Book. land of BARBADOS. og 
a moral Certainty commands the Affent of every unprejudiced Perfon, 
The feveral Places in this Ifland called and fuppofed to be Indian Set. 
tlements, confirmed by’ early Tradition, and further corroborated by 
the Difcovery of feveral rude Idols, Hatchets, and’ other Tools, dug 
up in thefe Places, different in Shape and, Subftance from thofe ufed 
by every civilized Nation, and peculiar (after the Ufe of Iron was 
' found by the more civilized) to Indians only ; thefe Things (I fay) 
_ being confidered, and impartially fuffered to have their proper Weight; . 
there. will, I believe, be very little occafion to multiply or add 
"any further Arguments, to prove that: Indians formerly refided (for at 
jeaft certain Seafons of the Year) in this Ifland. : 
The Refidence of Indians being proved, it may be expected, that we 
~ inquire into the Difpofition of the prefent Inhabitants. Of thefe it may The prefent 
_be juftly faid, that they are generous and hofpitable, firmly attached in Beds 
their Principles to: the prefent happy Eftablifhment, in Church and State.” 
The Men have a natural, as well as, by the frequent Ufe of Arms, acquired Their Cha- 
Bravery ; with no {mall Share of vufeful Learning, and Knowlege in Trade. oe 
The Women, in general, are very agreeable ; and feveral of them might 
~any-where pafs for Beauties. There are many Inftances of their prudent 
Behaviour and Oeconomy, greatly affifting to improve a moderate, and 
* zetrieve a broken Fortune. ore i } ' 
I muft here beg leave to endeavour (a Thing hitherto unattempted) 
-to afcertain fome reafonable Caufe of that general Obferyation, that the 
Inhabitants of hot Countries are of a more volatile and lively Difpofition, 
and more irafcible in general, than the Inhabitants of the Northern Part 
of the World. |» The former is evidently apparent from the more fublime » 
Compofitions of almoft. all Eaftern Authors, their lively Imaginations (as a 
learned (x 2) Critic hath obferved) tranfporting them, with incredibleWarmth 
and Aétivity, from one Thing to another ; and thereby caufing them to 
“overlook thofe Rules of Method and Connexion, that are obferved by 
Europeans of a-cooler and more regular Fancy. Inftances of this we 
_-have in the Works of Pindar, and throughout. the whole Book of Fob. 
Nor is it with me a Doubt, whether different Climates may not caufe a 
conftitutional Difference. Herodotus, as well as Cicero, was of this 
Opinion. The latter fays, Videmus quam varia junt terrarum genera 
.. .. ale que acuta ingenia kignant, alie que retufa : que omnia 
punt ex cali varietate, & ex difparili adfpiratione terrarum. Cicero de 
Div. .No. 79. 
~ Idem de Fato, No. 7. Inter locorum naturas quantum inter fit videmus ; 
“alios effe falubres, alios peftilentes. .. . 
Athens tenue culum, ex quo auttiores etiam putantur Attici: craffum 
Thebis ; itaque pingues Thebani. 
And Horace, fpeaking of the Works of a dull Author, fays, 
_  Beotum in craffo jurares. aere natum. 
, Hor. Lib. If. Ep. I. 244. 
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But, 
(12) Vide Dostor Hunt's Explanation of ob, Chap. vii. Ver. 22. 23. 
