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PETRVS. MARTIR. AB. ANGLERIA. ITALVS. CIVIS. MEDIOLAVtN. 

 PROTHON. APOS. HVJVS. INSVLE. ABBAS. SENATVS. INDICI. 

 CONSILIARIVS. LIGNEAM. PRIUS. ^DEM. HANC. BIS. IGNE. 

 CONSVMPTAM. LATERICIO. ET. QVADRATO. LAPIDE. PRIMVS. 

 A. FVNDAMENTJS. EXTRVXIT [/>]. 



Thefe words are entire, except Mediolanenjis, which I have fupplied 

 (fays Sir Hans), becaufe this Peter Martir, a famous' man, wrote 

 himfclf *' of Milan." He was author of the Decads, Epiftles, and 

 fome other books ; which gave him great reputation in the world." 



There is at this time in St. Domingo, as I am credibly informed, 

 a Spanifh lady, of an old family, who takes her title from this 

 place, by the ftile of Countefs de Sevilla Nueva, in Jamaica. 



The hamlets at Laughlands and Runaway Bay are too infignifi- 

 cant to merit defcription. At the former a chapel of eafe was 

 creeled fome years ago ; but it is at prefent in a ruinous condition, 

 and is only ufed for holding eledions for the parifli-reprefentatives. 



Between this and the Bay is Richmond, belonging to Mr. P k. 



This eftate is graced with a very elegant manfion, confiding of 

 two {lories. It is furrounded with a fpacious piazza, fupported by 

 columns of the Ionic order ; at the four angles are pavilions, with 

 Venetian windows correfponding to each other. The only fault 

 belonging to this houfe is in point of fituation ; for it flands upon a 

 dead flat ; but, being confiderably raifed from the foundation, it is 

 dry and healthy. Adjoining is a pleafant lawn, or paddock, fenced 

 with Chinefe railing, Ikirted with a gravel- walk, and ornamented 

 with rows of cocoa -trees. The great road to St. James runs pa- 

 rallel to the North front, at the diftance of about two hundred" 

 yards : the paflage from hence to the houfe leads through a pair of- 

 handfome gates along a fpacious gravel-walk. Immediately acrofs 

 the road, and oppofite to the fame front, is a large pleafure-garden,. 

 neatly laid out in walks, and flocked with a variety of flowers and 

 flowering-fhrubs ; of which the chief are, the Englifli, Spanifh,. 

 and Arabian jafmines ; balfams, Indian arrow, capficuins, fun- 

 flowers, French marigolds, jalap or four o'clock, coiiee-buthes,. 



[/] InEnglifti: " Peter Martir, of Ai)ghi?ra, an Italian, citizen of Milan, diief millionaiy, 

 «♦ and abbot of this ifland, member of the council of the Indies, firll raifed from its founda;ion, 

 " with brick and iquared ftonc, this edifice, which formerly was built of wood,, and t^vice deiboy^d 



" ly III,,." 



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