,  he  should  expect  me  to  make  him  a  visit.  After  din-
ner, I  despatched  a  messenger  to  him,  announcing  our  arrival.
He  came  back  ,vith  the  messenger,  and  greeted  us  cordially,  re-
questing us  to  come  immediately  to  his  house  and  make  it  our

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TUTT'S  PILLS

Are  extracted  from  Vegetable  products,  combining  in  them  the  Mandrake,  or  May  Apple,
which  is  recognized  by  physicians  as  a  substitute  for  calomel,  possessing  all  the  virtues  of
that  mineral  without  its  bad  after  effects.
AS  AN  ANTI-BILIOUS   MEDICINE   THEY  ARE   INCOMPARABLE.
