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transplanted where they are to remain, and when they are 
once rooted, they will spread and multiply very fast without 
farther care. 
Sow the seeds of the 4th species upon a moderate hot-bed in 
the spring, and when the plants are fit to remove, transplant 
them on to a fresh hot-bed, at about four inches distance, 
shading them till they have taken new root: then treat them 
in the same way as other natives of warm countries; taking 
great care to prevent their drawing up weak, and not giving 
them too much water. 
VINCENNES, a small town of France, situated near the 
confluence of the Seine and Marne; about 3 miles east of 
Paris. It is remarkable for its castle, built in a remote age, 
as a country residence of the royal family, and after succes¬ 
sive enlargements, finished in the 14th century. It con¬ 
tinued a palace during three centuries ; but since Louis XIV. 
removed the court to Versailles, it has been used as a state 
prison. It was here that the unfortunate duke d’Enghien 
was shot on 21st March, 1804. 
VINCENNES, a post town of the United States, and 
capital of Knox county, Indiana, on the east bank of the 
Wabash; 100 miles from its junction with the Ohio, in a 
direct line, and nearly 200 miles by the course of the river. 
Lat. 40. 39. N. long. 88. 23. W. 
VINCENT, a township of the United States, in Chester 
county, Pennsylvania, on the south-west side of the Schuyl¬ 
kill. Population 1630. 
VINCENT, St., an island in the West Indies, about 40 
miles in length, and 10 in breadth. This island was only 
inhabited by nativeCaribbs, till, in the latter part of the 17th 
century, a ship from Guinea, with a cargo of slaves, was 
either wrecked or run ashore upon the island of St. Vincent, 
into the woods and mountains of which great numbers of 
the negroes escaped, whom the Indians suffered to remain. 
Partly by the accession of runaway slaves from Barbadoes, 
and partly by the children they had by the Indian women, 
these Africans became very numerous; so that about the 
beginning of the 18th century, they constrained the Indians 
to retire into the north-west part of the island. These people, 
as may be reasonably supposed, were much dissatisfied with 
this treatment; and complained of it occasionally, both to 
the English and to the French that came to wood and water 
amongst them. The latter at length suffered themselves to 
be prevailed upon to attack these invaders. After much deli¬ 
beration, in the year 1719, they came with considerable 
force from Martinico, and landing without much opposition, 
began to burn the negro huts, and destroy their plantations, 
supposing that the Indians would have attacked them in the 
mountains, which, if they had done, the blacks had probably 
been extirpated, or forced to submit, and become slaves. But 
either from fear or policy, the Indians did nothing, and the 
negroes sallying in the night, and retreating to inaccessible 
places by day, destroyed so many of the French (amongst 
whom was Mr. Paulian, mayor of Martinique, who com¬ 
manded them) that they were forced to retire. St. Vincent 
being ceded to the English by the peace of Paris in the year 
1763, the first measure of the English government was to dis¬ 
pose of the lands, without any regard to the claims of the 
Charaibes of either race; which, in truth, were considered 
as of no consequence or validity. This gave rise to a war 
with the Charaibes, in the course of which it became the 
avowed intention of government to exterminate those miser¬ 
able people altogether; or by conveying them to a barren 
island on the coast of Africa, consign them over to a linger¬ 
ing destruction. By repeated protests and representations 
from the military officers employed in this disgraceful busi¬ 
ness, and the dread of parliamentary inquiry, administration 
at length thought proper to desist, and the Charaibes, after 
surrendering part of their lands, were permitted to enjoy the 
remainder unmolested. On the 19th June 1779, St. Vincent 
was captured by a small body of French troops from Mar¬ 
tinico, consisting only of 450 men. It was restored to 
Britain at the peace of 1783, at which period it contained 
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61 sugar estates, 500 acres in coffee, 200 acres in cacao, 400 
in cotton, 50 indigo, and 500 in tobacco, besides land appro¬ 
priated to the raising of provisions, such as plantains, yams, 
maize, &c. The progress of its cultivation will appear, from 
a return to the House of Commons in 1806, shewing the 
number of hogsheads of sugar of 13 cwt. exported in the fol¬ 
lowing-years : In 1789,6,400—1799,12,120—1805,17,200. 
In 1810 above 18,000 hogsheads of sugar were produced. 
St. Vincent contains about 84,000 acres, which are every¬ 
where well watered; but the country is very generally moun¬ 
tainous and rugged. The intermediate valleys, however, are 
fertile in a high degree, the soil consisting chiefly of a fine 
mould, composed of sand and clay, well adapted for sugar. 
The extent of country at present possessed by the British 
subjects is 23,605 acres; and about as much more is sup¬ 
posed to be held by the Charaibes. All the remainder is 
thought incapable of cultivation or improvement. St. Vin¬ 
cent, in 1800, was divided into four parishes, St. David, St. 
Patrick, St. Andrew, and St. George. Its towns are Kingston, 
the capital, and Richmond; the others are villages or ham¬ 
lets, at the several bays and landing-places. The islands 
dependent on the St. Vincent government are Bequia, con¬ 
taining 3700 acres; Union, 2150 acres; Canouane, 1777 
acres; and Mustique, about 1200 acres. In 1812 St. Vincent 
was almost desolated by a most dreadful eruption of the SoufF- 
rier mountain, which had continued quiet for nearly a cen¬ 
tury before; but from which there now issued such a dreadful 
torrent of lava, and such clouds of ashes, as nearly covered 
the island, and has injured the soil of the island in such a 
manner that it has never recovered it; 78 miles west of 
Barbadoes, its middle being in lat. 13. 17. N. long. 61. 
15. W. 
VINCENT, Cape St., the south-west point of Portugal, 
noted for the naval victory gained off it on 14th February 
1797, by Sir John Jervis. Lat. 37. 2.54. N. long. 8. 58. 
39. V/. 
VINCENT ISLAND, a small island in the North Pacific 
ocean, at the entrance into Portlock’s harbour. Lat. 57. 48. 
N. long. 136. 30. W. 
VINCENT, Point St., a point of land on the west coast 
of Van Diemen’s Land, so called by Captain Flinders, in 
honour of Earl St. Vincent. Lat. 43. 25. S. 
VINCENT, St., a town of the United States, in the 
western territory of the Wabash. Lat. 38. 44. N. long. 
88. 6. W. 
VINCENT, St., a river of Madagascar, which runs into 
the Eastern seas, on the east coast. Lat. 21. 48. S. long. 44. E. 
VINCENT, St., a town of Peru, in the diocese of La 
Plata; 40 miles north-east of Lipes. 
VINCENT, St., Bay, a bay on the north coast of Terra 
del Fuego, a little to the east of Cape St. Vincent. Before 
the anchorage ground, says Captain Cook, lie several rocky 
ledges, that are covered with sea-weed; but not less than 
eight and nine fathom over all of them. It appears strange, 
that where weeds, which grow at the bottom, appear above 
the surface, there should be this depth of water; but the 
weeds which grow upon rocky ground in these countries, 
and which always distinguish it from sand and ooze, are of 
an enormous size. The leaves are four feet long, and some 
of the stalks, though not thicker than a man’s thumb, above 
120. Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander examined some of them, 
over which they sounded, and had 14 fathom, which is 84 
feet; and as they made a very acute angle with the bottom, 
they were thought to be at least one half longer. 
VINCENT, St., a sea-port town of Brazil, in the govern¬ 
ment of St. Paul, situated on the sea coast; 150 miles west 
of Rio Janeiro, and 70 east of St. Paul. 
VINCENT, St., a town of South America, in Popayan, 
with a port, where canoes from Carthagena and St. Martha 
unload their merchandise; 25 miles east of San Sebastian. 
VINCENT, Gulf of St., a large inlet on the south coast 
of New Holland, extending eastward about 45 miles, and 
from thence in a northern direction about 60 miles farther. 
VINCENT 
