2i8 LETTER VIII. 



lar Scent or Fumes iffuing from their Stomach : 

 And I think it very fingular, that I never once 

 heard of a Dog's running mad there, as they 

 too frequently do here in England^ to the ha- 

 zard, and even lofs of Men's Lives. 



36. Sir Hans Sloan in Page 42 of his Voiage to 



yamaicay fays. That they touched 2X Nevis ^ which 



he defcribes thus. It confifts of one Mountain of a- 



" bout four miles to the top, v^hence is an eafy 



*' defcentto all parts of the Ifland^but fteepeftto- 



*^ w^ards the Town, where is the Road. They have 



*^ neither Springs nor Rivers, but have what Water 



*^ they make ufe of from Cifterns, receiving the 



** Rain- water. The Ground is cleared almoft to 



*^ the Top of the Hill, where yet remains fome 



** Wood, and where are run-away Negroes, that 



*^ harbour themfelves in it. There are about Two 



** thoufand Inhabitants here, who being gathered 



" together for the Duke oi Albermarle to review, 



" I found more fwarthy, or of a yellowifli fickly 



" look, than any of the Inhabitants of thefe 



" Iflands. The Town or Road is fortified with 



*' Batteries, and a Fort. They have little Money, 



** but buy and pay with Sugars which are black. 



" Their Horfes, which are fmall, as well as 



^' many of their Provifions come from Barbuda ^ 



" anifland not far diftant, where Cattel are bred, 



" I went to the top of the Hill to gather Plants, 



" and though it had, nor did not rain at bottom, 



yet 



