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“...NEVIS
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With losse of Noble bloud the Illustrious Name,
Of A Commander Create in Acts of Fame.
Trayn'd from his youth in’Armes, his Courage bold
Attempted braue Exploites, and Vncontrold
By fortunes fiercest frownes, hee still gaue forth
Large Narratiues of Military worth.
Written with his sword’s poynt but what is man
midst of his glory and who can
this Life A moment since that bee
by Sea and Land so longe kept free
mortal strokes at length did yeeld
ace) to conquering Death the field.
FINE CORONAT.
,St. Thomas is the parish church of Old Road.
Every visitor to St. Kitts should endeavour to see the
sister island of Nevis, Which can be reached by motor-
launch.
NEVIS
Nelson’s Island
The island of Nevis (Nievis, or Mevis, as it used to be
called in the old days) is separated from St. Kitts by a
narrow strait only two miles wide, but from Basseterre,
St. Kitts, to Charlestown, the capital of Nevis, the dis-
tance is 13 miles. The area of Nevis, which is situated
I between latitudes 170...”
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“...Marquis de
Gonsales (sic), fell whilst he was making brave but ineffectual
efforts to animate and rally his people. Don Lewis (sic) de
Velasco, the Governor, who had hitherto defended the fort
with such obstinate bravery, seemed resolved in this extremity
to share the same fate with it. He collected an hundred men
in an intrenchment he had made round his colours. But seeing
that all his companies were fled from him, or slaughtered about
him, disdaining to retire or call for quarter, he received a mortal
wound, and fell, offering his sword to his conquerors. The
English wept with pity and admiration.
The old plan of the siege on page 351 is reproduced
from the Gentleman's Magazine for October, 1762. The...”
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