Cap. I. 



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THE 



HISTORY 



OF THE 



Caribby-Iflands. 



THE SECOND BOOK. 



Comprehending the MORAL Hi/lory of thofe 

 Islands. 



CHAPTER I. 



Of the Ejlabli foment of thofe Inhabitants who are Stran- 

 gers in the [(lands of S. Chriftopher, Me vis, Garde- 

 loupe, Martinico, and fome other Ijlands of the Ca- 

 ' ribbies. 



N the precedent Difcourfe we have given a 

 full account of whatever might relate to 

 the Natural Hiftory of the Caribby -Iflands ; 

 our defign leads us now to that part of the 

 Hiftory which we call the MORAL, 

 wherein we are to treat of the Inhabitants 

 of the faid I0ands 3 of whom we have oc- 

 casionally made mention in the Defcription we have given of 

 thofe places in the precedent Book. In the firft place we (hall 

 fpeak of thofe Inhabitants thereof who are Strangers, or Euro- 



