Iviii The Llntroduéion. 
Rtinguifh’d from New England, or ocher Horles, which have rough 
Coats or Skins. A great many are wild in the Woods, who are 
taken with Cords, and tam’d by Horle-Carchers. 
Ac the time of the firft taking of the lind by the Englifh, chere 
was great plenty of wild Carcle in all che Savannas, and they were 
caught themoft part by cuiting the great Tendons of their Legs 
behind, whereby they were difabled torun, and were for the moit 
part deftroyed by the Soldiers who had litcle elfe to feed on, This 
way of taking wild Black Cattle by hunting, cutting their Ten- 
dons or Lancing, is whatisuled by the Spaniards in thei Mhinds and 
Continent, and by the Privateers or Bucaniers ; but in Jamaica there 
remain very few wild Cattleto be.taken, and thofeare in the North 
fide of the Hland, inthe lefs frequenced parts. “The manner by 
which the Spaniards and Englifh kill’d chefe Cattle, befides the 
wild Dogs who uled of themfelves to hunt and kill them, was 
with a Lance or Halberd, on the end of which was an tron 
{harpned, and made in the fhape of a Crefcent or Halt moon. 
Thefe wild Cattle are faid much to exceed the others in tafte. 
When I was in Jamaica, the Town of Port Royal was fituated 
ona fandy Point; at the farther end whereof, towards Liguane 
runs a narrow Neck of {andy ground about three Miles long. “This 
Town hada very good and fecure Harbour, defended from ail Winds 
by the Land, and by a Reef running out a great way beyond the 
Cayos. In this Harbour there was fo deep water, that the greateft 
Ship might lie with her fide tothe Keys. ©The Town or Point with 
violent Sea-Breezes, had fuffered {ome {mall Inundations of the Sea, 
ana fome {mall diminution ; but by hindering People from takiag 
Stones fiom the Reefs, and barricadoing the Town againft it, no 
{uch thing had happened lately. The Lown or Point was fortified 
very well with a Fort, and: feveral Batteries both to the Sea and 
Land; and onthe fandy Neck were likewife planted prickly Pears to 
hinder the march of any Enemy that way. ‘The Winds have fome- 
times by making feveral Currents in the Water, forc’d the Sand 
into fome parts ot the Channel where Ships ufed to come in, where- 
fore ‘tis now become ftraicer, and fome Ships have been put on 
ground. The Town confifted of about Fifteen hundred Houles, 
which at firft were of Wood, but lately were of Brick for the moft 
pact. It was built here for a Conveniency for Seamen and Soldiers 
onthe Englifh Fleets being in this Harbour, when they rook the 
Hland, and afterwards it came by degrees to what it late] y was. Ic 
was in its Infancy defign’d to have been removed to the Sale. Pans, 
which is juft oppofite to ic on the frm Land of the Ifland,, thac 
fo there might be a readier Communication at any time between 
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