CONTENTS 
OF THE SECOND VOLUME , 
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BOOK III. 
ENGLISH CHARAIBEAN ISLANDS. 
CHAPTER I. 
BARB ADOES.—First Arrival of the English at this Island.—-Origin, 
progress, and termination of the Proprietary Government .—Revenue 
granted to the crown of four and a half per centum on all the pro - 
duce exported, how obtained .—Origin of the Act of Navigation.— 
Situation and extent of the island —Soil and produce.—Population. 
—Decline, and causes thereof .—Exports and Imports. . . Page 9 
CHAP. II. 
Grenada and its Dependencies.—First discovery, name, and inhabitants. 
—French invasion and establishment in 1650 .—War with, and ex¬ 
termination of the natives.—The island and its dependencies conveyed 
to the count De Cerillac.—Misconduct and punishment of the deputy 
governor .—The colony reverts to the crown of France —State of the 
island in 1700 .—And again in 1762, when captured by the English. 
—Stipulations in favour of the French inhabitants .—First measures 
of the British government.—Claim of the crown to levy a duty of four 
