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infeparable from that Latitude in all parts of the 

 Globe. In fliort it is eafy enough for us to make 

 a Paradife of any Country, that is not too near 

 one of the Poles, by defcribing it's Excellencies, 

 without mentioning the inconvenient qualities of 

 it. 



29. We have at Nevis great plenty of a fmall 

 and prickly fort of Cucumber, that growls wild, 

 and is ihaped like a Lemon : we ufually boil, 

 though we fometimes (rarely) pickle them. In the 

 year of our Lord 1706, was fo violent a Drowth 

 as confumed almofl all the Fruits of the Earth ; 

 however, Providence was fo wondrous kind in 

 that fcorch'd-up Seafon, as to fupply the Inha- 

 bitants with infinite numbers of themj with 

 near as many as would fuffxe to preferve life 

 very well without any other Food. The Ifland 

 had the year before been taken and plundered by 

 the French^ fo that they had two grievous Plagues 

 upon the back of one another, viz. War and 

 Famine. They have fome EngUjh Peas, and of 

 feveral forts peculiar to that warm Climate, which 

 are unknown to Great Britain, 



30. Our Sheep have no Wool, but are hairy 

 and fmooth-fkinned like an Englijh Spaniel, being 

 white and generally fpeaking all over pretty full 

 of fmall red or black Spots, that refemble thofe 

 of a fine Spaniel. They ufually bring two, three, 

 or four Lambs at a time, that eat as fine as London 



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