\r, p0rt of a Jonrna/{ept from SiCOthnd j^ 
* Caledonia Daricn, with a fhorf accvunt of 
/^^r Country. Communicated b} Dr Wallace, 
F.R.S. 
CEpttmher ':2. we weighed at Madera^md were under the 
^-Tvbpid of Cancer by the loth of the month,at wliich 
time the ufual ceremony of Ducking from the Yards 
arm was performed on thofe that could not pay their 
Tropick Bottle- All this time we had a brisk and 
coriftant Trade wind, which lafted three days,- more, 
biit afterwards we had it raore variable than is! ufual 
in that place of the Sea. ^ o' ■ y 
' The 28th "we m^ide Defeada, a fmall high Ifland, 
about a league in length and as much in breadth^'- it is 
full of Tf^^s, but whether it affords water or not I 
know ribt> It is uninhabited. ' Next morning we were 
betwixt Jntega and Montferat^ belonging to the Ek- 
glijhj both pretty large and mountainous! Antego is 
peopled withE;/|:///& for the mpft part.and M?;///er^;^ by 
a mixture of £/?g//)^& and /r/^.Their prbdtift isSiigar and 
Tobaiccoi: We were in the af ternbotl cXott^lb^ Red^onda^ 
a (ki^ll Rock about'^ mile long/ inhabitfed only by 
Noddies and Boobies. ' When we were fome leagues 
from Redonda, we faW at the fame time Mont- 
ferkt^ Redonda^ Nieves^'St ChrifidpherSy wdSiafia. We 
failed clofe By ''Me4?xr'it:b'eannJvN&rt'fil bf us 5 it is a 
fmali 'well pedpled Ifl^riid -^i^^^ h Sugar. 
They twiflfed the 'Fla^ at^thte Harbb&f^ and we fhew'd 
them the Company's Golours. St Chriftophers is a large 
Ifland, ill peopled, belongs half to thcEnglifh^ half to 
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