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`` They will not , however , dare to face white men who show a bold front , as our settlers are sure to do if attacked . '' I did not forget the judge 's remarks . Before long we were to have fearful proof of the mistaken character of his views . It was some time past noon when we came in sight of several huts or shanties scattered along the shore , with a store or two , a chapel of unpretending architecture , and a few other public buildings , which the judge pointed out as the commencement of a city . Soon afterwards , running into a small bay , we hove-to before a house of superior pretensions , with a veranda round it , backed by an orange grove , a vegetable garden and orchard on one side , and plantations of various sorts on the other . It was the judge 's home . He warmly pressed my father and me to accompany him on shore , Rochford and Lejoillie having accepted the invitation he had given them .