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luuo\ the old and th& Mar Ufj as, which 
have been known near thefe two hundred Yoars, fhould 
remain undifcover d ’till now. They are eighty feven 
in Hunger, and make one of the fineft Archive I afo\ in 
the Eaft ; being inclofed on tlie North and ^uth be- 
uveen the Line and the Tropick of Casicer, and on the 
halt and Welt between the Marianas ^ndPhtlhpines. 
relating theLargcnefs 
or thefe New Iflands, their Diftances one from another 
or their Order and Situation j all which may be eafilv 
f«en in the Map. ^ ' 
It has elfewhere been fliown how this New Country 
came firft to be difcover.d, Iviz. in the former Letter ;1 
fo that I fhaU only relate here, what ought to be reftified 
therein, according to our laft Advices received from 
The Map I here fend you, was not made by Europe- 
ens, for none have yet been upon thefe laands, but by 
after this manner. Some Jf 
the molt skilful of em ranged upon a Table as many lit- 
rie Stones as there are Iflands belonging to their Coun- 
^ t^ ; and marked out, as well as they, could, the Name 
9 of eadi. Its Extent and Diftance from the others ; And 
J this IS the Map, thus traced out by the hdUns, that is 
[ here mgraved. Not that I can warrant the exaftnefs 
1 ^ n V mj®’ when our Miffionaries 
I fliaU have trayeyd over thefc Illands, and got a more 
I :perfea Knowledge of them, there will befounda great 
DiinEny things m it that will need Corr®<flifon. 
The Natives of thefe Iflands never offer any Violence 
rito one another: Murder and Homicide areu4nownw 
tthem } and they have a Proverb among them That 
lime Man never kiUs another It is probabll thefe Iflands 
: may abound m Gold, Amber and Drugs; being fituate 
I ..early under the fame Degree of Longitude as the mI 
I luccos. 
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