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Sim- Star. 



StM-Jfplt, 





<U M E %I C A. Chap. XVIII. 



Alone* the Shore is alfo found a fort of Fifh call'd the Sea-Star, which is a ycl- 

 lowifli Fifh, whofe hard Skin full of little Knobs fhoot forth five Darts or Beams . 

 in ftormy Weather they fatten themfelves to the Rocks. 



No lefs wonderful is the Fifh call'd the Sea^Apple, whofe, brown Skin is full of 

 Prickles, which when the Fifh dies fall off, nothing remaining but a white Shell, 

 curioufly embroider'd with little Holes. 



On the Banks, and near the Rocks, grow alfo Sea-Trees, whofe thickeft Boughs 

 putting forth ftill lefTer and lefler Branches, are pleited together very wonderfully, 

 and being all glazM as it were with Salt-petre, feem greyifh. 



Sect. IX. 



Barboude. 



BArboutbos, which fomc call fBarboude, others Sarbada, being five Leagues in 

 length, lies at feventeen Degrees and thirty Minutes, and North-Eaft from 

 Monferrat, in a fh allow Sea. 

 SHgBjbmo- Here the Englijh Planting, have from their firft Arrival been much molefted by 

 QuiUttans. the Qaribbeeans of 'Dominico, who for a great while us'd twice a year to Invade thejri 

 in the Night, killing and deftroying whom and whatfoe're they met with, onely 

 Women and Children, with fome other Booty, they carried to Dominico* 



Situation of 



RMrbtHthos. 





Situation of 

 fUtonda. 



Situation of 



Ktvis. 



Sect. X, 



Rotonda. 



THe Ifle G^otonda, which is much leffer, hath receiv'd that Denomination 

 from its round Form, for itrifes in the middle into a Hill, which at a 

 diftance appears like a Steeple ; It lies at feventeen Degrees and ten Mi- 

 nutes. The Sea about the fame being very deep, makes a good coming to the Ifland 

 with Ships. 



Sect. XI. 



Nevis. 



IN fight ol^ptonda, at feventeen Degrees and nineteen Minutes, lies Nevis, which 

 hath fix Leagues in circumference. Out of the middle of the Ifland rifes a 

 Mountain all over wooddy 5 round about which the Englijh, who Setled there 

 Anno 1628. have their Plantations, and have increafed from a fmall number to 

 above three thoufand, and make a good Advantage of their Sugar, Ginger, Cot- 

 ton, and Tobacco, which they Plant there. 

 ^enT^of ^ e y are Governed by a peculiar Governor and a Council, who punifli Thieves, 

 tKe Enghjh and a ll manner of Debofhes very feverely . 



There are alfo three Churches, which on the Sabbath-Day are all throng'd with 

 People, who refort thither for the Worfhip and Service of God. 



The Harbor call'd fiatbiBay, and the Store-houfe built about the fame, are fecu- 

 red by a great Fort full of great Guns. 



Several Springs on this Ifland afford the Inhabitants good Water. Here is alfo 

 a Mineral Spring, a place to Bathe in, which hathbeen found to cure the fame Di* 

 (tempers which the Waters at Bourbon have done. 



Moreover, 



there. 



