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Of all our Settlements in North- America, Placen- 

 tia is the Poft of the great eft Importance and Ser- 

 vice to the King, in regard that 'tis a place of re- 

 fuge to the Ships that are oblig'd to put into a Har- 

 bour, when they go or come from Canada, and even 

 to thofe which come from South- America, when 

 they want to take in frefh Water or Provifi~ 

 ons, and have fprung their Mafts, or been dam- 

 mag'd in a Storm. This place is fituated in the La- 

 titude of 47 Degrees, and fome Minutes, • aimoft at 

 the bottom of the Bay that goes by the fame name. 

 The Bay is ten or twelve Leagues broad, and twenty 

 odd Leagues long. The Fort ftands upon the fide 

 of a Neck or narrow Streight, which is fixty Paces 

 over, and fix Fathoms water deep. The Ships that 

 enter into the Port, are oblig'd to graze, ( fo to 

 fpeak) upon the angle of the Baftions. The Pore 

 or Harbour is a League long, and a quarter of a 

 League over : Before the Port there's a large, fine 

 road, which is a League and a half wide ; but lies 

 fo bleak to the North* Weft, and Weft- North- Weft 

 Winds, the ftrongeft and mo ft boifterous Winds that 

 are, that neither Cables nor Anchors, nor large ftout 

 Ships can withftand their furious {hocks j tho' indeed 

 thele violent ftorms feSdom happen but in the lat- 

 ter end of Autumn. The fame year that the Pretty 

 was loft, the King loft another of 69 Guns calfd 

 the Good, in this Road ; and if the four or five other 

 Ships that belonged to the fame Squadron, had not 

 took the precaution of fleering into the Port, they 

 had certainly underwent the fame fate. This Road 

 then which is only exposed to the North- Weft, and 

 Weft-North- Weft Winds, has fome hidden Rocks 

 on the North fide,befides thole at Pwinte Vzrte, where 

 feveral of the Inhabitants are wont to fifh. All thefe 

 things you may fee plainly upon the Plan that I 

 Cent you along with my z%d Letter, 



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