SloanCn 77 
which is prefixed an Introduftion, where- 
in is an Account of the Inhabitants, Air, 
Waters, Difeafes, Trade, &c, of that 
*^ Place 5 with feme Relations concerning 
the neighbouring Continent and Iflands 
*^ of America." Vol. i. 1707. foL pp. 
254* tab. 156. 
This volume is dedicated to the queen. 
The introduilion contains 154 pages, and 
is replete with matter of an interefting na- 
ture, and evidently difplays the great pains 
the author took to colledl materials for this 
work. It comprehends a general account 
of the difcovery of the Weji Indies^ and of 
the iflandof Jamaica in particular: the geo- 
graphy, the climate, and foil ^ food, man- 
ners, and economy of the various inhabi« 
tants : defcription of a tour the author made 
to various parts of the country, and efpeci- 
ally to the ruins of Sevilla^ v/ith an account 
of the church built by Peter Martyr : z lift 
of more than fifty European vegetables, 
principally of the culinary tribe, cultivated 
in the gardens of Jamaica. He conclude^ 
with an hiftory of the difeafes, and the de- 
tail of many cafe^ which came under his 
