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concern_v the_o belly_n 3._o dominica_n a_o island_n of_o twelve_o league_n in_o length_n very_o fruitful_a of_o a_o good_a sort_n of_o tobacco_n which_o the_o european_n have_v of_o the_o native_n chief_o in_o exchange_n of_o knife_n some_o hatchet_n and_o other_o instrument_n of_o iron_n which_o they_o value_v much_o it_o have_v on_o the_o west_n side_n of_o it_o a_o convenient_a harbour_n for_o ship_n but_o the_o people_n be_v say_v to_o continue_v cannibal_n and_o exceed_o barbarous_a even_o to_o this_o present_a no_o nation_n as_o yet_o have_v attempt_v to_o inhabit_v among_o they_o 4._o la_fw-fr desseada_n a_o small_a island_n but_o of_o great_a use_n to_o the_o spaniard_n who_o always_o touch_n at_o it_o both_o come_n and_o go_v 5._o guadalupe_n another_o small_a island_n which_o they_o likewise_o take_v in_o their_o way_n continual_o to_o and_o from_o america_n it_o serve_v they_o chief_o for_o fresh_a water_n and_o lie_v eight_o or_o ten_o league_n westward_o of_o desseada_n 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course_n sugar_n which_o we_o call_v barbados-sugar_n and_o will_v not_o keep_v long_o not_o that_o the_o country_n be_v unapt_a for_o better_a but_z as_o it_o be_v rather_o suppose_v because_o the_o planter_n want_v either_o skill_n or_o stock_n to_o improve_v thing_n to_o the_o best_a the_o country_n be_v somewhat_o hot_a and_o it_o behoove_v a_o english_a man_n to_o be_v very_o temperate_a and_o wary_a when_o he_o go_v first_o thither_o 9_o sta._n crux_fw-la call_v by_o the_o native_n ancient_o ayay_n fifteen_o league_n distant_a from_o port-rico_a to_o the_o southeast_n woody_a and_o mountainous_a have_v on_o the_o west_n side_n of_o it_o a_o convenient_a harbour_n for_o ship_v they_o speak_v of_o a_o certain_a fruit_n of_o this_o country_n not_o unlike_a to_o a_o green_a apple_n which_o if_o a_o man_n eat_v it_o cause_v such_o a_o inflammation_n and_o swell_a of_o his_o tongue_n that_o for_o twenty_o four_o hour_n space_n at_o least_o he_o lose_v the_o use_n of_o it_o quite_o 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hispaniola_n to_o the_o southeast_n but_o from_o the_o continent_n or_o main_a land_n of_o paria_fw-la which_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o near_a one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o or_o one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o six_o as_o some_o reckon_v it_o lie_v almost_o in_o a_o quadrangular_a form_n be_v suppose_v to_o contain_v about_o thirty_o league_n in_o length_n and_o not_o less_o than_o twenty_o in_o breadth_n in_o eighteen_o and_o nineteen_o degree_n of_o northernlatitude_n the_o air_n reasonable_o temperate_a and_o agreeable_a not_o scorch_v with_o any_o excessive_a heat_n in_o summer_n nor_o beat_v with_o those_o continual_a rain_n to_o which_o some_o part_n of_o america_n be_v subject_n in_o winter_n its_o great_a annoyance_n be_v from_o those_o sudden_a and_o violent_a tempest_n which_o they_o call_v hurricano_n which_o infest_v it_o very_o much_o especial_o in_o the_o month_n of_o august_n and_o september_n the_o soil_v fruitful_a enough_o afford_v abundance_n of_o sugarcane_n ginger_n cassia_n hides_n and_o divers_a other_o rich_a commodity_n as_o concern_v the_o mine_n both_o of_o gold_n and_o silver_n which_o be_v once_o certain_o know_v to_o be_v there_o some_o say_v they_o be_v exhaust_v and_o spend_v long_o since_o other_o think_v that_o be_v but_o a_o pretence_n of_o the_o spaniard_n to_o keep_v stranger_n from_o look_v into_o the_o country_n while_o they_o themselves_o be_v more_o busy_v within_o land_n it_o be_v divide_v almost_o in_o the_o midst_n from_o east_n to_o west_n with_o a_o ridge_n of_o mountain_n which_o the_o spaniard_n call_v sierra_n del_fw-it loquillo_n and_o have_v these_o town_n of_o chief_a note_n and_o importance_n viz._n first_o port-rico_a itself_o common_o call_v st._n john_n the_o port-rico_a a_o strong_a and_o neat_a town_n well_o build_v in_o a_o little_a island_n by_o itself_o but_o join_v to_o the_o other_o by_o certain_a huge_a pile_n of_o timber-work_n of_o vast_a labour_n and_o expense_n do_v by_o command_n of_o philip_n the_o 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