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: imagine, what advantage Collonel Walrond has, of any inland Planta- 
tion, having thefe materials, which are the main Regalia’s in a Feaft, | 
and his own contrivance to boot, befides all I have formerly. nam‘d, 
concerning raw and preferv’d fruits, with all the ‘other Quelquechojfes. 
And thus tiuch I thought good to fay for the honour of the Iiland , 
whichisno more than truth; becaufe I have heard it fleighted by fome, 
that feent’d toknow much of it. 
Commodi About a hundred fail of Ships yearly vifit this Ifland, and receive, 
[ties Expor-| during thetime of theirftay in the Harbouts, for their fuftenance, the 
ae native Vidtuals orowing in the Ifland, fuch as I have already nanfed 5 
befides what they carry away, and what is carried away by Planters 
ofthe Ife, that vifit other parts of the world. The commodities this 
Ifland trades in, are Indico, Cotton-wool, Tobacco, Sugar, Ginger 5 and | 
F ultick-wood. ; 
Commodi. | ‘Che Commodities thef Ships bring to this Ifland, are, Servants and | 
ties Impor-| Slaves, both men and womens Horfes, Cattle, Affinagoes, Camels, Uten- 
ted, fils for boy ling Sugar as, Coppers T. aches,Goudges,and Sockets 5 all manner 
of working tooles for Tradefmen, as, Carpenters, Foyners, Smiths, Ma- 
| fons, will-wr ights, Wheeb-wrights, T: inkers, Coopers, &c. Iron, Steel,Lead, 
| Brafi, Pewter, Cloth of all kinds, both Liznen and Woollen 5 Stuffs;Hats, 
Hoje, Shoves, Gloves, Swords, Knives, Locks, Keys, &c. Viduals of all 
kinds, that willendurethe Sea, in fo longa voyage. Olives, Capers, 
Anchdvies, falted Flefh and Fifh, pickled Macquerels and Herrings, Wine 
Anletetttcninr gt ea 
7 “eh of all forts, and the boon Beer, a .Ameleterres = | 
: What Buil-| Thad it in my thought before {came there, what kind of Buildings 
dings we | would be fit for a Country, that was fo much troubled with heat, as 
found at Hr | Thave heard this wassand did expect to find thick walls, high roofs, and 
firft coming deep cellerss but found neither the one nor theothet , but clean con- 
Ifland: trary’; timber houfes, with low roofs, fo low, as for the moft part of 
| them, Icould hardly ftand upright with my hat on, and no cellars at 
| alls ‘befides, another courfe they took, which was more wonder to me | 
than all thats which was, ftopping, orbarring out the wind, which 
fiould give them the greate{t comfort, when they were neer ftifled 
with heat. For, the wind blowing alwayes one way, which was Eaft- 
wardly, ‘they fhould have made all the openings they could to the 
Eaft, thereby ‘to let in the cool breezes, torefrefhthem when thelieat 
of the day came, ‘But they, clean contrary, clofed up all their houfesto 
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wie ntetinas. wet 
e Ea ‘all tothe Weft; fothat inthe afternoons, when 
the Suncame tothe Weft, thof little low roofed rooms were like 
~_| Stoves, or heated Ovens. And truly, ima'very hot day, it might raife 
a doubt, whether fo much heat without, and fo much Tobacco and 
»kill-devil within, might nottet the houfe a fire 5 for thefe three in- 
gredients are ftrdng miotives to provoke it, and they were ever 
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apap : Bs 
“But at laftI foutid by them, the teaforisof this ftrange prepofterous | 
inafiner of building, whichwasgrounded upon the weakeft and filli- 
eft foundation that could be ¢ Forthey-alledged, that at thetimes of 
tdin, which was very ‘often, the wind drave the rain in at their 
windows f6faft, asthe houfes within were much annoyed with it 5 
i having no glaG to keep it lout, they ‘could feldom ft orl ye dry + 
\and {6 bemgconftrained to keep out the air on thatfide, for fear of 
ae in the ‘waters would‘open the Weft ends of their houfés {6 
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