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portion, and to all appearance unacquainted with the 
ufe of arms; the lands well cultivated, and planted 
with air kinds of fruit-trees —Not far from thefe 
two iflands are nineteen or twenty more, in 17° or 
18“ of S. latitude, and 4° or f to the W. of the/or- 
naer. 
Mr. de Chabert, in the Memoirs of the Academy 
of Sciences for 1757 •f') has given an account of four 
iflands in the South fea, lying in about 10° of S. la- 
titude, and 134° or 135'' to the Weft of London, 
difcovered in July 1595,' by Alvaro Bendano de 
Neyra, commander of a Spanifli fquadron of four 
Blips, in his fecond voyage, for the difcovery of the 
Solomon-ifles. 
“ The firft and eafternmoft he named the Ifland 
“ of Magdalene. -It .is .about fix leagues in circuit, 
with high coafts and mountains. iii tli^ middle; and 
“ is extremely well peopled. More -than forty In- 
dians came on board. the ftiip. 
“ To the N. W. at the diftance of about ten 
« leagues, lies the ifland of St. Peter, near three 
“ leagues in circuit, and prefenting air agreeable 
“ profpedl to the eye. ' 
“ About five leagues to the S. W. of St. Peter is 
“ another and larger ifland, named Dominica, about 
“ fifteen leagues in circumftrejice, well peopled, and 
affording beautiful profpeds.. - ^ 
“ To the South of this ifland is St.Chriftine, near 
‘‘ eiaht leao-ues in circumference. 1... 
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