( 36° ) 



weftern channel is intirely defencelefs. 

 Fort Zealand is fituated on an Ifland 

 known by the name of the Fort IJland, 

 lying about ten leagues above the en- 

 trance of the River, This Fort mounts 

 about forty pieces of cannon, and on 

 this Ifland is the ufual refidence of the 

 Governor, and other Officers of Go- 

 vernment, as well as of fome of the 

 Planters, &c. On this, and all the 

 other Iflands, as well as on each fide 

 of the River, for a great diftance, are 

 Plantations, producing Sugar, Coffee, 

 and Cotton chiefly. 



The River Ejfequebo receives a great 

 number of creeks and rivers on each 

 fide but the principal ftream has its 

 fource more than three hundred miles 

 from the fea-coafl, diverging wefterly 

 from Demerary, whofe courfe from the 

 entrance is nearly South to the place 

 where it divides into two branches. Be- 



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