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public Ufe 5 and thefe, regardkfs of 

 what the former mojt admire, are par- 

 ticularly follicitous after ^Defcriptions 

 and Accounts of 'Perfons, 'Places mid 

 'Things. 



That the following Relations may 

 afford fome Meafure of Satisfaction to 

 thefe two general Clajfes of Readers, is 

 what we would almojt venture to pro~ 

 mife. They are of two very different 

 Kinds 3 the Scene of the former is in the 

 Weft, of the latter in the Eaft 5 the one 

 is a late Tranfatfton, the other, what 

 we may call, ancient : As to the former, 

 in particular, nothing can more nearly 

 concern us, of Things abroad, than to 

 he well acquainted with the Weft-Indies 

 in general, and particularly that vafi 

 *Part of both North and South America, 

 which is fb very induftrioufly concealed 

 from us 5 towards which, ^Cockburn, 

 fan afford us any Light, we cannot but 

 approve of his Performance, It is 

 medkfs to fay } that the Spaniards have 



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