PREFACE. 



fupport one another upon all Occafions ? 

 though the Benefits that the King- 

 dom would thereby reap he in them- 

 f elves apparent 5 beyond all pojpbility of 

 contradiction* To conclude : I jhall 

 only defire all Men of Senfe and Judg- 

 ment to confider how much the Inter eft 

 qf England would be advanced in 

 Europe by the Addition of the Spa- 

 nifli Weft-Indies to their other Ac* 

 quifitions in America \ fince thereby the 

 Common Jimmies would be deprived of 

 the moji certain Fund they have for 

 carrying on the War* In a Word \ 

 the Difficulty and Expence are not at 

 all 5 by any reasonable Man^ to be 

 brought in Competition with the Glory 

 and Advantage of fuch an Expedition, 



As to the Book it felf 0 though it 

 partly bears the Name of Voyages j 

 you are not to expeEl a Compleat jour" 

 nal y or Hijiorical Account of all Occur- 

 rencer in the Scene of my Travels^ but 

 principally as particular a Description as 



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