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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE^ 



tnglaci, tJiere lias icen a kverer 

 froft ia the fimikr latitudes of 

 America, than can Iw reoietnbered 

 far fevcral years paft. 



All sccoonu coBoir in ftatmg 

 the incteaCag wealth and profpc- 

 rny CI the Atperican States, which 

 hmrcvcr they do not CEJ'.y vrith- 

 c5it alky or intemiption. In a very 

 Hocdy f rgsgenieDt -with the Mes-' 

 fiu txiiauE, they •Itained fonvc 

 iiiuj of vi<Sory ovv=r thefe favage 

 •vrarrioTs, hy deflroyir.g their wig- 

 wams and their corn ^ of the van- 

 ^iiiCied only 12;, were killed, and 

 a 83 cf the vi<£lors. 



Six hiuidred coiivifls from the 

 jjcals of London, heCdes thofe from 

 other parts of the kingdom, will be 

 emharked for Botany Bay, every 

 one ofwhich cof!:5thij.ccuDtry .^ool. 

 The Teffels on their return will be 

 freighted with gotas for the Eaft 

 India Company, from the cojift of 

 Malabar. 



Fct:Liefs and Can<r<>y Ifland«, Jjate 

 Ukcwife rcccfved confidcrable iii« 

 jury ; Mr. Harriot's new ifland b 

 totally gone to fea ; and ihcie are 

 three iminenfe hreaclies in the 

 north-weft walls of Canrcy ifland, 

 throtigh which the tides ebb and 

 low with vaft ifnpetuoGty. The 

 damage done ttf the corn lands a- 

 lone, by this cstraonlir.ary innun- 

 dation, is eftiiivated at ao,oooL 

 A fimilar difafter happened to the 

 maritime parts of iffcx, about £$ 

 years ago. 



The accounts of the captnre of 

 Ifmael, publiflied by authority at 

 Peterfburgh, ftate the number of 

 the Turkilh garrifon at 30,000 

 men, of whom 20,000 were flaljj. 

 Such a lofs, if true, exceeds that 

 of any garrifon in late times, and 

 is by far moie ignominious to the 

 conquerors than the conq'.itrcd. 

 The confequences of this capture 

 tt is generally fuppoftd, wUl be 



The damage done on the weft, very advantageous to Ruflla 



and north parts of the coaft of Ef- 

 fcx, by the late fpring tides, is im- 

 mcnfe. Not one ifiand but has 

 fcverely fofTered. Thofe of Pot- 

 ten, Wallace, and New England, 

 are totally overpowered : In the 



• iatter, four htindred fiscep were^His revcni:cs are ftatcd at four 

 "■fwejjt offby the violtac? ofthcfealnullions Sterling. 



The whole of Tipp90 Saib'i 

 military forces at prcfont, is reck- 

 oned at 155,000, moft of which 

 are much '.'uperior to any troopf 

 that have ever been raifed, jnd 

 difciplined by a native of India, 



