Cap, II. The Caribby-Iflands. 



About the year 1 646. they accounted in it about twenty thou- 

 fand Inhabitants, not comprehending in that number the Ne- 

 gro-Slaves, who were thought to amount to a far greater. 



There are many places in this Ifland, which may juftly be 

 called Towns , as containing many fair, long , and fpacious 

 Streets , furnihYd with a great number of noble Structures, 

 built by the principal Officers and Inhabitants of this flourishing 

 Colony. Nay indeed , taking a full profped of the whole 

 Ifland, a man might take it for one great City, inafmuch as 

 the houfes are at no great di ftance one from another 5 that 

 many of thofe are very well built , according to the rate of 

 Building in England j that the Shops and Store-houfes are well 

 furnihYd with all forts of Commodities 3 that there are many 

 Fairs and Markets j andlaftly, that the whole Itland, as great 

 Cities are, is divided into feveral Parifhes, which have very 

 fair Churches. The mo ft confiderable of the Inhabitants think 

 themfelves fo well, that it is feldorn feen they ever remove 

 thence. 



This Ifland is very famous in all parts, by reafon of the great 

 abundance of excellent Sugar it hath afforded thele many 

 years. 'Tis true, it is not fo white as that which comes from 

 other parts, but it is better efteemed by Refiners, becaufe it 

 hath fairer grain and yields more, when it is purifi'd. 



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St Lucy's Ifland lyes at 13 deg. 40 fcr. on this fide the Line. 

 It was heretofore frequented only by a fmall number of 

 Indians^ who came to fifth thereabouts. But fome time fince, 

 the French of Martinico came and kept them company. There 

 are two high Mountains in the Ifland, which are very cold : 

 They are feen at a great diftance, and are called by the French, 

 LesTitons deSt. Moujie. At the defcent of thefe Mountains, 

 there are pleafant Valleys cover 'd with great Trees, and wa- 

 ter'd with Springs. The air is conceiv'd to be healthy, and 

 that the foil will be fruitful, when itfhall be a little better 'dif- 

 cover'd then it is yet. 



MARTINICO. 



THe Ifland of Martinico 3 v/h\ch the Indians cali'd Madanina 3 

 lyes at the altitude of fourteen degrees and thirty fcruples 

 on. this fide the Line. It is about fixteen leagues in length, ofan 

 unequal breadth, and about forty five in compafs. The Soil 

 of it is pleajfont, which makes it at this day one of the moft 

 populous of all the Caribbies. 



The French and Indians are joyntly poflefs'd of it, and have 



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