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*' ed an uninterrupted liberty of cutting logwood in the Lagtina de Terminos^ 

 ** (which hes at the bottom of the bay) and other places not inhabited by the 

 ** Spaniards in the province of 'Jucatan, either through right, fufferance, or 



indulgence : that the faid treaty even eftablifned a right in the BrhiJJj crown 

 *' to the faid Laguna and parts adjacent, which had been for fome years be- 



fere, as well as at the time of the treaty, in the polTeirion of the Engl//b ; and 

 ■** that though the right of the BritiJIj crown to the faid Lagtina fliould not be 



infilled on, the fame liberty was aftually granted and confirmed by the 



treaty of commerce at Utrecht." 



Tabasco. A town called by the Spaniards, Nuejlra Senora de la Fit- 

 toria, i. e. Our lady of vldtory, becaufe of a great one obtained here by 

 Cortex on his firft arrival. It lies on an ifland, at the mouth of the river 

 Grijaha, where it is broad and fhallow. The Grz/^/Zu^z divides itfclf near 

 tlie fea into two branches, the weflern falls into the river TabaJ'co, which rifes 

 in the mountains of Chiapai and theother runs till within four leaguesof the 

 fea, where it fubdivides and feparates Beef-IJle from the continent. The 

 plains on the bank of this river, abound with cattle and other animals, par- 

 ticularly the mountain-cow, becaufe it is very like that creature, and feeds on 

 a fort of mofs that grows on the woods near the great rivers. Eight leagues 

 up this river, which is fometimes called Tabafco River, Dampier fays, the Spa- 

 niards had a breaft-work, and a fmall guard to watch the buccaneers, that for- 

 merly plundered the town called Villa de Mofc, (four leagues above this breaft- 

 work) which was inhabited both by Spaniards and Indians, who had a fort 

 and a cliurch there. He adds, that fhips come up thus far with European 

 goods ; and take Cacao and other commodities of the country in return. 

 This place is very much enriched by merchants and tradefmen who refort 

 hither at Chrijimas^ . 



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