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They told us we were very welcome, and 

 that by predidioa they Had expefted us thefe 

 two Years; for they fay that two Years ago 

 it was foretold them that a People fhould come 

 and live among them, that would treat them 

 civily, and teach them good manners. We 

 converfed fbme time with them, and after 

 viewing the Harbour came aboard. 



The 4th we came into the great Harbour 

 of Caledonia : It is a moft excellent one, for 

 it is about a League in length from N. W. to 

 S. E. It is about half a Mile broad at the 

 Mouth, and in fome places a Mile and more 

 farther in. It is large enough to contain 500 

 iail of Ships. The greateft part of it is 

 Land-lock'd, fo that it is fafe, and cannot 

 be toucht by any Wind that can blow the 

 Harbour, and the Sea makes the Land that 

 lies betwixt them a Peninfula. There is a- 

 Point of the Peninfula at the Mouth of the 

 Harbour, that may be fortified againft 

 a Navy. This Point fecures the Harbour^ 

 fo that no Ship can enter but muft be within 

 reach of their Guns. It likewife defends 

 half of the Peninfula, for no Guns from the 

 other fide of the Harbour can touch it, and 

 no Ship carrying Guns dare enter for the 

 Breaft'Work at the Point. The other fide of 

 the Peninfula is either a Precipice, or de- 

 fended againfl: Ships by Shoals and Breaches,- 

 fo that there remains only the narrow Keck 

 that is not naturally fortify'd ^ and if 30. 

 Leagues of a Wildernefs will not do that, it 

 may be artificially fortified 20 ways. In fKort, 

 it may be made impregnable, and: there is; 

 Bounds enough within it, if it were all cul^. 

 tivated, to afford 10000 Hogiheads of Sugar 



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