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can Colonies, was ufually fold to New- 

 England traders, in payment for their 

 commodities, but has fmce been fent 

 to the coaft of Africa, for the purchafe 

 of Haves. 



The timber, with which the land ad- 

 jacent to the fea is covered, is chiefly 

 fmall and low, confifting moftly of Ma- 

 nicoles, which are a fmall fpecies of 

 Palm, and Troelies, which are a leaf 

 near thirty feet in length, ferving for 

 the thatch of houfes ; thefe, however, 

 at the edges of current water, are in- 

 termixed with large Mangroves, which 

 I mail hereafter defcribe. 



The foil in the inland elevated part 

 of the country, though fertile, is lefs 

 durable : It is, however, cloathed with 

 lofty ever verdant forefts, affording the 

 mod valuable fpecies of timber, either 



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