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feited Geftures and Strains of Voice, as ihewed to 

 their Dillionour^ they had no other Aim than 

 pleafing us ; and what I think was Hill worle, it 

 xvas not without a View of Intereft • for as thefe 

 Clergy are the chief Traders, they ftoop to.piti^ 

 ful and fcandalous Methods for ingratiating them- 

 felves : They and the Government, on this tra- 

 ding Account, maintain as great Harmony, being 

 ever jealous of each other, and praftifing little 

 deceitful Arts to monopoh'ze what Strangers have 

 to offer for fale, whether Toys or Cloaths, which 

 of all Sorts are ever Commodious with the Portu^ 

 guefcy in all Parts of the World ^ an ordinary Suit of 

 Black will fell for feven or eight Pound ; a Turnftile 

 Wig of four Shillings, for a Moidore j a Watch of 

 forty Shillings, for fix Pound, &c. 



The Town is of mean Building, but large and popu* 

 lous, the Refidence of the greater Part of the Na- 

 tives, who, thro' the whole Ifland, are computed 

 at loooo, the Militia at 3000, and are in general, 

 a rafcally thievifh Generation, as an old grave 

 Friend of mine can Witnefs ; for he having car- 

 ried a Bag of fQcondi hand Cloaths on Shore, to 

 truck for Provifions, feated himfelf on the Sand 

 for that Purpofe, prefently gathered a Crowd 

 romid him, to view them :^ one of which defired to 

 know the Price of a black Suit, that unluckily 

 lay uppermofl:, and was the befl of them, agree- 

 ing to the Demand, with little Hefitation, provid- 

 ed it would but fit him ^ he put them on im- 

 inediately, in as much hurry as poilible, without 

 any co-llcentla Seignor and when my Friend was 

 about to commend the Goodnefs of the Suit, and 

 Exaftnefs they fet with, not dreaming of the Im- 

 pudence of running away from a Crowd, the Rafcal 

 took to his Heels, my Friend followed and bawl- 

 ed very much, and tho' there was 500 People 

 about the Place, it ferved to no other End but 



making 



