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accept them. They v/ere alfo EngUJb, who complained of be- 

 ing plundered by Pirates. 



The fame Day, as there was nothing left in the Jdour that we 

 could carry away, v/e took our iaft Leave of her, with fo much 

 the more Regret, as that for the four Days which Ihe had been 

 a-ground, fhe had not taken a Drop of Water ; and we went all 

 to Land after Sun-fet. We found here fome Tents, which they 

 had fet up with the Sails of the Ship ; a Guard-Houfe, where 

 Day and Night they kept a llrid Watch ; and fome Provifions, 

 well fecured in a Warehdufe, where they alfo kept a Guard. 

 The îfland in v/hich we were, might be about four Leagues 

 Defcrittion of Compafs. There were fome to the Right 

 theM^rt I/I J ^^^^ different Extents ; and that 



y J an ,s, the Savages had their Cabins, Vv^as the 



leallof all, and the nearefc our's. They lived there entirely by 

 iiihing ; and all this Coaft abounds with Filh, in Proportion as 

 the Earth is incapable , of fupplying any Necefl'aries for Life. 

 As to their Drefs, fome Leaves of Trees, or a Piece of Bark, 

 fuffices them ; they have nothing covered but what Decency 

 teaches all Men to hide. 



The Soil of thefe Illands is a very fine Sand, or rather a Kind 

 of Lime calcin'd, every where intermixed with a white Coral, 

 which is eafily reduced to Powder. There are alfo only Bufhes 

 and Shrubs here, without a lingle Tree. The Shores of the Sea 

 are covered with tolerably fine Shells ; and they find here fome 

 Sponges, which feem to be throv^^n up by the Waves of the Sea 

 in fiormy Weather. They fay, that what keeps the Savages 

 here, are the Shipwrecks, which are common enough in the 

 Channel of Bahama^ and of which they alv/ays make their Ad- 

 vantage. Vy^e do not fee even a fingle Beaft in all thefe Ifîands ; 

 which feem to be accurfed by God and Man, and where there 

 would be no Inliabitants, if there were not found fome Men 

 folely attentive to take Advantage of other's Misfortunes, and 

 often to put the finifhing Stroke to them. 



The 20th Don Diego paid us a Vifit. He is a young Man, of 

 ViPa from th" *^ Stature under the middle Size, and of an 

 _ // jrom je j^piQQ2iï2iXïCQ bad enough. He was almoll as 

 ^"^Y 'f'' naked as his Subjeds, and the few Clothes he 

 '^^i^^' had on were not worth picking off a Dung- 



hill. He had about his Head a Kind of Fillet, of I know not 

 v/hat Stoir, and which fome Travellers would certainly have 

 called 2iDiadem. He had no Attendants, no Mark of Dignity i 

 nothing, in a Word, to fhew who he was. A young W"oman 

 pretty well lhaped, and decently drefTed as a Savage, accompa* 

 xii^à him, and they told us it was the Queen his Spoufe. 



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