THE COCOA-NUT TREE.

Mr. Phillippo gives a very interesting account of the purpsse fer which our frends in Jamaica sometimes use the Cocoa-nut Tree.

HE attachment of the people in Jamaica to their pastors is proverbial. On their minister paying a visit to their villages, especially if accompanied by his wife and children, the expressions of regard to

wards them, on the part of the inhabitants, are enthusiastic. All, from the youngest to the oldest, pour forth to welcome them. Every eye sparkles with delight, and every thing that kindness of heart can suggest is done for them. The boys vie with each other in climbing the cocoa-nut trees to refresh them with the wholesome beverage which the unripe fruit of that tree affords. They are rcgaled with fruit of different kinds, and seats are provided for them, usually beneath a tree in some particular part of the village, the most convenient for the social interview. These are often seasons of refreshing to the aged and infirin particularly; and their kindness and gratitude are often almost overwhelming. On leaving, benedictions follow the visitors until they are out of hearing. "God bless minister and misses, and de children; come call; come see we; give we comfort."

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