p A VOYAGE T O 
c P. (ierable L)urtheii might approach the lliore with eafe, and 
^—r-^ lie at all times in perfe6l fecurity. The appearance of 
the place is pi6lurefqiie and pleaiing, and the ample har- 
vefl: it afforded, of botanical acquifitions, made it intereft- 
- - ing to the philofophical gentlemen engaged in that expe- 
dition ; but fomething more effential than beauty of ap- 
pearance, and more neceffary than philofophical riches, 
mull be fought in a place where the permanent reiidence 
of multitudes is to be eftabliflied. 
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