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of eftimatCj to what a Revenue this Ifland is raifed^ and^inmy opini- 

 on not improbable. Jfyou willbepleafed tolook back to the extent 

 of the Ifland , you (hall find , by taking a medium of the length and 

 breadth of it, that there is contained in the Ifland 392 fquare miles. 



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392 



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out of which we will lubftraft a third part, which is the moft remote 

 part of the Hand from the Bridge, where all, or the moft part of Trade 

 is, which by many deep and fteep Gullies interpofing, the pafTage is 

 in a manner ftop d : befides, the Land there is not fo rich and fit to 

 bear Canes as the other 5 but may be very ufefull for planting pro- 

 vifionsof Corn,Yeams,Bonavifta,Cafravie, Potatoes^ and hkewifeof 

 Fruits as Oranges, Limons, Lymes, Plantines, Bonanoes^ asalfo, for 

 breeding Hoggs,Sheep,Goats, Cattle, and Poultry, to furmlh the reft 

 of the Ifland, that want thofe Commodities. For which reafons , we 

 will fubftraa a third part from 392. and that is 130. and fo the re- 



392 ^ 

 ^Sias (130! 130 



m . — 



262 



maining ? is 262 fquare mi'es^ the greateft part of which may be 

 laid to Sugar-works, and fome to be allowed and fet out for fmali 

 Plantations, which are not able toraife a Sugar- work or fet up anln- 

 2enio by reafon of the paucity of acres, being not above twenty, thir- 

 ty or forty acres in a Plantation, but thefe will be fit to bear Tobacco, 

 Ginger Cotten-wool, Maies, Yeames, and Potatoes, as alfo for bree- 

 ding Hoggs. But moft of thefe will in ftiort time, be bought up by 

 great men, and laid together , into Plantations of five, fix, and feven 

 hundred acres. And then we may make our computation thus, viz. 

 A mile fquare will contain 640 acres of land, and here we fee is 262 

 acres being f of the Ifland. So then, wemultiply 262 by 64o.andthe 

 produd will amount unto 167680. Now we will putthecafe, that 

 fome of thofe men that have fmall Plantations, will not fell them, but 

 keep them for provifions , which they may live plentifully upon 5 

 for thofe provifions they raife, will fell at good rates 3 for which ufe, 

 we will fet out thirty thoufand acres. So then we lubftraft 30000 

 acres from 167680, and there will remain 137680 acres , to be for 

 Sugar-works5 outof which, ,^may be planted with Canes, the other 

 ' for Wood, Pafture, and Provifions, which mult iupport the Plan- 

 tations, according tothe fcaleof Collonel Mod^ford's Plantation, as I 



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