Of the Air of the Bahama J/lands. 
HE an, as are bleffed mut a moft ferene alte ae 
latitude, Ae ee Il, having a a rocky foil, aid ce 
high land, are void of noxious exhalations, that lower and more 
Juxuriant ule are li 0s, sdchis i of the air induces 
many of the fickly inhabitants of Carolina to re them for 
the ee i their health ; 
as much wit 
i x ee 3 
yet that diftance, fo near the 
their temperature; but thofe paca hat Weft, a near a 
the coaft of Florida, are affected with ae inds, blowing from 
the North-Welt ove aft tr f continent, to thefe whicl 
lye Eaft, the wi larger tract of Sea to pafs, which 
blunts the frigid particles, and allay the fharpnefs of them. At 
I of Providence, in December 1725, it two days fo 
Id, e were neceflitated to make a fire the Govern 
kitchen t rm us, o froft no wi ever appears there, 
“nor even on Grand Bahama, which lie twenty leagues from 
the c eal of Florida, yet there the Wie are attended with frott 
an ie 
The h fide of Cuba alfo enjoys the benefit of thefe refreth- 
ing Hae pardclly ve part of the Ifland on which the Ha- 
vanna ftands o doubt, is owing the healthinefs of the 
grou with 
numerous recruits from. their mother. country, as alw 
to preven ent a total extinétion of the iano 
flands, 
Iflands, as in moft parts of ve World i in eee ae ae it is 
lefs violent than on the continent, where the air is more {tagnated 
inds blow three quarters of the year Eaft, and between the 
South and the Eaft; in Winter the winds are moft at North and 
North- Welt. she i and September are blowi ths, and are 
attended with anes; at which time the winds are yery 
changeable, hiking “deny to all points of ne ae a 
the trees an er deprived of t uae 
droughts, as at Jamaica, Patt other of Sug: pee they fre. 
quently are, yet it rains not often, but fo ‘key sn it fupplies 
the deficiency of more frequent refrefhm 
Of the SOYL. 
HE Babama Wands ey not only be 
- 
oe in realit a 
to be Porky. but 
inly red wit Sule lien in a feries of tir ae 
been reaaed to ee crores from rotten trees and other er yege- 
bles. 
aaa much of the character of thefe Iflands being confidered, 
one would expeé : that they afforded the cifagreeable see of 
bare rocks; but on the Bohne they ar alw ays with 
ae endures ae the trees and frabs erow as ohne an a are 
thick cloathed with le eaves, oi 
called, confifts o 
plantable e kinds, 
guitbed ‘by nee oad cole as the Hak, ile red and the 
white. 
he black land is at the declivity S es valleys and low 
places, into which it is wafhed from the nts above them, the 
corrupti eeube oes which a in be places feveral 
inches deep, of a dark colour, light, and fine grained. This 
foil ig very productive the firft two or three years. In thefe litcle 
ee or Ee ee formerly been planed fugar-canes, © 
i mz ffes; but e fertility of this 
land was ahi cece, obliged the proprietors to defift from 
cultivati pes Ma 
The and in goodnefs is the red Jand, which is more of a 
natural foil fh the black; it has no good afpeét, yet is more 
durable th han the black, and is ea productive. 
The white ground is found beft for Indian corn, it is a lig ghey 
colour fads and though it ak little oe than that on 
the Sea-fide, to which it ufually joins, yet it produces a {mall 
kind o titer it incre: ae In many place here the 
rocks loofe, the broke into portable pieces, and piled 
in sige between which is planted yams, Hane potatoes, mel- 
u Srows ¢ 
dete Iflands without cultivation, in the moe “barren places ; it is 
here Ld and is faid to produce cotton inferior to none in 
the W 
Where 
Pp. XXXIX 
De l’Air des tles de Bahama, 
EF iles de Bahama hel a de Pair du monde le plus ferein 5 & ib 
plus fain que celui d’aucun des autres pays qué ont la sas, 
lita, parceque ces iles 
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étant petites, d’un terroir fec 8 p 
rochers, G ie ah Blenaah Baa Ae font exensptes des mauvaifes hala 
oeguil des ated Tee bas SF ‘plus fertiles font expofés. C 
qui engage plufieurs des habitans de la Caroline, dont la fauté eft 1 
vaife, a fe retir 5 ces iles pour sy rétablir. Les plus Septentrignales 
entre elles font u Tropique du Ca ue les pli 
s de or 
qui seas ah Nor apres avoir 
fer 
Sy 
continent, ont u ces grand mite a traver, Ur Le r 
2 celles qu a “of s ce qui en tmoufe | id, &9 le vend moi 
péenttrant. Ein 1735, au migis de Decembre, il fit un ff grand froi 
pendant dis jo our ile de im ee ce nous fumes oblizés de 
av 
ans ‘a ean ne af 
faire é du ae 
voit p 
Bahama, qui i vol pas a vi 
Hivers font REANMOINS ACCOt ce 35 i 
Le cét¢ Septentrional de lile 
vents ee cichifjans, fui out T° ie oit de Tile a es la Hey 3 
ons fans doute attribuer la é de Pair, ei] a bane 
ts he de commerce, an la con cite yale 
s ul pays favor la 
ay es ta nglois ai ‘aucune de es qui i fout entre les Tr ere » © aver 
oe de Sy multiplier, S a’y mai aoe lat 
ee hei ns étre obligés d’y He de nombr ails recrues de leur 
netal, Hee He on tafje urs ek ea neceffité de le faire, pour eae 
es mal ete ait nous cultivons leg 
On “a 
2 ile de 
£e ge a a 
inf 
eaucou, tus 
cannes as far Savoir les nt ie 
Fe wai jamais oui ie qv aucune des iles de Bahama fit seas aun 
tremblemens de terre ; a les ae & le tonnerre y foyent auf 
frequens que dans ln A Monde gui ont I me 
lati ee a tonnerre y a pnd moins oe it Jur le continent, ot 
Pair a moins de circulation. vents d’ Ey e Sud- Eft y 
L ; di 
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& 
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a 
comme di 
pleut néanmoins rarement, mais avec une ujolence qui Jupplee au défaug 
d@arrofemens plus Sréquens. 
Du terroir des tles de Bahama, 
ON pent dire des iles de Bahama, non aa qu ee Om pleinag 
de rochers, mais encore ee alles nee ae ce ao entiers, 
La furface eff couverte en gy lige oe, dans 
une binge ae aannées Sy / formée . a pourriture vi Cire & 
utres % 
Ox croir o au portrait que nous faifons de ces thes, qu elles mae a 
aux yeux que le c bes wil défagréable de fi ochers tous nuds 
qu elles font tapifjées d°une verdure perpétuelle, SS que les arb res ey me 
ai se y font auffi pais, S auffi garuis de feuilles, que dans le terroir 
ts fertile. 
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i ce quil y a de tergoir fructifiant Hf i rochers foit peu ¢ 
fide terre plantable, comme on I’y appelle, eft de trois ‘ 
qu'on tinge par leurs différentes i ms pi la noire, la roug 
cS la blanche. 
aM forment des valées 
be. es noite By he le pemhant des collines 
dans des at 6 corruption de ae 
étroites, lieux bas, cit yee t le ef 
Sits vég nel en Maat ent 
4 oF de ouces a peat on gut 
eas TIES ad’ pe onl 
eer. Ge 
rémieres eee On a Plant autr. efois on ces pelites 
ves, des caunes se Meth dont on faifcit du rum F des 
la fertilité de ease tery Fan bientét épuifie, les pra- 
riciaires fur ent oblixes de ceffer ve 
terre rouge trent a Fed rang ie i bomé: elie eft un fol plus 
sts que S noire : eft mé me plus durable, quoique de mauvaife 
apparence ie pablo es 
O1 uve ter 
Cy é 
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@ les autres pour le 
S quoiqwil ne Pegs 
Be Mer, & vee il fe j 
ce 
lee valoie eS que 
i produit ee: é 
confidérablement. En pli ix les 
uns des autres, ils font ron: pus en morceaux gt i orter 
at [Jes par on plante des Tgnalmes, des pommes 
: de "Binaginaton 
monceaux, entre 
nelons, SLC. Gui f He at dela 
n GA & 
fe toute a an ae &S produit ua coton q es 1 dit wee 
m Monde. 
