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5* 29\ and in E. Longitude 100* 2D\t It?* great* 

 est lengtli, which is from N* to S. is about 

 16 !i»tatiite miles, and \u greatest breadth is at 

 the northern extremity, where it is about I i or 

 12 miles; bur, at the southern end, this decreases 

 to about 8. " Trik ng there fore the niediuni of 

 its bread ih to be abont ten miles, it contains in 

 siiperficinl nieasuie 160 square miles /^^J;^^^^^ 



The eastern .-^ide of the island, b e infif ^a level 

 belt oi about three miles iu br< aHih, appears on 

 thtit account to have been selected as the s^iie of 

 the capital. Gem i^e Town: and here are consc- 

 qiiendy to be found the fort, with all the public 

 buildingK, houses of the European inhabitants, 

 &c. Tht.'; spot, which is called " The Valley/' 

 is of alhivial formation, and presents a variety of 

 soil. It is fif a tri iugular ahape, the Tatijtm^, or 

 point, OB which the town is built, forming the 

 apex, and the range of mountains, runniug from 

 north 10 soulh, constituting the base. 



The soil near the tmrjang is, as might naturally 

 be expected, sandy with a superficial stratum of 

 about four inches in depth, consisting principally 

 of decomposed vege fable substances. About a 

 mile (unher inland, the land begins to rise, and 

 the superstratum to inrrease to about a foot in 

 thickness, the sand >till continuing to form the 

 basis. As the chain ofhilli* is approached, the 

 ascent of the ground is sensibly increa-ied, and 

 the soil becomes richer, interspersed here and 

 there with beds of white clay, resembling fuller s 

 earth. 



In^uch parts of the island as, from their prdxi- 



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