p. xi 
There are“io platns | ‘or coe hills in Providence, 0 y 
‘of the other Iflands I was on he a ance | is every whet 
covered ‘with rocks -of eee aes, ongit which ie trees 
d ‘fi fo thick and vamiedales that it is very ¢ diffi- 
cult, saves wholly ie acticable, to pafs through 
thee rocky thickets, without cutting a path. Many of the 
Iflands, parmtealatiy) Provide ence, abound Ka deep caverns, con- 
taining fale * r bottor thefe pits being perpendi- 
an 
sg fa ne te 
is tha 
shave pe eid in them. In 
ae extenfiv tee of Ee 
or ey, fpo He rele ‘haste h wh ich, the 
ing in sre e tide, water “ooles, by fubrercaneous ‘pues eon 
ring it fome feer deep with falt which at the 
and is i 
the fhore, in th a: fome o Pp 
fhores are covered with fand, ce le ks ae gradually fifty 
or fi rds e low water mark, belo natnclss in fhallow 
waters, innumerable rocks appear in ier fhapes, fome fin- 
gly, others in level beds, in fhort, the fubmarine parts en- 
vironing thefe Iflands, a wel as the tihinids themfelves, are en- 
tirely rock. Thefe rae are-of a light gray colour, and chalky 
confiftence, not diffic break with a hammer, except thole 
the fea fhore, which by being expofed to the fea air, are 
r, more compact and heavy: the 
rock, 
cont 
Rallowed in a very extraordinary manner. 
ta league from the fhores of many of the Bahama Os 
efs or fhelves of this kind of rock, running 
the land feveral leagues together, which being covere 
water, very dangerous, “and have frequently proved fatal ‘to 
ae neceflarily be a great impediment 
flands; but as inhabitants are svat 
n building floops and 
t fa ffer fo much, as the 
aren eaten, 
ocky tan grow poet not 
hea ‘wher: the foil 
ae with the coafts, and expert 
boa! adapt ted t cous Coe they do n 
f the rocks feem t 
Though the | trees on thefe r 
large a d Car 
a 
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Pt 
ment, w to 
roots Spatieitt ae peed a es "face, ee ae 
chink o crevife into ; s freque 
roots of a tree ie a Da the see 
limbs and all, contain. 
‘o fee more 
c aha a le body, 
Though the figures of the moft remarkable trees ths ulbs; &e, 
of the Bahema Is ibited, y i 
undefcribed for w a se continuance there ; patciatly 
four kind of pa ae & whic it is a tribe of trees rior to 
none, both as to their uf sy majeftick appeerency I 
to give their figures, or a 
accur. rate " defcription of them, eechiy of the 
hog-palms, of which, I think, no notice has been ta 
more 
mn ver- “leat and 
I wy & dans Vile de la Providence, # dans aucune de celles ou F) "at 
été, ni Plaines ni uate a Wet wee, dérables 
couvert e roffeurs. a mt 
le 
au font fi entrelaffés les uns dans les 
ble 
LS 
o§ 
eaux ae ey épais. 
& 
hi eS, vf a) be tres dip cile, aS mime Me ae impoffible en quelques 
endrvits ravers de ces arbres autrement quwen 
de paljer cu z 
caus un an ier. Plufieurs des iles de Bahama, @ celle de la Pro- 
cay fis Heli font egg a cavernes tres profondes, au 
de es trous font perp 
i dans ces ipl y a dans Vile 
pls “a es de longues élendues de pays bas & plat, ou plu 
o¢ {po travers ae bins de la Mer fer pen ndont 
rains, €3 le couvre, ala ha 
gies men hee ceffa, que quand on men 
2 Fe ne avirnes, dont nous venous 
ef seep die de Mer + la mime m 
as vm Yai Jent eux mémes 5 3 mais leur extreme Mek 
fo nt qu'on ne faurcit y voir Peau Sélever, & Sabbaifer. Les 
a Providence a a 
e p We eurs manieres. 
jont de Mig ne 4 cinquante piés de haut, Beare 
‘Mer. D esa: ely ga & la le long 
d. quelques endroits du vivoge couver 
entaffés p 
ces iles oe oof oe roche que le font les iles (se mimes. 
ont la oe nce i la 
4], 
nv. a une liene des bords de ilya 
pa denis de be meme eras big see qui continuent poral avec 
“a ow tres se ahea a geile les 
coupre dens vs beats marées mari« 
- 
mt de rts ‘co a hords de ces a ths ee aire en em- 
‘iene beaucoup la navi igation 5 5 mais s habita sae laaetl es. 
perfeitonen les céte. eS, SF qvils font lees a bétir a loupes, FP 
des bateaux uae opres a i ete - ee ig me a ipacvet pas tout le 
don Asi d 
En général les arbres ne deviennent pas fi us grands san ces iles pleines de 
rochers, qua la Virginie & a la Cie 3 cit ne eft profond : 
5 des arbres ce la 
1 ve trots pi 
ont jufqwa quatre. Toute la iG ie. que les at 
is pourri des feuille. 
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la furface, pues 4 ce qu elles 
révalfe ot tl » Olt les Dilen fe Suffers SB cet une 
chofe offox fré quente ie voir bors de I: quantité de racines ie uit 
see plus me able G dan ay gros mir que Parbre SF I 
branches enfemd 
Quoique nous + donnions ici les figures des sas fe oerrifea UX, 
/ iles de Bahama, i J 4 encore plufieurs Aone 
que ? n0US He Jeers w cri ire, fate, a y nae rth jour Pies long tems, 
entr autres Comme le palmier en 
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général ne le céde a “aieun arbr ou nt po rie utilité que pour fon aii 
snsjefic wx, je fuis faché de ne po et joindre ici leurs figures, 
moins en donner une ¢_elenrptions @ 5 wine Jur tout du ae a sine 
PAL MA. 
