L E T T E R IX. 243 



Of Daphne by Ormtes, and tlo infpi7"'d 

 Cajialian Sprmg^ might with this Paradife 

 Of Edeft Jirive -, nor that Nyfeian IJle 

 Girt with the River liriton^ where old Cham^ 

 Whom Gentiles Amnion call and Lybian Jove, 

 Hid Amalthea and her florid Son 

 Young Bacchus^ from his Stepdame Rhea's eye y 

 Nor whef^e AbaJJln Kings their iffue guards 

 Mount Ajnara, though this by fome fupposd 

 T'riie Paradife under the Ethiop line 

 By Nilus head^ ejiclos d with flnimig reck ^ 

 A whole day s journey high. 



In fliort ; at Ne'^ois and the other Leeward Cha* 

 ribee Iflands, we had a kind of perpetual Spring ; 

 for our Orange-trees, Lemmon-fhrubs, Shaddocks, 

 Pepper, ^c. exhibited at one and the fame time 

 fruit that were full grown, half grown, a 

 quarter grown, and even Flowers and Buds ; and 

 as for our other Vegetables of all forts, they were 

 ever frefh and blooming. But after all, let me tell 

 you, we mufi: not look for Paradife, either in the 

 Eaflo^ Weft Indies (as I faid before), on account 

 of Earthquakes, excelHve Heat, Mufkitoes, Hur- 

 ricanes, (^c. We have annually three publick 

 Fafts, viz, in the firft Weeks of July^ ^^^g^fty 

 and September \ to implore God's mercy in averting 

 his Judgement of a Hurricane from us ; and if He 

 is fo gracious as to hearken to our Petitions, we 



Q^ 2 have 



