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TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION 



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THE 



ISLAND. 



CHAP. VII. 



SECT. I. 



JAMAICA is divided into three counties, Mlddlcfex, Surry, 

 and Cornwall. The county of Middlefex contains about 

 1305235 acres, and has eight parilhes, and fourteen towns and 

 hamlets; viz. 



Towns. 

 St. Jago de la Vega, 

 Old Harbour, 



Pariflies. 

 St. Catharine, 

 St. Dorothy, 

 St. John, 

 St. Thomas in the Vale. 



Hamlets. 

 Paflage Fort. 

 Market. 



Clarendon, 



Vere, 



St. Mary, 

 St. Anne, 



Scots Hall Negro Town, 



rCrofs, 

 I Chapel. 

 Carlifle Bay. 



{Rio Nuevo, 

 Port Marin, 

 Saltgut. 

 r Laughlands, 

 iRuna 



St. Anne, , „ 



laway Bay, 



1 (hall begin with an account of St. Catharine ; which, having 



been the firft-inhablted by the Englifli, is entitled to precedence, 



more efpecially as it contains the antient metropolis of Sr. Jago de 



la Vega, or, as it is commonly called, Spanifh Town, the original 



name being chiefly ufed in a6ls of aflembly, proclamations, and 



other public documents. It is fituatcd in about 18° i' North la- 



VoL. II. B tirude. 



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