Cap.XXIII. TbeCmbbyAOands.. 



CHAP. XXIII. 



Of Thunder j Earth-qualms, and the Tcmpefks fometimes 

 happening in the Caribbies. 



AS there is hardly any face fo beautiful, but that it may 

 be fubjeft to fome defect , fpot or mole} fo thefe 

 Illands having all the excellencies and advantages be- 

 fore reprefented , have alfo fome im perfections and defects 

 which take off much of their luftre, and abate of the enjoy- 

 ments and pleafures they might otherwife afford : We mall 

 give a inert account of the principal inconveniences happening 

 there, and the remedies which may be apply 'd thereto. 



THVNDER. 



OF thofe thunder may be named in the firft place, which 

 though never heard on the Coafts of Pern, is in thefe 

 Iflands fo frequent, and in many places fo dreadful, that by its 

 terrible claps it forces the moft confident into terrour and afto- 

 n^hment. 



EARTH-QVAKES. 



E4rtb-quakes do alfo fometimes produce very fad effects, and 

 fhak£ the very foundations of the Earth fo violently, 

 that they make a man reel in thofe places where he might 

 think himfelf moft fafe : But through Gods goodnefs thefe 

 happen very feldom, and in fome places the agitation is not 

 fo great. 



HVRRICANE. 



WHat is moft to be feared is a general confpiracy of all 

 the Winds , which goes about the Gompafs in the 

 fpace of 24 hours, and fometimes in lefs. This is that which is 

 called a Hurricane, and happens commonly in the moneths of 

 jf«/y, Augujt, or September : at other times there is no fear of it. 

 Heretofore it happened but onceinfeven years, and fometimes 

 feldomer 5 but within thefe few years it hath happened once 

 every two years, nay in one year there happened two of them : 

 Nay not long after Monfieur Auber was lent to command in 

 chief at Garde loupe, there were three Hurricanes in one year. 



This kind of Tempeft is fo violent, that it breaks and unroots 

 Trees, deprives thofe it takes not away of all verdure, makes 

 defolate whole Forefts, removes Rocks from the tops of Moun- 

 tains, 



