( 35° ) 



folely to that part of Guiana, which is 

 inhabited by the fubjefts of the United 

 Provinces ; my knowledge of the other 

 European Colonies being too imperfed 

 to merit a communication. 



The mod ancient and confiderable 

 of all the Dutch Colonies in Guiana* 

 is Surinam ; but as that River, with 

 its Settlements, which were made firft 

 by the Subjects of England, are already 

 fufficiently known in Europe, I fhall 

 omit a defcription of them. 



Next in the order of fituation is 

 the Colony of Berbice, fituated on the 

 mores of the River of that name, about 

 twenty-five leagues N. W. by W. § N. 

 diftant from Surinam, running from 

 North to South, and difcharging itfelf 

 into the Atlantic Ocean. The Coaft on 

 each fide of the River forms a Bay at 

 its entrance, which is near a mile in 



width, 



