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nfidered as mere iheds, were they 



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from rain, molfture, and the Inclemencies of the air, which 



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mild and temperate in thefe happy regions. 



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houfes are filled with people,, and the largeft habitations contain 



feveral families 



Wherever we walked, we found the. roads lined 



with natives, and not one of the houfes. was empty, though we had 

 left the fhores oppofite the fhip,. crowded with people. 



All thef 



circumilances indicate, that there is an extraordinary population in 

 this queen of tropical illesj and v/e have every necefHiry argument 



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to corroborate the alTertion,. 



The mild and temperate climate, under the powerful, benevo- 

 lent, and congenial influence of the fun, mitigated by alternate fea 

 and land breezes, quickens the growth of the vegetable and animal 

 creation i and therefore, in fome meafure alfo, benefits andimproves 

 the human frame, by this happy combination. Such is the great 

 abundance of the fineft fruit, growing, as it were, without culti- 

 vation, that none are difi:reired for food. The fea is another great 



refource for the inhabitants of this and all the Society Ifles. 



They 



catch great numbers of fine and delicious fifh ^ they colled: number- 

 lefs fhells, cray-fiih, fea-eggs, and feveral kinds of blubbers, along 

 the reefs, both by day and night; and often go to the low iilands a 



cavallas, turtles, and water-fowl. 



x'cw leagues off, in queft of 



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There'is not a houfc or cottage, about which you do not- obferve a 



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