The PREFACE. vn 



a very conftder able and remarkable 'Part 

 of what is commonly called the Kingdom 

 of Mexico^ is a mere Wildernefs, un- 

 cultivated and uninhabited. Informations 

 of this kind we certainly ought to prize y 

 as they are convertible to fuch impor- 

 tant life in Cafes of Rupture. And 

 it is even Jit the Spaniards fhould he 

 fenjible we know thefe Things 3 it might 

 make them more cautious of being ill 

 with us, and contribute to the dura- 

 tion of Peace between us. 



But to have done with this Specu- 

 lation 3 we would now particularly re- 

 commend our Traveller to the Candor 

 and Generojity of the Reader : His 

 Account, it is likely , may appear very 

 extraordinary 5 and efpecially to that 

 worthy Set of Men, who can believe 

 nothing they have not either feen or 

 heard themfelves 3 hut it may he appre- 

 hended, that the more Unfufpichus will 

 difiingitiflj fuch a Simplicity and Co- 

 fperence throughout the Whole, as may 



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