-' ^ 1 — ^ 



of the Ifland of Barhadots. 



land in four Circuits s Juftices of Peace, Conftables, Churchwar- 

 dens, and Tithing-men : five Seffions in the year, for tryal of Crimi- 

 nal caufes, and all Appeals from inferiour Courts, in Civil caufes. 

 And when the Governour pleafes to call an AfTembly, for the fu- 

 preatn Court of all, for the laft Appeals, for making new Laws and 

 aboliftiing old,according to occafion, in nature of the Parliament of 

 England^ and accordingly confifts of the Governour,as Supream, his 

 Council, in nature of the Peers, and two Burgeffes cho(en by every 

 PariQifor the reft.The Ifland is divided into eleven Pariflie,no Tich es 

 paid to the Minifter, but a yearly allowance of a pound of Tobacco, 

 upon an acre of every mans land , befides certain Church-duties , of 

 Marriages, Chriftenings,and Burials. 



A (landing Commiffion there was alfo , for punilhing Adultery and 

 Fornication,though rarely put in execution. 



Something would be laid concerning the (ealbns of the year, but it is 

 littlc,and therefore will be the leaft troublefome. Four months in the 

 year, the weather is colder then the other eight,and thole are November ^ 

 December^ JuKuary and February yet they are hotter then with us in 

 May. There is no general Fall of theleaf, every Tree having a parti- 

 cular falltoMmfelf^asiftwoLocufts ftands at the diftance of a ftones 

 caft, they have not their falls at one time^ one Locuft will let fall the 

 leaves in J amary ^mother in March^z third in July, a. fourth in September j 

 2uld Co all months one kind of Trees having their leveral times of falling: 

 But if any months falls more leaves then other, 'tis February^ for Co in 

 my niceft oblervation I found it. The leaves we find fallen under the 

 trees, being the moftofthem large and ftiffe, when they were grow- 

 ing, and having many veines, which gofirom the middle ftalk, to the 

 uppermoft extent of the leaf, when the thin part of the leaf is rot- 

 ten and conlum'd, thole veins appear like Anatomies, with the ftran- 

 geft works and beautifulleft forms that I have feen, fit to keep as a 

 rarity in the Cabinets of the greateft Princes. As alfo the Negres 

 heads , which we find in the Sands , and they are about two inches 

 long, with a forehead, eyes, nofe, mouth,chin.^andpartof the neck^ I 

 cannot perceive any root by which they grow, but find them alwayes 

 looleinthefand, nor is it a fruit that falls from any tree, for then we 

 fhould find it growing 5 black it is as jet, but from v; hence it comes, 

 no man knows. 



Mines there are none in this Ifland, not fomuchasofCoaljfor which 

 Irealbn, we preierve our Woods as much as we can. 



We find flowing out of a Rock in one part of the Ifland, an unftu- 

 ous fubftance, ibmewhat like Tarre, which is thought to have many 

 vertues yet unknown 5 but is already di(coveredto be excellent good 

 to ftopaflux,by drinking it, but by annointing for all aches and brui- 

 fes, and fo fubtle it is , as being put into the palm of the hand , and 

 rub'd there, it will work through the back. 



Another gummy fiibftance there is, black, and hard as pitch, and is 

 ufed as pitch, 'tis called Mount jack. 



Having given you in my Bills of Fare, a particular of (uch Viands, 

 as this Ifland afforded,for fupportation of life, and fomewhat for de- 

 light too, as far as concerns the Table, yet, what are you the better 



D d fot 



