Chap. XVIII. *A M EX^IC A. $gj 



Halls arc very lightfom and high, and chc Walls of them addrn'd with Cedar ; a flat 

 Terrace on the top yields a pleafant Profpect all over the Couhtrey 5 the Windows 

 in the Front look open not onely upon the Orange Walk, but alfo upon feveral de- 

 lightful Plantations of Sugar«Canes and Ginger. 



Weftward appear feveral Mountains, whofe high Heads are inverted with ever- 

 flourifhing Trees • and between the Palace and thofe Mountains a very large and 

 (lately Garden, full of all manner of Flowers and other delightful Plants, as well . 

 thofe commonly known amongft us, as thofe peculiar to that part of the World 9 

 in the middle thereof (lands a Fountain, deriving its Source from the Foot of a 

 neighboring Hill. 



The Winds which blow from the Hills, and efpecially thofe cool Blarts daily 

 coming out of the Eaft, fo tempers the hot Climate, that it becomes very to- 

 lerable. 



When any News arrives hereof the French Conquefts in Europe, they found the 

 Trumpets on the top of the Caftle, and the Standards and Enfigns formerly taken 

 by the Governor in the Field, are hung out of the Windows. 



«On one fide of the Caftle (lands a Chappcl, and fomewhat farther on a rifing 

 in,a row of Houfes, inhabited by certain Retainers to the Governor, and is call'd 

 Angola* The Offices and Lodgings for the Governor's Servants are built of Brick, 

 about the Caftle, which is fortifi'd with five Sconces, whereon are planted fevcrai 

 Guns. 



The Governor keeps nine hundred Slaves, a.nd a hundred Frenchmen, to work 

 in his three Sugar-Mills, to till his Ground, and for his Houfhold-Service. 



Several French Gentlemen have alfo built many fair Houfes here 5 amongft which 

 the chiefeft are thofe on which Toucy, Treval, (BeneVent, Girand, Juber, de la fyziere, 

 de St. Andant, de V Efperance, and de la Lode fpent great fums of Money. 



The Englijh alfo are not much inferior to them in their Counties. 



Their Churches are five in all ; firft on the Point of the Palm-Tree (lands a fair The**»> 



> Plantations 



Church ; a fecond near the great Road,below the English Governor's Houfe -, a third »*»!*«* 

 at the Sandy Point ; which are all well built, and large enough for a confiderable 

 Congregation j the other two at the Inlet Cayoune are fliort of the three firft. The 

 Minifters thereof receiv'd formerly thcit Benefices from the Bifliop of Canterbury, 

 in Qrom'toell's time from the Tryers, as they were call'd -, but of late, fincethe King's 

 Reftauration, from the Bifliop of Canterbury again. 



The bed Houfes belonging to the English were built by Mr. Warner, Mr. G{jcb, 

 Mr. Evrard, and Col. Geffreyfon all fucceffivcly Governors of the Place. 



It was in the Year 1 625. that the English and French jointly (Defnambuc Comman* ^^^ 

 ding the French, and Thomas Warner the English) Landed on this Ifland of St. Qmfto* i"***. 

 f>hers, ata certain time when the Caribbeeans, perfwaded by their Bojie^to deftroy alt 

 Strangers, were ready up in Arms, but they met with fuch Entertainment, that 

 they foon loft their Courage, and yielded pofTeffion to the Aflailants : Not long af- 

 ter which Vef?iambuc and Warner went (the one to farts, and the other to London) to 

 inform their Kings of the Condition of St. Qiriftophers, and to raife a Company 

 which might promote the Planting of it : Both attain'd their Defires, and had freflr 

 Affiftancc given them 5 for both Kings favor'd the Defign, in regard of the good 

 Conditions that were propos'd to thofe that ftiould go Undertakers thither : And 

 to prevent all Contentions between the English and French, they made Boundaries on 

 each fide ; but Hunting, Harbors, Fifhing, Mines, Trees' for Wainfcotirrg, and the 

 like, were to remain in common 5 and each was to affift the other. The Enghsh 

 Plantation increafed daily more than the Frtnth,- having cariftarit Supplies frbrfi the 



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