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of the\ Iftand of Barbadoes.. 
@ third part of my building to be ofan Eaft and Weft line.and the other 
two thirds to crofs that,at the Weft end ¢ in'a North and South litiesaidl 
this latterto bea {tory higher’ than that ofthe Eaft-and Wet line," 
that at four a clock in the afternoon, the higher buildings will bepin'to 
fhade'the other, and.{o'afford more and more thade:t6 my Ealt and 
_ | Welt building 'till night sand not only tothe houfe, bat to all the wal kes 
_j that I make on either fide that building,and then I would taifé my foun- 
_}dation of that part of my houlé wherein ttiy belt roomswere three foot 
fabove grounds leaving it hollow underneath for Ventidués , which 
T would have come into every room in the houfé, and by that rii@atis 
{lacken, a‘cdol fhadefrom’ my’ Northaid South building, both which 
are greatreftethings, in hot Countreys: and according to this Model, 
Idrew many plots, of feveral fizes and contrivances, butthey did not 
or would not uiiderftand them : at laftl'gtew weary of eafting {tones 
againft the wind, and fo gave‘over: © Oo pEgHLIG SORT. qe 
It were fomewhat difficult , to give you"an exahecount , of the 
hnumber of perfonsupon theTiland 5 there being fuch ftore of fhipping 
that brings paflengers dafly to the place; ~but it has' been conjectur'd, 
+ by thofe that are long acquainted, and. beft feenin ‘the knowledge'of 
‘|theliland’, that there até norleG that’ Jo thoufand fouls, befidés Ne- 
eroess atid | ome ofthem who began upon {inall fortunes, are now rifen 
to very great and waleettdtes. "7" Say east Meshacend oF15) 
The Ifland ts divided ittto three forts ofinen, viz: Matters, Servants, 
| vants, whoare , 
‘|fland. * So that for thetime, the ervants hav 
they are:put'to very’ hard fabour,’ il lodgings ( 
fleight). Wien we came firft on the Ifland, fomé Planters’ thém-’ 
|felves did not eat bone meat, ‘above twice’ a week’: the reft of the 
| bone meat at all, unlefsan Oxe dyed : and ‘thent 
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| complains for’tisa food they take great delight in; ‘and their manner 
| of dref fing, atid eating it; is this : ‘tis gathered for'them ( fomewhat 
| before it be ripe, for fo they defire to havéit,) ‘upon Saturday; by the | 
you fhall feel the cool breeze'all the day,and in the evening,whenthey | 
|feven dayes, ‘Potatoes, Edblolly, and Bonavitt: _ Butthe ervalieitie| 
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