of the Tftind of Barbadoes;. =a 
‘their pains, and faithful cbedience,to ferve them in ail juft Commands. 
} And both thefe, interchangeably and mutually in love, whichis the]. 
Cord that binds up all in perfect Harmony, And where thefe are 
wanting, the roots dry, and leaves fall away, and a general decay, &; 
‘and devaftation enfues.. Witnefsthe woeful experience of thefe fad | 
times welivein. | 7 
| Being now comets the diftance of two or three leagues, my firlt 
obfervation was, the formof the I{land in general, which is higheft 
‘in the middle; by which commodity of fituation, the Inhabitants 
within, have thefe advantages; a free pro{pect to Sea, and a reception 
of pure refrefhing air, and breezes that come from thence : the plan- 
tations overlooking one another fo, as the moft inland parts , arenot 
bar’d nor reftrained the liberties of their view to fea,by thofe that dwell 
between them and it, . For aswe paftalong near the fhoar, the Plan- 
tations appear'd tous one aboveanother : like feveral {tories in ftately 
-| buildings, which afforded us a large proportion of delight, So 
that we bege’d of the Matter, to take down thofe of his fails, that gave 
the fhip the greateft motion, that we might not be depriv’d on.a fud- 
| den, of a fight we all were fo much pleafed with. But our Cattle 
and Horfes (who were under hatches 5 and therefore no partners of 
this object,) having devoured all their fodder, and were now ready 
to cometo that neceflity, asthenext thing tobe thought on, was to 
pisiadsal boards, aad feed them with the thavings; Which deadly 
hunger, ¢at fed {uch lowing and bellowing of tl poor Cattle,as their 
cry {topped the Miaftersears, fo as theft, and moft per:wafive | 
language, we couldule + could notforcea paflage, but with all the 
hafte he could, putinte Carli/ie Bay 3 which is thebeft in the Ifland, 
ere we found riding at Anchor; “22 good {hips, with boats ply ing to 
Ry in 
and fro, with Sailsai 
“ee om 
ailsand Gars, which ca mn ies from place to 
place : fo quick {tirring, and numerous, as I have feen it below the 
| bridge at Loudon. o i ee | 
-Yetn twithftanding all this appearance of trade, the Inhabitants 
of the Iilands, and thipping too, were fo grievoutly vifited with the 
plague, (or as killinga difeafe,) that before amonth was expiredyafter | 
_} Our arrival, the living were hardly able.to bury. the deac 
Ww ug! herin-thipping- (for in long voyages, difeates grow 
at Sca,and take away many paliengers,and thofe difeafes prove conta: 
gious, ) or by the ditempers of the people ofthe Ifland : who by the 
ill. dyet they keep, and,drinking {trong Waters, bring difeafés upon 
themfelves, was not- certainly known: But I havethisreafon to believe 
| the latter ;_becaufe forene woman that dyed, theré were ten men 5 
jand the men were the greater deboyftes: 9 = .-- 0 ‘otis 
_ Inthis fad time,we artiv’d in this Hlandsand it wasa doubt whether 
this difea(e, or famine threatned moft 3. There being a general fcarcity 
of Viduals throughout the whole Ifland. 
|. Ourintention atfirft,. wasnot to ftay long there, but onely.to fell 
our Goods, Cattle, and Horfes; and fo away to Antigoas where we 
i nt : butthe fhips being {for the moft part) infected 
fe, and our felves being unprovided of hands for a 
eascui 
y Plantation. (by teafon of the mifcarrying ofathip, which fet out } 
fore us from Pliazonth, amonth before, withmen victuals, andall 
fitted for a Plantation,we were compelled to ftay cc 
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