1 69 1.] THEIR HUTS AND CABINS. 53 



pass'd it of a Man's height and very close : Insomuch that 

 the least Turtles cou'd not go between them. For that, 

 as may be imagined, was the only reason which oblig'd us 

 to enclose our Gardens. 



But let us re-pass the Bridge, and come back to Francis 

 Leguat, the Author of this Eelation's Cabbin ; you see 'twas 

 between two Parterres, and upheld by a great Tree, which 

 also cover'd it on the side of the Sea. This Tree^ bore a 

 Fruit something like an Olive ; and the Parrots lov'd the 

 Nuts of it mightily. 



k. little lower and nearer the Water on the same side of 

 the Brook, stood Mr. de la Case's Lodge. This brave Man, 

 wdio is now in America, had been an Officer in the Brandcn- 

 hurgh Troops, and knew already what it was to live in Tents. 

 He was a Man of good Presence, Ingenious, full of Honour, 

 Courage and Wit. 



On the other side of the Eivulet between the Islet and 

 the great Garden, was the Cabbin of poor Mr. Testard, whose 

 sad Destiny we shall see in a short time. He was a stout 

 (hravc) Man, and one whom I very much regretted the loss 

 of. 



Mess. B—lc" and Boijcr liv'd together, and built their 

 Hutt a little farther from the Brook, and nearer the Sea. 

 The Reader will find a true Picture of honest Isaac Boyer in 

 his Epitaph ; for I must tell him before hand, that this dear 

 Companion of our first Adventures, laid his Bones in Rodrigo. 

 And since I have giv'n a Character of those whom I have 



spoken of, I shall add concerning Mr. B Ic (who is, 



thanks be to God, now alive and in Health), that we all lov'd 



^ From this tree, cons'dered by Professor Balfour to be the so-called 

 "Bois d'olive" {Elieodendron orkntale), exudes an enormous quan- 

 tity of gum in the form of tears, which soon harden and form large 

 masses in the crevices of the stem or on the ground around. It is the 

 most frequently met with of all the trees in the island. {PliU. Trunin. , 

 vol. clxviii, p. 334.) 



2 M. Benelle ; vide code, p. 6 ; also Introduction, 



