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the same name as the province to which it belongs. 
This port is the most frequented of any in the north¬ 
east part of the island. It has a market well supplied 
with provisions, which are sold at a low price to the 
ships which touch there: they consist of rice, yams, 
bananas, cocoa-nuts, various kinds of fruits, cattle, 
sheep, poultry, and hogs. Many years ago the 
inhabitants were forbidden, by one of their sorcerers, 
to sell the latter: the old man assured them, that if 
they persisted in it, the most dreadful misfortunes 
would befal them; and that the only way effectually 
to avoid these calamities, was by destroying the whole 
breed of swine : however, the injunction not extending 
to Europeans, they undertook to hunt them, and 
supplied themselves plentifully from the mountains, 
where they found large droves. 
The harbour of Foule Point is surrounded by a 
reef of rocks, and is situated in 17°. 40'. 20". latitude, 
and 50°. longitude. The shores are very bold, and 
the least depth of water, at low tide, is twenty-three 
feet. The depth of the basin is fifty fathoms ; and it 
is capable of containing ten large vessels, anchored 
alongside each other. The sea never rises or falls 
more than four or five feet at spring or neap tides. 
During the latter, the coral rocks, which form the 
reef that surrounds the harbour, make their appear¬ 
ance above the water, covered with abundance of 
natural curiosities; such as mosses, marine plants, 
black coral, madrepores, sea-stars, and a great variety 
of the most beautiful shells of every shape and colour. 
