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( loftie Capers 3 with Turnes above ground , thefe are too violent for 

 hot Countries. 



Some other kinds of plealures they have m England^ which are not 

 fo fiilly enjoyed in the Barbadoes^ as (mooth Champion to walk 01 

 ride on, with variety of Landfcapes at leveral diftances , all there 

 being hem'd in with Wood, and thofe trees fo tail and lofty as to 

 hinder and bar the view fo much, as ("upon a level of plainj no Ho- 

 ! rifon can be feen. But upon the fides of Hills which look toward the 

 I Sea, your eye may range as far that way as the globical roundncls 

 of that watry Element will give way to, but that once foen, the eye 

 is (atisfied, and variety in that objed there is none5 for no (hipping 

 pals that wayjbut foch as arrive at the lOand. 'Tis true, that Woods 

 made up offoch beautiful! Trees as grow there, are pleafant things to 

 look on, ahd afford a very plentiful delight to the eyes 5 but when 

 you are lb enclos'd, as hardly to look out, you will find too quick and 

 too fuUa fatiety in that pleaiure. But as the Woods are cut down, the 

 Landfcapes will appear at far diftances. 



Now for the beauty of the Heavens, they are as far tranfcending all 

 we ever law mEngland , or elfewhere 4c Degrees without the Line, 

 on either fide, as the land objeds of the Barbadoes are fiiort of ours in 

 Europe, So he that can content himfelfwith the beauties of the Hea- 

 vens,may there be fufficiently latisfied. But we Mortals, that Till and 

 love the earth, becaule our felves are made up of the fame mold , take 

 pleaiure fometimes to look downward , upon the firuits and effeds 

 of our own labours i and when we find them thrive by the bleffings 

 of the great Creator, we look up to give thanks, where we find fo 

 great a glory ,as to put us into aftoniOiment and admiration. 



Now for the finelling lenle, though we have the bloflbmes of the 

 Orange, Limon,Lyme, Cittron, Pomgranate, with the fineli of that 

 admirable fruit the Pine, and others: yet, when we confider the in- 

 finite variety of the Flowers oiEngland^ both for beauty and /avour, 

 there is no companion between them, and the flowers there are ve- 

 ry few in number,and inlmelljUOt to be allowed in competition with 

 ours of England : For, fince the differences between the Houies of 

 York and Lancafter have been laid afide,, no red nor white Role 

 have grown there, but the Lillies have taken up the quarrel, and itrive 

 in as high a conteftthere,as the Rofes have done in England j for,they 

 are the faireft and purefli, that I have ever leen, both red and white, 

 but no Iweet Imell. He that could tranfplant the flowers of England 

 to the Barbadoef^ would do a rare work, but I fear to little purpole ; 

 For, though the virtual beams of the Sun, give growth and life to all 

 the Plants and Flowers it Ihines on, yet, the influence is at leveral 

 diftances, and fo the productions varie, fome flowers muft be warmed, 

 fome toafted, and fome almoft foalded 5 and to tranlpoie thele, and 

 let them in contrary places, were to ftrive againft nature. *Tis true, 

 that the Herbs of E»g/4«^/ grow and thrive there, by reafon they are 

 ftronger, and better able to endure that change, but Flowers, that are 

 of a more tender nature , will not endure fo great heat as they find 

 there. But to repair this lenle, fome will lay, that Perfumes brought 

 out of will plentifully lupply us; But that will not at all avail 



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