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fion which has arifen in the minds of indivi- 

 duals, from the term commonly employed to 

 diftinguifli the two grand divifions of our ex- 

 pedition. To difcriminate what is literally 

 the windward army from that intended for St* 

 Domingo, we hear it denominated the Ci Lee~ 

 wtf/vZ-Ifland" divifion, than which it had been 

 difficult to have found a term more pointed- 

 ly incorrect. If the diftindUon be intended 

 with regard to the courfe of the trade wifid, it 

 fhould have been directly the reverfe, for the 

 iflands, occupied by the troops of what is called 

 the " Leeward- I fl a n d ' ' armament, happen with 

 refpe£t to St. Domingo to be every one very 

 far to windzvard ! If the term regard only 

 the common nautical divifion of the Cha~ 

 ribbee iflands themfelves, it is ftill inappro- 

 priate, for the windward, no lefs than the 

 leeward of thefe iflands, are poflefled by 

 what is termed the leeward army. 



Any perfon confulting a map of the 

 Weft Indies muft difcover St. Domingo to be 

 among the moft leeward of the iflands, and 

 would neceflarily be led to conclude . that the 

 Leeward- Ifland divifion, was the St. Domingo 

 divifion, /. e. that they were fynonymous, foe 



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