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who, except a very few, are unexpofed 

 to the rays of the fun near mid-day. 

 And furprizing as it may appear, I can 

 neverthelefs allure you, that the heat is 

 here lefs than in the ifland of Barba- 

 doesy which is e (teemed the mod tem- 

 perate and falubrious of all the tropical 

 iflands. Here we are not fubjedt to 

 thofe particular feafons for crops and 

 harveft, to which the inhabitants of all 

 the Weft-India iflands are confined; 

 every part of the year being proper 

 both for planting and gathering, and 

 in every part of the year bloffoms, to- 

 gether with ripe and unripe fruit, ap- 

 pear on the fame trees. Revolving 

 years afford nothing but a perpetual 

 uninterrupted fummer. 



c< Stern winter fmiles on that aufpicious dime, 

 cc The fields are florid with unfading prime ; 

 " From the bleak Pole no winds inclement blow, 

 " Mould the round hail, or flake the fleecy fnow." 



Pope. 



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