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“...presented with the present pro-
descnption. spects Qf the Island of Tobago, about 40 leagues
distant from Barbados, but far excelling that island,
and indeed any other of the Caribbee Islands, in
the fertility and richness of the soil, and in the
commodiousness of its bays and harbours. And
it is no paradox to affirm that though it lies more
south the air is as cool and refreshing as that of
Barbados, and yet exempted from those affrighten-
ing and destructive hurricanes, that have been often
fatal to the rest of the Caribbee Islands. And I
am persuaded that there is no island in America
that can afford us more ample subjects to con-
template the bounty and goodness of our Creator
than this of Tobago, and this I speak not by
hearsay, or as one that has lived always at home,
but as one that has had experience of the world,
and been in the greatest part of the Caribbee
Islands, and most parts of the Continent of
America, and almost all His Majesty’s foreign
dominions. And after having viewed...”
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