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ledge of the three kingdoms of nature, 
who might have given us an accurate 
account of the Botany, Zoology, and 
Mineralogy of thefe new difcovered 
iflands. 
However, it appears, from the illiterate 
accounts of our fea-faring men, that there 
is no efTential difference, in any refpecl, 
between thefe feveral iflands, and their 
inhabitants; but that they feem to be 
pretty much alike. 
It is needlefs to name every one of 
the iflands which compofe our new Nor- 
thern Archipelago, as they are fet down 
in the Map hereto annexed, with their 
iituation and fize. 
As to the abfolnte accuracy of the two 
firit. articles, namely, the true iituation, 
as 
