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‘GUADAL Fact Nota “aie Solomon, inthe 
fouthern Pacitic ocean.—A Ifo, a little walled ‘ow wn of Spain, 
Andalufia, environed bya anch ot the 
or mines of quickfilver, 
ich 
fad by De Laborde to yield a confiderable revenue. This 
{mail town contains about 1000 peg aa oy two parifhes, 
-and four convents; 19 leagues N. of Seville. 
GUADALCAZAR, town of ies in the province 
of Cordova; 12 miles S.W. 0 Cordova.—Alfo, a town 
witel: runs 
into the fea near Malaga, and which is Sees to inundations 
that eo and injure thofe parts of the town that are 
heare 
GUADALOUPE, one of the largeft of the Caribbee 
“or Leeward iflands 7. Boos Weit Indies, which, including 
«< Grand Terre”’ Baffe-Terre,”’ is about 60 Britifh 
~— in length, and 25 in breadth. Its fori | is fomewhat 
fingular, as it is divided into ‘the two parts above-named by m 
-a narrow channel, which is navigable only by boats. This 
ghannel, which is an arm of the fea, rune N. and S.; the 
portion on the N.E. of it is called ** La Grande Terre,” 
and the other on the S.W. the “ Bafle-Terre,”’ but more 
generally Guedaloupe. This channel communicates with 
the fea at both extremities, that on the N. being denomina- 
ted ** Grand aad ac 3? So: that on the S. “ Petit Cul- 
ude-Sac 
- rande-Terre’’ is about 57 
miles from ack: ua point on eo: N.W. to the point of Gua- 4 
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daloupe on the 5.E., and 29 miles in the middle, where it is 
broadeft, about 120 miles in circumference; and the other 
eS. is ‘fubdivided by a Hoge of mountains into * Capes- 
th nd “* Baffe-Terre”’ on the E. This 
‘part is 36 6 miles from N. to S., and 23 in its greateft breadth ; 
and about 120 a oe The limb o ‘fea, which fe- 
tes the on called ** Grande-Terre”? from Guada- 
Joup proper is, Y atontias to Labat, about 50 fathoms wide 
«af s northern mouth, but in fome parts it is not above 15 
th is fuch in fome parts as to admit a 
ons, while in others a bark of 50 
ter. h is often confined by 
mangrove trees; but the na a is pleafant, the die 
meats fea ag calm and clear like a mirror 5 and the length 
ig about two leagues. “The French were, in 1696, obliged 
~ to abandon Gra 
in the part o: d calle 
ose dalc ‘is clear Aun and ee incommeded 
with heat than that of anced It alf 
th! o abounds awith good 
‘water; the foil is rich, and well cultivated, and pro- 
Fw aes Roa of Martinico, fugar, cotton, indigo, 
<offee, ginger, and various fruits. Am the vegeta 
"pros dione ace the tree, which yields the i eopabe ae i 
‘the milk fhrub yielding a liquor 7 like milk; th ubane-tree, 
* fur ng a kind of Bhat, which is ufed ie Enieuiag hogs ; ° 
“the corbary tree, which yields a gum fimilar to amber ; 
“kind of cinnamon-tree,_ and fan dat aod: LL birds 
ae — ges, turtle-doves, herons, and falcons, 
tons could 
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fifhi 
abat aetedbes a fingular phenome- 
eing fo hot, at a {mall diftance from the 
l eg 
{mell of fulphur is perceive ed. 
tain, and a hot marfh, the latter of whic 
urnt ftones occur, and plac 
peas | flrongly of ae a The fummit is a large plat- 
form, {urrounde rnt ftones, and fmoke iffuing from 
oles and crevices. The mouth of the volcano is perceived 
on the E. ; and Labat obferved other apertures in this vol- 
canic mountain. The ait on the fummit is very cold; but 
negroes frequently afcend it to gather fulphur, which 
they purify and fell. There are feveral pools in this moun- 
SS so {prings which unite and form torrents 
aloupe was firft difcovered by Columbus, who gave 
it che name from a fancied refemblance to the mountain fo 
poe in Old Spain. His landing was oppofed by the wo- 
af bie ifland, ane attacked the ftrange vifitors with 
baie d arrows; but the fire-arms of the Spaniards foon 
aifperted ‘them, and may obtained a very eafy pofleffion = 
the ifland. Few of the original inhabitants, or Charai 
now remain. This ifland was fifk fettled by Lb Preoch 
€ cacao. 
affes were 16203 = the beeves 3699. 
was peopled by 9643 whites, and 41,140 flaves. 
were 334 fugar houfes; and the cotton, coffee, ca 
pons. in a like proportion, weed tobacco and indigo 
tothe produce. The banana trees, for the food 
of be es were ae at eae 5203 with 32,577,950 
ditches of m The horfes amounted to 4946, mules 
2924, afles gael with I 35916 beeves, 11,162 fheep and 
n Sfongpets oe § 
Pache ocean, com- 
miles 
iets: one lying W.S.W. Ihnlf « league, the other two miles 
from 
