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We (hall not much need to commend the wholfom temperature of this Coun- rdfeUi 

 trey, feeing the greateft part thereof lieth above three Degrees nearer to the South, 

 than any part of England doth, fo that even in the Winter it is pleafant and health! 

 ful as Bio land is. 



The natural Inhabitants of the Countrey, as they are but few in number, fo are n,™ of 

 they iomething a rude and falvage People, having neither knowledge of God, nor £,. 

 living under any kind of Civil Government. In their Habits, Cuftoms, and Man- 

 ners, they refemble the Indians of the Continent, from whence it is to be fuppps'd 

 they come , they live altogether in the North and Weft part of the Countrey which 

 is feldom frequented by the Englijh . but the French and Sifeahurs (who refort thither 

 yearly for the Whale-fifliing, and alio for the Cod.fi(hj report them to be an in- 

 genuous and tradable People (being well us'd) and very ready to affift them with 

 great labour and patience, in the killing, cutting, and boyling of Whales, and ma- 

 king the Trayn-Oyl, without expectation of other Reward rhan a little Bread or 

 fome fuch fmall Hire. 



It hath the moft commodious Harbours in the World, and the mod fafe Seas to o—* 

 Sail to it,there being not any Iflands,Rocks or Sands between the Lands-End in Eng- " **** 

 land and Neit>-found Land,md for the moft part it is not above three or four Weeks Sail 

 thither, and lefs coming back . and is the moft commodioufly fuuated for the dif- 

 covering of the North- Weft Paffage, and other Inlets into the South Sea . whereby 

 the ordinary Voyages to China, Japan, and the Baft-Indus, are much eas'd in the ex- 

 pence of Time and Charge j and the moft open to Trade to all Parts, of any Ifland 

 of the Weft-Indies. 



On the Eaft fide of the Land, are the Bays of Trinity and Conception, which ftretch 

 themfelves towards the South- Weft. 



Tor.Bay and CapelinSay lying alfo on the Eaft, ftretch themfelves towards the 

 Weft. 



The Bays ofTrefpaffey, St. Mary, <Borrel, and flaifance, on the South part of the 

 Land, extend their Arms towards the North. 



The great Bay of St. Teters lying on the South. Weft fide of the Land, and Sou- 

 therly from the great River of (>*k,being about twenty Leagues diftant, the fame 

 ftretcheth toward the Eaft. 



Trtmty Harbour lies in near forty nine Degrees of North Latitude, being very 

 commodioufly feated to receive Shipping in feafonable Weather,both to Anchor in, 

 and from thence to Sail towards either the Eaft, Weft, or South. It hath three Arms' 

 or Rivers, long and large enough for many hundred Sail of Ships to moare faftac 

 Anchor near a Mile from the Harbours Mouth. Clofe adjoyning to the Rivers 

 fide, and within the Harbour, is much open Land, well ftor'd with Grafs fufli- 

 cient, Winter and Summer, to maintain great ftore of ordinary Cartel, befidesHogs 

 and Goats, if fuch Beafts were carried thither . and it ftandeth North moft of any 

 Harbor in the Land, where our Nation praftifeth Filhing : It is near unto a great 

 Bay lying on the North fide of it, call'd The 'Bay of Flowers j to which Place no 

 Ships repair toFifli, in regard offundry Rocks and Ledges lying even with the Wa- 

 ter, and full of danger. 



The bottom of the Bay of Trinity lieth within four Leagues through the Land 

 South-Weft, Southerly from Trinity, as by experience is found } and it comes near 

 unto the Bay ofTrefpafey, and the bottom of fome other Bays. 



Trefpajfey in like manner is as commodious a Harbour, lying in a more temperate 

 Chmate, almoft i n forty fix Degrees of North Latitude, and is both fair and plea- 

 lant, and a wholfom Coaft free from Rocks and Shelves; fo that of all other Har- 

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