Cap 1 i. The Canbby-j (lands. 



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vcuicnr for them, infomuch as when they £h^t|l Jjave men e* 

 nough in their other lilands,. they w ill be the morq eahly trans- 

 planted into thofe, unlefs the Evg'zft or Dutch chance Co be be- 

 tore-hand with, them : For it is a general tvule, jj}^p| a Coun- 

 try dsftitutc of Inhabitants belongs to him who firffc fofiefics 

 himself ol it 5 fq that neither the King of France s Grant* nor 

 yet that of the. Company does any thing more then fecure thofe 

 Gentlemen agaiaft the pretentions of fach of their own Nati- 

 on as might oppofe their defigns. 



Thus o! all the Iflands which the French are poffefs'd of in 

 America, the Ring of France referyes to himfelf the; Sovereign* 

 t), and M. M. de Poincy^ du Parquet 9 and d' Houel have the 

 Seigniory thereof, without any acknowledgment of the Com- 

 pany, which hath abfolutely quitted all its pretentions to the 

 laid Gentlemen. 



As for the Englijh Governours of S. Chrifiophers 0 Sir Thomas 

 Warner dying, after he had gloriouily eitablilh'd his Country- 

 men in the Caribbies, and left the Ifiand of S. Chriftophers inha- 

 bited by twelve or thirteen thoufand EnglijJ^ Mr. Rich^ who 

 was the principal Captain in the Illand, was advanced to that 

 Charge 5 and this latter alfo dying, Mr. Everard \MUs advance! 

 to the Government, which he frill exercifes with general ap- 

 probation, as we had occafion to {hew when we treated of the 

 lfland of S. Chrijiophers. 



At, the firft coming of the forreign Nations into the Iflands, 

 they, were lpdg'd much after the fame manner as the natural 

 Inhaoitauts of the Countty, in little cotts and tiutts made of 

 the wood they had fell'd upon the place as they clear'd the 

 ground. T here are (till to be feen, in feveral of the newly- 

 planted Colonies, many of thofe weak ftructures, which are 

 fuftain'd only by four or fix forks planted in the ground, and 

 inftead of walls are encompafs'd and palizado'd only with 

 reeds, and cover'd with Palm or Plantanc leaves, Sugar-canes, 

 or lome fuch material : But in all the other Iflands, where 

 thefe Nations are better fetled and accommodated, there are 

 many very fair houfes of Timber, Stone, and Brick, built af- 

 ter the fame manner as thofe in their own Countries, fave that 

 for the moft part they are but one or two Stories high at the 

 mod, that they may the more eafily refift the winds, which 

 fometimes blow in thofe parts with extraordinary violence. 

 Of thefe Edifices we have fpoken already in feveral places of 

 the precedent Book, when we gave a particular account v of 

 the ieveral lllands. 



But we have this particularly to adde here, that the Englifi 

 are the beft accommodated for Lodgings of any of the Inhabi- 

 tants or thofe lilands,, and have their houfes well fumifiYd, 

 which is to be attributed to their conftant abode in their Colo- 

 nies, where they endeavour to get all conveniences as much 



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