Book I. land of BARBADOS. 
from the Mediterranean Sea to the Defart on the Eaft, about Eighty ; yet, 
when Yoab numbered the Children of I/rael, they were found to be 
Thirteen hundred thoufand fighting Men, befides Women and Children. 
The great Fertility, and prodigious Growth, of Vegetables in warm 
Climates, when compared with the Northern Parts of the World, is 
almoft incredible ; at leaft, it will appear to be fo to thofe who are unac- 
quainted with the Nature .of Vegetation. \ 
This will be made more evident, when we come to defcribe the Plan- 
tain-tree, and the great American Aloe; nor will it be le& agreeably 
furprifing to find, that thefe hot Climates are far from being uninhabita- 
ble ; for the Heat is daily cooled by the conftant Breezes of Wind, which 
at the Sun’s firft Rifing gently fan the Air, and increafe in Strength in 
proportion to the active Influence of the Sun’s Heat, till towards Even- 
ing, when the folar Heat is abated, thefe refrefhing Gales, generally fpeak- 
ing, die away. 
The Conftancy, Regularity, and Gentlenefs of the Wind, efpecially in 
what we call the Winter Months, the Serenity and Clearnefs of the Air, 
the continued Verdure of Trees, diverfified with Variety of Objects of 
Art and Nature, all terminating in and furrounded with the Sea, may 
be compared, with fome {mall Allowance, to Homer’s beautiful Defcrip- 
tion of the Plains of Memphis, near the Acherufian Lake. 
: ” 
Ou mgelos, ux” ctp sete morus, bre el onp@e* 
"AAW ater Zepupoto Aujuaverovlas anras 
> \ Suen b > t ? ‘ 
Queavos avinaw averveey cvbpaaouse 
Stern Winter fmiles on that aufpicious Clime > ~ 
The Fields are florid with unfading Prine. 
From the bleak Pole no Winds inclement blow ; 
Mold the round Hail, nor flake the fleecy Snow : 
But from the breezy Deep the Bleft inhale 
The fragrant Murmurs of the We eftern Gale. Pops. 
The beautiful Profpeéts from feveral Hills to the Vales below, efpeci- 
ally from the Top of a {mall Hill, near the Honourable Fobn Dottin’s 
Eftate, from another in Batten’s Eftate, and from Brigs’s Hill, are not 
perhaps inferior to that fo celebrated Profpe& from the Top of Mount Tabor 
towards the fpacious Valley of E/draelon, and the Mediterranean Sea. 
__Nor ought we here to negleé& the Defcription of Hachleton’s Clift, 
where Nature at one View difplays a great Variety of furprifing Profpedts. 
Here the high impending Rocks yield a dreary rueful Appearance : The 
feveral deep Chafms below, over which they projeét, are imbrowned with 
the thick Foliage of lofty Trees. The adjacent fteep Declivity is crouded 
with irregular Precipices, and broken Rocks ; the whole View terminating 
in the tempeftuous Sea, over whofe craggy Shores the foaming Waves 
inceffantly break.---All folemnly awful, if not horrifying Scenes! except 
when the Eye is relieved by a Glimpfe, or fometimes a full Sight, of the 
neighbouring 
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