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HELENA, 
with the bifhop of Jerufem, and the other fhe tranfported 
to her fon. Helena remained at Paleftine, and built a church 
at Bethlehem, which oi bile abe to the fon of God, 
and oes on the mount of Olives. She then made a 
progrefs through the chief relcbhees of the Eaft, fignalizing 
in ‘every place her piety and munificence.: She died-at the: 
age of eighty, in the year 328, was interred in the imperial 
maufoleum ome, and canonized as afaint. Her native 
place um was from thie time denominated by Con- 
antics Fitlensipilia Gibbon 
ELENA, St, in Geography, an ifland of the Atlantic 
ocean, fituated in S.lat. 15 55’. W. long. 5° 49’, within 
the limit of the $.E. trade-wind, and diftant 400 leagues 
from the coalt of A He which i is the near cf continent. Its 
ani 
5 bale on advancing ‘Mill ‘nearer, the 
and the green fummits are ¢oncea aled 
On rounding Munde ie 
Seni: che eye is faddenly relieved by a view of the town 
fituated in a narrow valley, between two lofty mountains ; 
and the interfperfion of reece among the white houfes hasan 
effect highly a and picturefque. This lose known 
by the name 3 valley, is on the nd leeward 
fide of the ifland, in which fituation there is good anchorage 
efh einpad is convéyed in leaden 
t the diftance of two 
The rife and fall of 
the tide se new and full moon fom five =e 3 
and in 1796 the variation of the bat was 15° 47 
‘After pal 
ey a line of hea guns: and a double row of trees, of a 
n, and generally in full leaf ; the trees being fpecies 
thea eiita of India. The town is entered by an arched 
nder a art or terrace, forming one fide of a 
shag et On the left fide are the go- 
vernment-houfe and main guard-room, the former being m- 
i wall, wall; ‘rete DR ng embrafures, and called the 
caltle, It contains the governor's habitation, and the offices 
of government. The church, fronting the gateway, is a 
erat and not inelegant edifice. The aay ed —* com- 
ces between it anda pallifade, inclofin ompany’s 
pit It confitie of 28 cone moft p don ees neat and ~ 
well conftru@ed, and te into two other ftreets ; one on 
the E. leading to that fi the country ; the other 
ceeding to the upper part of the valley, where are fituated 
the barracks, the new garden, and the hofpital. In this 
Oo. 
enw 
treet there are many fhops, well ftored with European and 
mmodities : but the houfes, in general, are inferior 
the town, where th 
e principal 
bet 
ieee talvond ES thar cater war Bee BR 
srithaut de wer or difficulty. On the firit | 
trave b little elfe befic 
but his curiofity is foon ery “ the Bein aie 
aaaee w ight d cultis 
ie ia i melctet divided by a batty aati oF 
ae diretiion, 
and W. inacurved 
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ng the draw bridge, the way to the town lies bes: 
and — 
oe Po ae we at cach extremity. From be eer a). 
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ternate sTidges = valleys’ branch off in various pip 
but chiefly N + Dhana’s Peak, towards the F. end. 
of ‘this thisin: is i the hicheft point of the: ifland, and wiles 
nearly 2700 feet above the level of the fea, From the fum- 
mit of this peak houfes and Panag ace the line of 
fight, — the profpedt, and the con 
c 
— and wholelome fprings iffue from the ‘fides of al 
very hill, but they form only inconfiderable rills. ‘The | 
vernor’s country refidence, which lies about three miles Frets 
the town, is called the Plantation-houfe, and is a well-built, 
handfome edifiee, erected in the years rz91 and 1792. 
Phundes® lightning, ts florms, rarely difturb the fere- 
nity of this mild atmofpher n James’s town, the thermo- 
meter feldom rifes above 80°; but in the country the tempe- 
rature is much more moderate: At the plantation-howfe the 
fummer is not fo hot’ as in England, 72° being the hi oe 
point at which the thermometer was obferv ie in Hicts 
winter alfo is much milder than ours, 
and 56° of Fahrenheit. “The rain is aiftritoeed sheds the 
and there are 
sin grafs, and of caurfe the upper lands are re 
as ‘the prime paltages. of the ifland. Fruits, particularly 
vines, figs, oranges,-and lemons, ripen beft in the valleys 
near the fea 
serene and eg 
: ats are se pe ae alfo to the growth of 
> more 
ore interior, but 
eek = Se a 
from adil: is ct 
t 
and the i:ttention fii the farmer h 
te pale ire 
Cabbages, péafe, bean. 
abundance. The breed of 
originally Enclith, The 
but fuch is the demand, that a bu 
