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were anciently called Hefper^ides^ from Hefperides 

 Daughters to He/per us ^ who had Orchards that 

 bore Golden Fruit. And indeed we may pronounce 

 it in a good meafure true of the Cape de Verd 

 Iflands as well as oi Nevis ^ and the other Charibee 

 Illands even at this day; for they yield the In- 

 habitants plenty both of Mullc and Water Melons, 

 Pine-Apples, Belle-Apples, Bonanoes, Plantains, 

 Pappas, ShaddockSjGuavas, Pomgranates, Oranges, 

 Lemons, Limes, G?r. which put me in mind of 

 Milton (book 4. line 249,) where in his defcrip- 

 tion of Paradife, he gives us the following Golden 

 Verfes : 



Threes whofe rich Fruit burfiijh'd with Golden 

 Rinde^ 



Hung afniable^ Hefperian Fables true^ 



If true^ here only and of delicious tajle. 



There are, you know, various opinions about the 

 Situation of Paradife; However (without deter- 

 mining in favour of any of them, and which all 

 of them mull be trifling and infignificant) if 

 Dr. Woodward' % Notions of the Deluge, and the 

 great Changes thereby wrought in the fuperfi- 

 cial Parts of the Earth, be admitted as true ; it 

 could not furely be placed in quite lb fultry a La- 

 titude as Nevis and the Cape de Verd Iflands are ; 

 upon account of the Unhealthinefs, Muflcitocs, 

 Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, Eruptions, 

 and exceflive Heat, all of which I believe to be 



