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‘vention of this great mifchief, it will be very needful to have {trong 
Butterefles without, and thofe being plac’t juft againft the Couples, 
will be of main concern tothe fide-walls.. Ifyou make the breadth of 
your houfe fifty foot,allowing two foot to the pattition;and two foot: 
to either of the fide-walls above’, (but more below) which is fix foot’ 
in all,you will have remaining forty feur foot, which. being equally 
divided will afford twenty two foot for the breadth of either, room, 
you may for the length allow what you pleafe.. But this I{peak by per- 
miffion, and not by dire@tion: But I will fend you a Plot with this, 
and an Index annexed toit, offuch a houfe asI would build for -plea- 
fure and convenience, ifI wefe to livethere, and had mony enough to 
beftowsand I believe,with fuch conveniences and advantages for fhade 
and coolnefs, as few people in thofe Weltern parts have ftudied, or 
ever thought on. : esi mewitad Zi £ ¢ 
_ And now have as ne¢er asI can, delivered the fm of all I know of 
the Iland of Barbadoes, both for Pleafurtes.and Profits, Commodities 
and Incommroditics, Si nd Healthfulnefs.. So that it may be 
expected what I can fay to perlwade or ditfwade any that have a 
défire to go and live there. But before give.a ful] anfwer to that, I 
muft enquire and ‘be enformied.of what’ difpofition the party is that 
hath this defign; Ific be {uch a one as loves the pleafiires.of Europe , 
never'come there, for they are things he fhall, be fure tomiG. Buf, 
Pie cand cindstenbetoon Gat ange the pleafures which 
Zone, he may light uponfome that will give him an exchange, with 
fome: advantage: i HO 41) Cue: dois pee Se toy ony! 
°° And for the pleafures of Ezgland,let usconfider what they are,that 
}wemntay be the better able to judge how farthey are confi(tent with 
the exchange,that makestheadventure 5 and by the knowledge and 
well weighing of that, invite ordeter, thofe,that are the great lovers 
and admirers ofthofe delights,to come there, or {tay away. 3: 
| And amongft the {ports and recreations that the people of Exgland 
| exercife moft for their healths without dores, they are Courfing,Hun- 
jting and Hawking. | | 
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» And for the Cried though he be conipleat tn all his thapes 
that are accounted excellent, headed like a Snake, neckt.like a Drakes 
back’t like a Beam, fided like a Breme, tail’d like a Rat, footed like a 
Cat, deep breafted»with Jarge phillets and gaskins, excellently win- 
ded, with all effe may ftyle him perfect,and ofa right race: Yet, what 
ofall this, if the Country afford no Game to courfe at; or if there 
there too common. = bo pL. Boy) eons 
And for the Hunt{man and his Hounds they will find themfelves| 
at a dead fault,before they begin , for upon this foyle no Stag with 
his lofty well thap’t head , and ative body, has ever fet his nimble 
Cor particularly of England) andthe-great Varietlesof tole, Jet hirh ! 
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he enjoyed in a Temperate , for fuch as he. fhall find.in.a Torrid | 
the Climate of Barbadoes,.and what gainers or loférs. they will be by | 
feets and Herds of Vailow Deer, were never put to make a ftand upon | _ 
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Were, that would amount to‘nothing; for, in the running of twelye| 
feore yards , they will either bruife their bodies againft ftumps of| _ 
trees, orbreak their necks down the fteep falls of Gullies which are} 
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