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as an Inheritance the Habit they are clad in, which fome- 

 times extends beyond one Generation : If I may believe 

 what has been told me on the Spot. 



The Nuns, except three or four Monafteries, have alfo 

 but an Appearance of Regularity, which they only owe to 

 > the Inclofurcj for inftead of living in Community and 

 Poverty according to their Vow, they live each apart at 

 their own Coft, with a great Retinue of Black and Mulatta 

 Women Slaves and Servants, whom they make fubfervicnt 

 to the Gallantries they have at the Grates. 



We cannot fpeak of the Lives of both Sexes without 

 applying to them the Words of S. Paul, iCor.vi. ij. Shall 

 I then take the Members of Xhri : fl , and male them the Mem- 

 bers of an Harlot ? 



By the Example of thofe People, who by their Example 

 ought to edify the Laity, it is eafy to guefs at the prevailing 

 Taffion of tharCountry. Its Fruitfulnefs, the Plenty of 

 all Things, and the fedate Tranquillity they perpetually 

 enjoy there, do not a little contribute to the amorous 

 Temper which reigns there. They are never fenfible 

 of any intemperate Air, which always preferves a juft 

 Mean, between the Cold of the Night and the Heat of the 

 Day. The Clouds there generally cover the Sky to pre- 

 ferve that happy Climate from the Rays the Sun would 

 dart down perpendicularly ; and thofe Clouds* never dif- 

 folve into Rain to obftrudt taking the Air, or the Pleafures 

 of Life ; they only fometimes ftoop down in Fogs, to 

 cool the Surface of the Earth, fo that they are always 

 there fure what Weather it will be the next Day > and if 

 the Pleafure of living continually in an Air of an equal 

 Temper, were not interrupted, by the frequent Earth- 

 quakes, I do not think there is a fitter Place to give us an 

 Idea of the Terreftrial Paradife ; for the Soil is alfo Fertile 

 in all forts of Fruits. 

 Fariom Befides thofe which have been tranfported thither from 

 irMts. Europe^ as Pears, Apples, Figs, Grapes, Olives, 6 c. there 

 are thofe of the Caribbee Iflands, as Ananas^ Guayavas, Pa- 



