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which ebbs and flows with irrefiftible 

 rapidity, in all thefe rivers, near two 

 hundred miles from their entrance, by 

 which you may conceive how level and 

 even the country muft be. When the 

 current of the tide turns, the traveller 

 flops, not at an inn, or tavern, for none 

 are to be found, but at whatever plan- 

 tation he chufes, where, though an in- 

 tire ftranger, he is made welcome to 

 every thing it can afford ; the hofpita- 

 lity of this Colony not permitting mo- 

 ney to be any where received for victu- 

 als or drink ; and a ftranger, on his 

 arrival here, is every where welcome 

 to board and lodging for months or 

 years. 



The Lands of this Colony, like thofe 

 of Berbice, are granted gratis, upon 

 conditional terms of fettlement ; and the 

 Governor is appointed by the Company, 

 with the approbation of the States Ge- 

 neral, 



