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place the Eaglijh ufed to fith for Tortoife, cc. But now itis inhabited by 
the Frezch, they pretend to hinder them. 
The Freachinhabit one half of 7ifpaniola or St. Domingo, and are poflels’d 
of chat part of ic which lies to the North, the Spaniards that to the South. Of Hifpa- 
it had according to Ca/as three Millions of Inhabitants, whereof not two ™* 
hundred remain’d in his time. It was called Quirguzia and Haiti by the 
Natives, the firft from its Vaftnefs, the laft from its RoughnelS. Martyr. 
tt was called likewife Cipango from its Gold Mountains, and by the Spaniards 
firft Z/abella fromthe Queen, then from Hifpania, Ffifpaniola, and was count- 
ed Four hundred and fifty Miles long, and Three hundred broad by Martyr. 
And One hundred and fifty Leagues long, and Eighty broad by Oviedo. It 
isin 18 or 20° Lat. Jd. There was One Million two hundred thoufand 
Inhabitants on A/ifpaniola at firft, who being not ufed to Labour, were kill’d 
moft of them by it Martyr. 
Near Jamaica, (which is Seventeen Leagues Weft from Fifpaniola,) we met 
the Fan/con Frigat {ent from that Ifland to wait for us; in a little time wecame 
in fight of Morant, the moft weftwardly Point of Famaica; and onthe Nine- 
teenth of December came fnto Port-Royal Harbour. 
