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at the bottom of the Pond an incruftated Cake of 

 Salt, exadly refembling pieces of Rock-cry- 

 ftal. I have once or twice known Sloops that 

 were loaded from thence with it ; but alas ! we 

 had much rather be obliged to fetch it from the 

 Ifle oiMa)\ at the expence of a Crown /^r Bufliel, 

 becaufe of the want of Rain to bring on our Sugar 

 Canes in fo dry a Seafon. 



3. There was not quite two hours difference 

 there, between our longell: and fhorteft Day : 

 and I found our Evening from a httle before Sun- 

 fet till quite dark, to be confiderably Ihorter than 

 in Ejtglaiid dwrm^ the Summer Seafon, which was 

 (no doubt) owing to their different Latitudes, or 

 unequal diftances of Nevis and England from the 

 Equator. However, Imuftownthetruth, bycon- 

 feffing their Evening to be extreamly pleafant, be- 

 caufe of its Coolnefs ; and the beauty of the Clouds 

 which do then appear far more lovely to our eye, 

 than in any other part of the Day. I frequently 

 admire our Sky here in an Evening. 



4. As foon as the Day-light was well fliut in, 

 the aforementioned very foft and agreeable noife 

 of Snakes, Lizards, Grailioppers, Guanas, &c. 

 begun 3 but in a few minutes was moft fjrpriz- 

 ingly loud above that w^hich I heard at any other 

 place whatever; as abounding, I fuppofe, with 

 a proportional number of thofe Creatures. And 

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