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 .J PMIIHRpf^MffppjJ^IIHU^Jl^l 
 
 
 \ ' 
 
 
M ANU A L 
 
 OF MODERN 
 
 GEOGR.APFIY, 
 
 ColJeaed from about 20 of the beft Authors. 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A Short but Comprehenfive and Entertaining 
 
 A c c o u N T of all the known 
 
 W O R L D; 
 
 The Situation, Extent, Product. 
 
 GOVERNMENT, ReliGION, CUS- 
 TOMS, ^c. of every COUNTRY. 
 
 To which is added, 
 A more full and particular ACCOUNT of 
 England, the Prefent Royal family. 
 Privy Council, Parliament 
 ^iviL Government, Army, N a- 
 
 rl^\, 4^" '''''' i>'^'''' Counties, 
 GhiefTowns, Rivers, ^i:. 
 
 The Whole interfpcrs'd with Sketches of H^I S T O R V 
 
 andCURIOSlTIES, V ' 
 
 The like not to be met with inany fmall Book ever publi/h'd. 
 
 With an Alphabetical INDEX. 
 
 The Second Edition, revifed, and c^^eTT^herein is ad: 
 ded, an Account of alUh eRoyal Families in Europe 8cc, 
 
 By. y. G ii £G^O^"R"rr ^ 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PrintedforRicHARDHETT, attheBiBtiand Croww, 
 inthePoultry. andjER. Roi, Bookfeiieria Dirby. 
 
 MDCCXL, 
 
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ip^np' 
 
 III 
 
 TO THE 
 
 READER 
 
 A 
 
 S Geography has for many Te 
 
 ears 
 
 been the Amufement of my Leu 
 fure Hours Jo the Groundwork of 
 
 this Manuahvas laid long ago : I 
 began with colkaing the moji curious and 
 remarkable things out of every Author of 
 Reputation, that fell into my Hands; - at 
 
IV 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 firft m!y for the Rm^mymmMmt, 
 ry\ I ajtenvards, m&thodiz'd thofe Col- 
 heitcns, J or the life of /ome young Perr 
 fonsy then under m^ Care \ tp whom I 
 
 €ommtimcatrd\m, and ( witfrjhe heip of 
 Maps ) endeavoured to make them under 
 Jland Geographical Jerms^ the Situation 
 of Countries y &c. and in the mean while, 
 I continued making Additions, as Oppor^ 
 tunjty offer' d. 
 
 * 
 
 About three Years fince, I inferted my 
 new Collet ions in their proper Places, 
 reduced the whole ifjto Jhmething likt the 
 Form in which it ?iow appears j and then 
 dictated them to a frefh Set of Youths : 
 My chief Views where to take off their 
 Minds from thoje follies and Vanities, to 
 which Youth is generally addiSled : To fit 
 them for Converfation : to lead them to 
 contemplate and admire the Power and 
 Wifdom of the Supreme Beings in forming 
 and governing Jo vajl a J^orJ^^^q^lhls tjf 
 
 ours: 
 
!r-: 
 
 PREFACE. T 
 
 ours : To give them fame Knowledge of 
 thefeveral Nations of Mankind that in- 
 habit it : To/bew them the peculiar Hap- 
 pinefs of Great Britain, their Native 
 Country; and thus to teach them 7hank. 
 fulnefs to divine Prvaidence, -which has 
 eajlour Lot info temperate a Climate . ■ 
 on fo fruitful a Spot; where the furround- 
 ing Sea fecttres us from thefudden In- 
 roads of a Foreign Enemy ; and an excel- 
 lent Conltitution preferves all our Rights, 
 and Liberties, Natural, Civil, and Sa- 
 cred', ^s thefe Ends are well worthy of 
 the Time Jpent, and Pains takert, itt 
 drawing up this fmall Treatife ; fo I have 
 honeftly Jabour'dto make it capable {, in 
 femeMeafure_ at leaji ) of anjwenng them 
 all- whether I have done fo or not, muA 
 be left to others., ^ *'' ' 
 
 I have induflrioufTy extraBed what: F 
 thought to be the moll material,, from- the 
 4^thrs I have confuJtedy.ani..mben.I 
 
^1 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 found any conjiderable Di^erence amongft 
 them about the Extent of Countries^ Dif- 
 tance of Places^ &c. I have a /ways fol" 
 low' d that Author which I took to be the 
 befty And if any iatory or Account feemed 
 luery extraordinary^ I have generally told 
 the Author from whom I had it 5 and^ fo 
 xan't think my felf accountable jor tbt 
 Faults of others: Miftakes are 'very com-' 
 mon in Books of this Kindy whici> con^ 
 tainfuch a Multitude of Particulars j as 
 i<lamesy Numbers^ &c. every wife and 
 eandid Reader makes reafonable AlloW'^ 
 ance for them : He does not conclude that 
 this Mans Account mud be falfe^ becaufe 
 it differs from another's 5 much lejs Jotis 
 he from a few Mijiakes^ pronounce the 
 whole uncertain and riot to be regarded* 
 
 i > 
 
 
 I am not ignorant y that we have aU 
 ready a great many Books of this Nature > 
 but the beft of them are quite too bulky^ 
 and the Price (of Courji J too great, for 
 
 many 
 
P a B E A C E. 
 
 vU 
 
 many wh have em Inclinatm t4> kntm 
 Jbmething of the World about them, and 
 of their Feilm> Creatures, in the feveral 
 Parts of it \ and fime are fo old, that 
 (by reajon of new Difcownes made, and 
 wany Revolutions that have happerid ) 
 they are of very little V/e. There was 
 indeed a little Tbing publtjh'd about two 
 Tears ago, entitled. The child's Geo. 
 graphy ; but wUthi^r it was properly fo 
 calfd Ijhali leave thofe who have fien it 
 to determine. I may however venture to 
 fay, that had mine ieen thrown into that 
 Form, and been printed in that CharaSler 
 it would have made a Book twice as big. 
 Inftead of confounding the Reader with 
 iard Names, or tiring him, with dry tedi^ 
 m^ Descriptions \ 1 have ftudfd to divert 
 him, with pleafant Stories, Sketches of 
 Hijiory, and Curiojities -, but all in as con^ 
 ^sifi a manner jgis J cojdld devife-, that fo 
 \fhe Book might he (according to its Title ) 
 s fhm'ti ijit .jcofi^p^htnji'^e and .mtertain^ 
 
mm* 
 
 • •• 
 
 P R E F A C Ew 
 
 ittg Account of the known IForlik 
 
 But after all I have no very great O. 
 pinion of my own Performance 5 / am/en* 
 JUfle there are many Inaccuracies and Im. 
 proprieties, which I hope a Sollicitude to 
 crvivd as much as pojjibie in a little room^ 
 may apologize for, 
 
 ^ had indeed no noughts of publifhing 
 this ColieBion, till the far greater Tart 
 of it was drawn up ; when Ifhew'd it to 
 Jome Friends j hut efpecially to two Gen, 
 tlemen, whom I knew to be good> Judges 
 in "Things of this Kindi they all agreed, 
 that it might be of Vfe to young Perfons, 
 and alfo an Entertainment to others, who 
 have not an Opportunity of hoking into 
 large Volumes^ 
 
 As to the Method of Education, which 
 I have taken, and which laid the firfi 
 Rudiments of this treati/e i J have the 
 
 Plea/ure. 
 
 ^MjlHW^^^^ 
 
 ri^£ 
 
 M^a^gUMarfH 
 
PR E F ACE. 
 
 JX 
 
 Pleafure to find it recommended by the 
 great Mr, Lock, /« hh Dijcourfe on tin, 
 Head; where he advifes, that at the 
 fame Time that a Child is^4earning Latin, 
 he Jhould be initiated in fame of the Sci. 
 mes } and exfrefes him/elf i„ this Man. 
 her.' 
 
 Geography, I think, flioald be begun 
 with: For the learning ofthe Figure of 
 the Globe, the Situation and Boundaric* 
 ofthe Four Parts of the World, and thsK 
 of particular Kingdoms and Countries, 
 being only an Exercifc of the Eyes and 
 Memory, a Child with Pleafure will 
 learn and retain them . This is fo certain, 
 that I now live in the Houfe 'with ^ 
 Child, whom his Mother lias Yo W^ll 
 inftruded in Geography, that he knew 
 the Limits of the Four Parts of the 
 World, could readily point, being asked, 
 p any Country upon the Globe, or any 
 County in the Map of Englandj knew all 
 t'':^ ... - ■ . : -the 
 
X PR E F A C E. 
 
 the grc^ t R i vers. Promontories, Straits , 
 and Bays in the World, and could find 
 ^ic Longitude and Latitudcof any Place, 
 before he 3vas fix Years old. * 
 
 Jf this BJfay of mine may contribute 
 to the forming the Minds of young Per^ 
 fom in this Way^ and by the Pleafure of 
 imwing 7hings, infenfibly lead them on^ 
 to the gaining of Language ; it wijl an^ 
 fiver the Intention and beJiWiJhes of the 
 :Compikr. 
 
 Findcrn, April 24, 1739. ^ 
 
 POSTSCRIPT 
 
 Asl communicated my Defign of Pub- 
 lifliing this filiall Piece, to fome Friends 
 (tho* without depending upon a Subfcrip- 
 tion) fo they gave me unexpefted Encou- 
 ragement j for even more then the whole 
 
 Impref!ion were befpoke, before the 
 
 Books 
 
 y IN '• i> v' "" " ■ '.,.',„ •■'•'"-; » 
 
 * Some Thoughts concsrning £4ccation: Page 272^ 
 
PREFACE. xj 
 
 Books were ready; and of coarfe, fome 
 demands cou d not be anfwer'd • 
 
 n ^^;'' *"/''?"'APP™b«ionI"nderftood 
 « met with, ,n many Places have occa- 
 fioncd fo fpecdy a Publication of the fe 
 cond Edition. In Order to render which" 
 «iorc acceptable, I've carefully re .iew'd 
 the Copy, corredcd the Errors, and fome 
 ofthe Inaccuracies in the formed Impref. 
 fionj Iv e alfo added ^/rm tbeCourtKa. 
 lender) at the Dcfire of feveral Gentle- 
 
 Royal Families, in Eurooe. 
 
 ive read the Manual over to a Number 
 ©f Young Pcrfons under my Care j with 
 a proper Map conftaatly before us j which 
 
 it but half an Hour, every Day, was this 
 way redeem'd, there wou'd be Time e 
 jovgh left for Play 5 And I'm fatisfy'J 
 
 fromExperience, that if this Exercife was 
 manag d as it ought to be, all thought. 
 J*uA and ingcMous Boys, wou'd rarW 
 
 took 
 
Xll 
 
 PRE FiAiC^. 
 
 i 
 
 look: upon it, as an agrcdahde Amufekmt^ 
 then 2Si\x\Sottii^ T'aik or Bimdeni Iwou*d 
 therefore humbly Ireconimcnd fuch an ufe 
 jof this Manual^ to School-mafterSy and 
 Jill employ'd in the Educapon of Youth, 
 ril , n^^nture tp fay, , , that . the , Plcafui'e 
 which honqf^ and generous Minds muft 
 take, in feeing the dUigent Axrention, and 
 happy Imprpvemem cf the Childrci^ 
 * thjey're concerned with, woud fully re- 
 Gompcpfeall thePains and Trouble, tjiey 
 sjrc he;raa.af i %): jh^ Ad vantage, ,^ . , 
 
 Findern, March 8th, 1739-40'*^^'^'' 
 
 « » 
 
 AT ABLEof ABBREyiATioNS 
 
 t broad; X«t. Latimclc. iT,.: il^iwsh.7 i 
 
 C Cm- C^hm, Longitude. Vm. Par^iheS. 
 
 Cpl Capital. )V1. Mile O. Oce^^n. 
 
 TE: • Eaft. Mns. Minutes. R. Kiter, 
 
 U M ' Ifland. " Mr. Miiiter. r . jiiouM. . • 
 
 K.' King. Mrs. Minilters. S. South, 
 
 fern, felingdom. Mi Mount. T. To^i 
 
 \j. League. Mtn. Mouatain. W. Welt, r 
 
 ^■.il« lonBd;ft'<r/ "•' -' ' •• 
 
C I ] 
 
 c^.f I «. 
 
 A BRIEF 
 
 EXPLICATION 
 
 O F S O M E 
 
 Geographical Ter 
 
 MS. 
 
 GEO G R A P H r is a Defcription of 
 Parr T^n- °r ^^"K' '" -«i°°« 
 
 TVop.cks 5 and f,58o under the Po ar CirSi^ 
 jjfem« and others, call , he Circumferen^'t;:; 
 
 furcare noVexaft h"'p 7'93°- B«t thef^Mea-* 
 and E J4 make t /A'*^°",' '^.''' ^''^ F'^n^I* 
 *«n«raix>«t the Jt^ormof It. ' "- ww, ui^y 
 
 B 
 
 The 
 
I" 
 
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 The Jxis IS an imaginary Line, running thro' 
 the Center of the Globe 5 the Ends or Extremities 
 of which ar** caird the Poles, North and South. | 
 
 The Horizon (\, e. the Rational) is a great 
 Circle, dividing the Globe into Upper, and Lower 
 Hemifphercs. 
 
 The Firft Meridian is a great Circle, running 
 thro' the roles, dividing the Globe ihto Eaft and 
 Weft Hemifphercs, upon which arc numbcr'd the 
 Degrees of Latitude ^ N. and S. towards each Pole. 
 
 The Eqtiator^oT Eqttiiw6fial (fo called becaufe 
 when the Sun is at this Line, Nights and Days are 
 equal) is a great Circle, every where equally 
 diftant from each Pole ; dividing the Globe into 
 North and South Hemifphercs 5 on which is reck- 
 oned the Lovgitnde Eali wards. 
 
 The Latitude is the Diftance of any Place from 
 I he Equator, N* or S 
 
 1 he Lovgittide is the Diftance of any Place Eaft* 
 ward from the ift Meridian. 
 
 As for Inftance, wSen I fay that the C. of Lon- 
 don is 52 Ds. and f of N. Lat. and 18 and \ of 
 Lon. I mean, that its 52 Ds. and f (or 5150 Ms.) 
 N. of the Equator, and 18 Ds. f ("or iiio Ms.) E. 
 of the ift Meridian 5 or more E. than TencrifF, 
 one of the Canary Is. 
 
 The Zcdiack or Llclifticky is a great Circle, twice 
 cutting the Equator aflant j half on the N. and half 
 on the S. Side. 
 
 The Troficks are two lefler Circles, parallel to 
 the Equator 5 at the Diftance of a; Ds. 30 Min. on 
 each Side 5 that q^ Cancer on the North, and that : 
 o^ Capricorn on the South. 
 
 They're call'd Tfopieks from a Greek Word, 
 
 ■■tVitz-k /^/vni^oe f#% tiiYii • hi>ir9n(<> u;h«n the Sun reach* ^^ 
 
 esthe 
 
 i!vui-.»« 
 
 ii.x^j'a b'w p strt zT 
 
\ 
 
 ^ 3 ] 
 
 M the former (viz. on the nth of Tune) it pro 
 
 »1 fL c ^""^''^ *■* '"^^^ Circle*, parallel 
 
 The ff/o^f is divided into five Spaces or Traols 
 (called Z.m) viz. ,. Tj,,/^, ^hich 1 es between 
 ^ Tropicks, (comprehending 47 Deereln ? 
 Temperate, on each Sidn u,i,j?i, r ■" " -'. 
 Tro^cks and po'ar C rcl« r, " ^"\^'=" *''* 
 
 ^; Ho"zo„ ; and the ^^ S^&f fC th: 
 
 the''Eqa'rEX\t^l^°'«.« the Hon 
 and clin^ the H^Lt^at^hfrgles"' ''*''''• 
 
 o.ht"Srhe%^:HzJ„-rh:if f^^' -^'''= 
 
 the Horizon aflan" ' '^"^ ^^""'"•' ««=• ^W'ing 
 
 po/ite to ours. ' wnoie l«eet are op- 
 
 A J/r«// is a narrowPaflf ' • befii».„ , ^ .r , 
 • Sea, or between one Sea ana SSr! °""^'' * 
 
 B z 
 
[^ 4 ] 
 
 A Lake is a fmall Colleaion of flanding Waters, 
 quite furrounded by Land 
 
 A Continent is a large Tra£l ofLs^nd, containing 
 
 feveral Countries. ^ ^ , 
 
 An Jflaitd is a fmaller Traft of Land, entirely 
 
 furrounded by ^Vater. 
 
 A Tenifjfiila isa Traa of Land, furrounded by 
 Water r exc-pt a narrow Keck ^ joining it to a Con- 
 tinent, or Hland 5 which Keck is called an Ifibmus. 
 
 A ^rcmofitory is an high Part of Land, Itrerch- 
 ing out into the Sea 5 the utmoft Point of which is 
 caird a Caj^e. 
 
 All the known World is divided into four Con- 
 tinents 1 and the Klands belonging to each. The 
 Continents are Europe, Afia, Africa, and America. 
 I fhail begin with the laft. 
 
 AMERICA fcall'd the JV^ Indies, and New 
 A iVorld, becaufe unknown to the Antients) 
 was firil oifcoverM by Cbrippher Columbus, an 
 Italian, in the Service of the King of ^/^/«, jn 1492. 
 He fiilt landed at (wha^ now is called) St. Salva- 
 dor But Jn.erico Vefftitio (who in qucft of new 
 Difcoveries failM thither in 1497) ^ad the Honour 
 ot havirg it call'd after his Kame. Sailors call it 
 
 ;iico Ms. from Europe. ,^ ,. r ^ -n 
 
 America (fo far as difcovered) lies from 5/ Ds. 
 
 of S. to 78 of K. Lat. from 240 to 545 Ds. of Loo. 
 it's reckoned about 8000 Ms. from K. to b. and 
 
 2. or 3000 from E. to W, about twice as large as 
 
 ^T^h% on the W. Mar-del-ztir, the vaft S. or 
 facifick Ocean : The Atlantick O. on the E. un - 
 f ro4n Land or Sea K. and S. Moft of the difcover d 
 ».iiVM"»ii _ . , , , 1 r^ " ' are now in the 
 
 Th^ 
 
 Tnlortrl PilffS 
 
 -Coafts, and fome of tiie 
 
 lland* of one European H^npn pr; otJ^r. 
 
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[ s 1 
 
 The Continent of America is composM of two 
 great "Peitwfulas, joined rogether by the Ifthmus 
 ox Tianen or 'Panama, about do Ms. b. It*s di- 
 vided into N. and S. 
 
 • • Sotitb America contains Terra Firma, Peru, A- 
 mazonia, Brafil, Chili, Parar;uay, and Terra Ma- 
 gallanica. 
 
 "terra Firma lies from .282 to ;o9 Ds. of Lon. 
 From I of S. to II of N. Lat. It's 1500 Ms. 1. and 
 740 b. It has the Atlantic on the E. the Bay of 
 Mexico on the N. the S. Sea on the W. PerU and 
 Amazonia oh the S. 
 
 The Soil is fruitful, Air extremely hot, and Days 
 and Nights near equal. The Natives were Canni- 
 ^^r/i for Men-eaters) and grofs Idolaters 1 worfhip- 
 jng amongft other fenfelefs Objeas, a prodigious 
 ^r(9;;^. They are tawny, ftrong Body'd, and make 
 good Soldiers : Their Houfcs are made of large 
 limber joinM together 5 one of them would hold 
 600 Men. The Spaniards found in eight Houfes 
 10,000 Souls. 
 
 This Country is moftly fubjefl to the Spaniard^, 
 who have divided it into 8 Provinces 5 'banamal 
 Carthagena, &c. fome of which abound with Gold 
 ^ilyer, &c. and others with Corn and Cattle. The 
 Cpi. IS Carthagena ; a ftrong City, good Port, and 
 very poDulous ; WeVe told, that hc?e are 40,000 
 Spaniards, and many more Indians. At Manama is 
 kept the richeft Fair in the World 3 for all the 
 
 1 rea^re of Peru is bro't hither, and carry'd croft 
 the Ifthmus to q>orto Sello on Mules. 
 
 Here's a Lake (call'd <Parima) 400 Ms. 1. and 
 
 2 50 t). 
 
 The Spaniard* have eftablifh'd Popery in this 
 
 '' ji-'^^ rravrv-vvci lucy oiive prevail'd. 
 
 ^3 Teru 
 
fPerti lies from 282 to 50^ Ds. of Lon. from 14. 
 of S. to I of K. Lat. It*s about 1 500 Ms. 1. and 
 5C0 b. It ^as the S. Sea on the W. Terra Firma 
 On the N. Amazonia on the E. and Chili on the S. 
 The Soil of this Country is fandy towards the Sea 
 CoaOs 5 in other Parts it's good. 
 
 The Air is exceflive hot in the Vallies 5 but very 
 cold on fbme Hills. Here, and in other Parts of 
 the torrid Zone,\\hcn the Sun is fartheft from themj 
 they have generally fair Weather j and therefore 
 they call it Slimmer^ when it's nearefl to them, 
 thty have generally heavy Rains; and therefore 
 they call it Winter » Acofla fays, that in fbme Parts 
 of this Zone, Eafterly Winds blow all the Year. 
 
 Here are two famous Roads, exceeding any jR(?- 
 V an Ways 5 made by the Incai (or Kings) of Peru 5 
 J V 20 Ms. 1. and % 5 Foot b. The one is carry 'd thro' a 
 ] lain, and is defended by Walls, within which are 
 1 J CCS on each fide. The other is cut thro' many 
 Rocks, in marftiy Ground 5 its a good Cawfey 5 
 it certain Diftances, were built large and pleafant 
 Jrrs : But the Spaniards have fuftered thefe to go 
 to Decay. 
 
 ^eru is the richcft Country in the Univerfe j it 
 has a great many Mines of Gold, and Silver j their 
 Temples were prodigioufly rich ; the Walls of one 
 Txere overlaid with Plates of Gold, from Top to 
 Bottom. The famous Silver-Mine o. Votofi^ in lefs 
 I ban 50 Years produc'd 111,000,000 Pieces of 
 
 Eight. 4 
 
 The M. in which it lay, (in the Midft of a Plain) 
 
 was in Shape of a Stigar-Loafi it was fo dug, and 
 
 vinderminea, *that it was in a manner, a meer 
 
 Shell 5 but it was funk with an Earthquake. 
 
 The Sheep here are vaftly large 5 they are us'd 
 
 f«r 
 
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 for carrying Burthens j 1 14 lb. is a common Load $ 
 there arc two forts j the one bears Wool, and the 
 other is naked. 
 
 The Natives (except the S^anifb Converts) wor- 
 inip the Sun, Moon, &c. 
 
 This Km. was (after a feven Years Maflacre and 
 Blood(hed)in 1533, reduced by ^iz>aro, with an 
 handful of Men; It's now fubjea to the K. of 
 Spain, who keeps a Viceroy at Lima, the Cpl ; 
 which ftands near the S. Sea. 
 
 The fecond C. is Cujco j about 120 Ms. E. of 
 Lima. 
 
 Amazonia^ or Land of Amazons, has its Name 
 froni the Army of Warlike Women, that appeared 
 on the Coafts, upon the firft Approach of the Eu- 
 ropeans. It has Peru on the W. Terra Firma on 
 the N. Braiil on the E. and Paraguay on the S. 
 
 We are told, that it's 12^0 Ms. 1. and 800 b. 
 That It s divided into 6 Provinces : That k contains 
 50 different Nations : That they are grols Idola- 
 ters: And that they have no Temples, but carved 
 wooden Images, in a Corner of their Houfes ; 
 which they worlhip, becaufe they fancy them to be 
 mhabited by fome Deities. But very little of this 
 yaft Country is known ; except abqut the R. which 
 is faid to be the largeft in the World. It's rcckon'd 
 to run (without Windings) 2000 Ms. It's fo wide 
 in icmie Places, that in the Middle, neither Shore 
 can be leen. 
 
 Travellers fay, that the Air is good 5 and the Soil 
 ^'";,™.\That here are Gold,Silver,Com,Wine,&c. 
 
 C^/// lies from zpj to 299 l^s, of Lon. from 25 
 to 44of Lat. It's noo Ms. 1. and 5^0 b. It has 
 Peru on the N. the S. Sea on the W. Amazonia on 
 tne Jb. and Paraguay on the S. 
 
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 On the E. of this Country run thofe prodigioU* 
 Mnts, call'd the Jndes, from N. to S. They are 
 counted the higheft in all the World : The' they 
 are continually covcr'd with Snow 5 and the Cold 
 38 fo violent, as fometimes, to kill both Man and 
 Beaft 5 yet there are feveral Vidcams upon (bme of 
 them: The barren Hills are linM with Metals: 
 The fineft Gold is gotten here. The Vallies a; 
 bound with Corn, Honey, &c. 
 
 The Chilians are TVhites^ flrong, and fit for 
 War; they cloath with the Skins of wild fieafts. 
 They are faid to be the grofleft of all Idolaters * 
 wor/liiping the 2)evil himfelf, under the Name of 
 
 This Country is moftly fubje£l to the Spanifh 
 Governor at St. jfago (the Cpl.) who is under th^ 
 Viceroy of Peru. ' 
 
 Taraguay\ or Rio de la ^lata (fo call'd from 
 the great and famous R. ^lata^ In the Sands of 
 \s hich are found a great many Grains '^of Golcl, and 
 jome very large.) This River runs N. about 1200 
 Ms. J 60 Ls. up it {lands the C. Setmos-Ayres, 
 1'his Country lies from 294 to 324. Ds. of Lon. from 
 18 to 57 of Lat. It's about 1200 Ms. 1. and 950 b. 
 It hasBrafil on the E. the Main 0» on the. S..E. 
 Chili on the W. and Amazonia on the N. The 
 Air and Soil are both good: Here are Gold, Silver, 
 Corn, Wine, &c. - ■ :v '!' V ' 
 
 The Natives are grofs Idolaters.^ A great Farl'of 
 this Country is fubjeft to the Spani/h Governor at 
 j^ffimption^ (the Cpl.) upon the River, under the 
 "Viceroy of Peru 5 the reft are fubjeft to Captains 
 or Chiefs of their own chufing, caflM Caciques, 
 
 Srajil lies on the E. Side of S. A^merica : Its 
 Coaft is Semicircular j above 5000 Ms. 1. lt*s from 
 
 305; to 
 
§09 to 524 D«. of liOn. from i to 25 of Lat. ItV 
 
 «bout i<foo Ms. 1. ami 950 b. It ha«the Main O; 
 the S. E. and N. Amazonia and Paraguay on thd 
 W. The Soil is tolerable good ^ and Air render*d 
 femperare by Sea Breezes. Here are Sugar, Am- 
 ber, fome Gold, Tobacco, Sic. which are ex- 
 changed with the Eui-opeani for Cloth, Hofe 
 Tools, ^c. , ^ 
 
 The ^r/ijt/iam, and many other Indians, fro ei. 
 ther quite, or a) mod naked. Their Beda are a fort 
 ofHammccks. They are utter Strangers to Agficul- 
 nire. They live on the natural Produfts of the 
 Earth and by Hunting. Travellers fay, that in 
 lome l^arts ot this Country there are neither Tem. 
 j)les, nor Idols. Yet they are faid to believe the 
 Immortally of the Soul, &c. When any Perfon is 
 fick the Doftor fucks the Partaffcfted. ifthatdo 
 not fucceed they lay the Patient down upon a Bed 
 and then fing and dance about him: When he is 
 dead, the Women howl over him for one Kisht • 
 then the Body is wafh'd, painted, wrapt in Cotton.' 
 and fet upnght m the Ground 5 and fome Food is 
 fe byu. When a King or great Man dies 5 they 
 kill many of his Wives and Servants to attend him 
 in the other World , and with his Corpfe they bur^ 
 a great deal of his Wealth. ^ ^ ^, 
 
 The Portu^uefe are Mafters of almofl all the 
 Coafls, and ,8 or 20 Ms. up in the Country, from 
 whence the Natives are retirM for the Love of Li- 
 ^L T!' '^%''^yoff'^^^'^ of is divided into 15 
 
 u/Za^'^'h ''' ^'""'^^r^ ^" ^^'^ «^ ^l^ich they 
 have ftro^g Fcrrs- and fome Towns and Settle- 
 
 verv • K r' ^T^' ^^"^^' '^^V ^^^c difcovcrcd a 
 very rich Minp of Diamonds. 
 
 Terra Afage/Za^ca inclnd^s all the S. Part of the 
 
 ^ J Conti- 
 
 
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 Continent The Straits between this and the Ifland 
 !Del Fuego, is 5 or 400 Mr. 1. and 8 or lo b. It was 
 lirft difcover'd by Ferdinand Magellan^ a Portu- 
 guefc (whofe Kame it bears) in 15 19. By this 
 Strait, a Communication was opcn'd between the 
 K. and S. O. and Magellan firft failed round the 
 World J and 7'homas Cavendijb next, viz. in 1 581 : 
 But Merchants now fail S. of rhe Ifland thro* the 
 Straits of Lemair. Ytty little of this Country is 
 known, except the Coafis : It has Paraguay on the 
 K. the Straits on the S. the a Os. on the E. and 
 W. lt*8 caird 1600 Ms. 1. and 500 b. On the E. 
 runs the great R. ^JPlata about 1000 Ms. In the VV, 
 is a prodigious Mnt. under which runs a R. down 
 which, as we are told, fome Portuguefe were fo 
 hardy as to venture in a flat-bottom'd Veflel j they 
 were about 24 Hours under Ground. The Natives 
 are faid to live riioftly in Caves, and to worfliip the 
 Devil under the Name o^Sctebos* The Europeans, 
 who have ventured amongft them, have generally 
 been dii'perfcd, and fometimesperiOi'd with Hun- 
 ger. The Spaniards indeed took Pofifeilion in 1 582, 
 and afterwards built fcvcral Forts 5 but they were 
 ibon forced to withdraw: They fay, that there are 
 no Trees, Fields, or Meadows ; that the Ground 
 IS covered with white Sand, and confequently bar- 
 
 ren. 
 
 S. of the SJraits of Magellan, lies a great trian- 
 gular L caird 'Terra Del Fuego ^ but the Accounts 
 given us of it, differ fo much, that our Knowledge 
 of it, its Inhabitants, &c. is at bell uncertain. I 
 fhall therefore proceed to the other large Peninfula, 
 called N. America 5 many Parts of which we ? " 
 much better acquainted with. N. America corn- 
 prebends Mexico or New Spain, Granada, Flori^^i, 
 Terra oanadenfis, and Terra Arftica. Mexico 
 
Mexico (icior^mfi to fome) lies from »<< lo 
 »y 5 T>s of Lon. from 1 3 to ?i of Laf. It's .bo»e 
 
 Ms. I. and tfoo b. It', boanded by Granada on the 
 >.. us own GuK on the E. Terra Firm, on the S. 
 and the S. Sea on the W. It's vaftlv fruitful • and 
 -/y fi' hoth forTiilage and Pa.tur,yr [tCnJ 
 ull Z'V" "^ •«!!•«'* Months, and cjj,l Sea B.«e J 
 
 TK, u*'!- n"^" *''f ^'' P«'"i temperate, 
 ton &c* Commodities are Gold, Silver, Cot- 
 
 N. B. The Cotton grows on Trees i (about at 
 big as o.*r Apple-Tree) they firft bud then blof- 
 ion. and ,.l.en the Bloffom falls, then appea «. 
 Srccn »vn<.t, or Button, as big as a renJiSa// 
 M ha. a thick Shell (black when ripe) and 
 withm that grows the Cotton. "^ 
 
 In the Leaves of the Tunal Tree ar^ h^A «,„., 
 li;^e Infeasj which, when dS*::: t'S 
 
 The Mexicans have been called themoftdo- 
 c.le and civili^•d of all the Indians. They divide 
 
 M<mth. Soth Men and Women here are excellem 
 ooT ;ol7 'f'^'^.i-" Delight alfo in Dan inj 
 n W A'^e^f''"^ *"*> the Mufick in the midil 
 1 heir Marriages were thus : The Prieft ties a G>r- 
 Rob°e "^' "^--"'^Vail. to a Cornet of he M^n^^ 
 Robe 5 leads them feven times round a Fire • and 
 tben pronounces them Man and Wife. Every o^e 
 marries as many Wives as he will- and if anyone 
 prove unfiuthfui, he m.y p„r her \o death. ^ 
 
 iJ.rl' , P'" "'■ '^'^" ^°*''' *"<= Canoes. Gm 
 ia>8, that ico,oco belong'd to the Gulf: Thev afe 
 gcBerally made of hollol'd Trees : But Travelle". 
 
 t<-.U 
 
K ■ 
 
 tx^J 
 
 fell us, fomc were made thus: One jjreat Piece 
 cf Birch Bark made the Bottom ; ;ind two more 
 (nicely few*d together) the Sides 5 fo that it appear- 
 ed all of a Piece; It was ftrengthen'd with Wicker, 
 and Ribs of Cedar 5 (both almoft as Hgh^ as Cork.) 
 The Wicker was about as thick as one HalfCiown, 
 the Bark as two 5 and the Ribs as three: On each 
 Side there run a Bar 5 and round about beneath fe- 
 vctst\ Spars, faflen'd into the Bars at each eftd 5 the 
 Chinks or Scams were gam*d over. The Length 
 of a great one was 28 Foot ^ the Breadth 4 and <i 
 Inches. I: was fo light, that two Men could car- 
 ry it : Such a Boat coft 80 Crowns ; It would laft' 
 feven Years, but muft be oft rep^ir'd. 
 
 The Mexicam are grofs Idolaters 5 worfhiping 
 a Multitude of Gods 5 to whom they offer'd humans 
 Sacrifices 5 (particularly their Prifoners) from 40 
 to 40CO at once: The Method was this: They 
 laid the Sacrifice upon a Stone, feveral Steps high, 
 over-againft the Idol 5 5 Priefts held it, while the 
 High Prieft with a Iharp Flint openM the Breaft 5 
 took out the Heart 5 threw it in the Face of the 
 Idol 5 and then tumbled the Body down 5 which 
 was carry V. off, aiid eaten by them that took him: 
 An humane Heart was a common Difh, at the Em- 
 peror's Table : Kay in fome Parts of the Indies 
 they facrificed their own Children : But the Span- 
 iards pretend to have converted many of the Na- 
 tives: Tis however certain, that they have cruelly 
 inurder'd Multitudes of 'em : Ko lefs (fays ^cofia, 
 a Jcfuit3than ^o,ooo,coo in about 55 Years ^ to 
 the very great Prejadicc of Cbriilianity : Their un- 
 parallelM Barbarity occafionM an eminent Indian 
 to fay, '' T'loat one Spamard, w.?i cnovgh to create 
 
 inis 
 
■M 
 
 r 
 
 J 
 
 ^ This Country was in 3 Years, conquerM in 1 521, 
 by Cortes (a Spanifh Officer) with an handful of 
 Men : He raz'd Mexico ("the Capital j confifting of 
 80,000 Houfef, and built a new C. upon the Spot • 
 vaftly large 5 but it was almoft ruin'd by an Inun- 
 dation in 1629 'y tho' it is now in a flourifhing 
 State: The Gazetteer fays, that it ftands in a Plain, 
 upon a Lake, about the fame Diftance from the 
 Gulf on the E. and the S. Sea on the W. That 
 there is ino way of coming at it but along 3 Cau- 
 ieys : E. of this Citv is t^era Crux^ sl fine and no- 
 ted Port in the Gulf of Mexico, 
 
 As this vaft Country is fubjefl to a Spanifh 
 Viceroy, at Mexico ^ fo the Spaniards bring Year- 
 ly from hence, and from Peru, immenfc Treafures, 
 on board their Flotilla, and Galleons: One Fleet 
 brought (be/ides 10^6 Bars of Gold) 1200 Pounds 
 Weight. One of their Mines was computed to have 
 produc'd 2.,ooo,ooo, 000 Pieces of Eight, in the 
 mft 40 Years of working it. Indeed Gold, and Sil- 
 vfir, were fo plentifur in thefe two Courttries (if 
 any Credit may be given to thofe who have been 
 there) that Statues were made of Gold ; and Tem- 
 ples cover'd with it, both within and without 5 nay 
 Horfes have been rfiod with Gold and Silver: And 
 500 Crowns have been given for a Bottle of Wine. 
 Granada lies from 245 to 2 59^Ds. of Lon, from 
 2 7to4oofLat. It's about 800 Ms. 1. and 740 
 b. It has Florida on the E. Mexico on the S. the 
 Sea (towards California) on the W. and unknown 
 Land on the N. It is eftecmed healthful, and 
 temperate^ hut very fubjed: to Thunder, Light- 
 nings and Hurricanes. 
 
 I'he Soil is dry, and barren. The chief Com- 
 luQ^iity is Cattle. A good Fare of this Country is 
 
 fubjcft 
 
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 fubjefl to the Spanifh Governor, at Santa Fe ', 
 the red remains under Captains of their own* 
 The Inhabitants fpend their Time moftly in Hunt- 
 ing. We are told, thii Tome have no Signs of any 
 Religion at all : But indeed we iire utter Stran- 
 gers to feme Parts of thisCountry. 
 
 Florida lies from z6o to 283 Ds. of Lon. from 
 25 to 38 (or ;o, for Carolina extends on the Coaft 
 to the 30th, to St. AuguAine) which makes it a- 
 bout 1380 Ms. I. a.id 380 b. 
 
 It has the Main O. on the E. Carolina on the 
 N. Granada on the W. and the Bay of Mexico on 
 the S. 
 
 The Air is pretty temperate here, and People 
 live to a great Age. The Soil is al(b fruitful. 
 
 The Commodities are fome Gold, Silver, Veni- 
 fon, Fowl, Bcver, &c. 
 
 Mr. Ogiivy dcfcribes the Bevcrs thus; They 
 are amphibious Creatures j their lore Legs and 
 Feet arc like a Dog*s 5 the Hind Feet like a 
 Goofe*s j they have pro^Ugious Strength in their 
 Teeth, 'Aith which they'll' fell large Trees 5 they 
 build their Neds of Sticks (upon the Shore) 5 or 
 6 Stories high j with an Hole to^Aards the Sea, 
 which they leap into, when attacked by Land : The 
 Skin of this Creature is moft valuable. 
 
 The famous R. MiJJiJJipi runs on the W« or, 
 as fume fay, through the Midit ot this Country, 
 dividing it into £. and W. La Salle fays 800 Ls 5 
 and then empties itfelf by feveral Mouths, into 
 the Gulf of M-xico. As to Government, &c. fee 
 Granada. 
 
 ''7frr4 Canadep/is, as I take it, includes all the 
 N. Parts of the Continent 5 lying N. or N. E. of 
 Florida ; and fo the greater Part of it is very im- 
 
 peflccily 
 
fnverM ^ l!^TV^ ^"^^" '* *" * What 18 dif- 
 
 iZt^rlJ f *^«'" ^"^^ '^^ °^«^* Northern 
 ^ Ji that arc known to us. 
 
 fTw^ ^r^/c:^ comprehends the moft Northern 
 Parts, whether Continent, or Is. (moftly within 
 the pdar Circle) as Greenland, New Zembla, 
 Newpenmark, &c. all which are very imperfea- 
 
 L. w'^'^'l'^- ^^^ ""' ""^^ «^ '^^ Difiovcries 
 this Way, have been made by Pcrfons attempt- 
 
 Zf f \^ \^^- J^- ^^^^ge into the S. Sea , L 
 
 aeUan Of L't^ u* 'l'^^"^^ ^^^ Straits ofW 
 gelian : Of which the following is a brief Ac 
 count. ^ ^^ v» ^w 
 
 In 157^, and 7 Sir Afarrm Frobijher faWd this 
 Way, with this View 5 but he was driven back 
 by Ice, &c He found feme Gold Oar. the firft 
 
 I^'^t^^'^^^'u^P^? ^^' ^^'"^»> ^^ co»l^ not fo 
 much as find the Place. 
 
 In i585,<J, and 7 Mr. yo^„ 2)avis made ? 
 Voyages into thefe Parts 5 but he was forc'd to 
 
 ^^ u-^^^-^^^V'r^^''^^'' ^^- '^^ People barbarous 
 andthievifh: He gave his own Name to a Strait, 
 5. W. ot Greenland j which it ftiU retains. • 
 
 his Courfe this Way 5 he went further N. than any 
 one had gone: Viz. to the 79th D. but defpairing 
 of buccefs he returned; calling the Bay by his 
 Name, w ich it now bears. / y u« 
 
 • ^^1° r ^i^^ ^^"':' '^'^'"^'» ^"« ^^^fi^i aJfo fail'i 
 into thefe Parts 5 but thro' a Strait more Southern ; 
 
 in the 6 2d p. leaving the Continent on the S. and 
 James, or Camherla^jd I. on the N. By his Chart 
 he proceeded loo L«. farther than any had gone' 
 
 betore 
 
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 before him : But he with 8 of his Men were loft 
 in the Sloop ; however the Bay bears his Name. 
 • Sir I'horvas "Dntton made farther Difcoveries 
 this Way : He callM the W. Coaft from 5 5 to 7 5, 
 2S/e-Tt' 6*. and N. H^files. 
 
 In 1^5 1 Captain y^n?es failed into thefe Parts, 
 through feveral eminent Perils: He call'd the S. 
 Corner of the Bay by his own Kame. 
 
 In i66y, one Gilloam. "went farther S. flill 5 to 
 the 51ft D. where he traded with the Natives 
 for Furs, &c. He built a Fort which he called 
 Charles: And this laid the Foundation ot Uud- 
 fen's ^ ay CoJ^pany. 
 
 The Hnglifh, and French, have had many Strug- 
 gles about' the Places difcoverM in thefe Parts 5 
 but by the Treaty of Utrech, they were reftored to 
 
 the Englifb. ^ . . , xt j 
 
 Terra de Labrador, or New Britain, has Hud- 
 fon's Bjy on the W. Canada on the S. the Main 
 O. on the N.E. and S.Laurence's Bay on the S.E. 
 It'lics from 50 to 6% Ds. of Lat. from 200 to 925 
 of Lon. But little of this vaft Traft of Ground is 
 known : The Englifh and French lay claim to 
 what is difcoverM of it. ^ 
 
 Canada, or New France, has St. Laurence s R. 
 in the S. E. Terra de Labrador on the N. and 
 Loiiifiana on the W. The French extend it from 
 St. Laurence's R. to the Mifliffipi R. about 2000 
 Ms. They fay, U half furrounds the EngliOi Plan- 
 tations : But other Authors leffen it much, and 
 make it inconfiderable 5 they tell us that it lies all 
 N. of the former R -, that they have indeed ma- 
 ny Settlements in thefe Parts j the chief of which 
 is (Quebec (the Cpl.) about ^co Ms. from the 
 Mouni oi that R. Lat. 40 i half j but a great 
 
 deal 
 
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 dcalof tvliat they claim, is in the Hands of the 
 Katives. 
 
 Jcadie, or Nova Scotia, lies from 42 to ^6 D$. 
 of Lat. It has St. Laurence's Bay on the N. his 
 R. on the W. New England on the S; #. and the 
 Main O. on the E. So that it may be called a Pe- 
 ninfula ; for it has a Sea Coaft 300 Ls. long. It*» 
 about 440 Ms. 1. and 2^0 b. It abounds with Corn, 
 &c. The Cpl. is Tort Royal, or Annapolis Royal : 
 (faid to be the only T.) It*s not large j but has a 
 Bafon capable of holding icoo Ships'.-^ '- 
 
 Thh Country was long in Difpute between the 
 French and Englifh, but was by the Treaty of 
 Utrech given to the latter. 
 
 I now proceed to the Englifli Territories, or 
 Wcftern Empire 5 which lies altogether upon the 
 E. Coaft of the Continent, from 3. Auguftine in 
 Florida, to Acadie. Between ;o and 4^. t>i. of 
 Lat; About 1000 Ms. fcveral Titrtes as large as 
 Great Britain and Ireland. 
 
 ^ It is divided into 7 Parts, call'd Colonies or Pro- 
 vinces : vi^. New England, New York, New Jer- 
 sey, Peniilvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Carolina 5 
 with feveral Is. belonging to them. 
 
 ^sw Eiigland was difcoverM by one Cabot, in 
 1497, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. It lies 
 from 41 to 4(^ Ds^ of Lat. It runs 5 50 Ms. along 
 the Coafts, without reckoning the Ahgles. It is 
 in fomc Parts 250 and in others 80 b. The Air 
 is temperate 5 and Soil very good ^ it abounds with 
 the Neceffaries of Life. Tho* the chief Comodi- 
 ties are calPd Fifh, Mafts, Furs, &c. 
 
 There is in this Province a Ridge of Mnts. a- 
 bove 200 Ms. 1. caird the White Mountains 5 
 becaufe always covered with Snow 3 on the Top 
 
fiAiSfttS'^f j«° 'Colonic, .he 
 wins it. Indian Nam! ^ J?°i P"?"'""') "^ 
 
 «es. " "• " >» divided into 6 Coun- 
 
 *• The Main: Here ar/- ^t j . 
 
 ?. ^* .. Where ?h^^. ' ^'- ""^ 5 Mrs. 
 r<W.;,/fhe Cph; There are'I?r' 'r ^'- ','^ '" ^rs. 
 
 ;j«,;o.hi.,?roii„cerrore^;?S:Cs^o:?J 
 
 ^<».».^./4f./where th«e Je r*^f, ""^ <^P'- " 
 Printing Houfe. * * Colleges, and a 
 
 UScJlc«: theSft and Left ?*«' «?«>'!„«. 
 except fo«e SpanOhTsIr fif ^^ ^^ ^««rica 
 bour; which iCver; «e' a-Ll"!^'" °^ ««' 
 «e 5 Churches, , fK Chut h^^InT J?'='« 
 ingHoufes; i of the A« u -n* *"^ * Meet- 
 
 Cfiurch Govemmen/is .Lkri^Pfl*'™' Form of 
 habitant, are cal??;rofxto?'^ ''"^•^ ^"^ '"- 
 
 Mr.: '"^'^ ^^'"">"'^ i which has tf Ts. and 7 
 
 r-&^'s r/^;^!^^"^ ^r '"'° '»• One i. caliy ^«r- 
 Indian Mn. -■* "* "'^ ' ^"S"«'. and feveral 
 
 i-SriJtoi^ 
 
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 5- ^riftol 5 which has 4 Ts. and 5 Mw. To this 
 County belongs Rhode I. where are z Preachers: 
 It IS moftly inhabited by Q^wkers 5 who make fine 
 liarthen Ware, which they barter for Furs, &c. 
 
 111. Coneclicnt Colony ; which is 70 Ms. 1. and 
 5 b. It's divided into 4 Counties. 
 
 1. New London : Here^re 9 Ts. and 8 Mrs. 
 
 2. Hartford s which has 11 Ts. and li Mrs. 
 
 3. New Haven 5 where are 6 Ts. and 6 Mrs. 
 
 4. tairfield : Here are 9 Ts. and 9 Mrs. 
 
 In this County runs Hudfon's R. dividing this 
 Colony from Kew Jerfey. 
 
 Kew England has been many Tears a flourifhing 
 Colony. A great Number of perfecuted Englifli 
 Nonconformifts fled hither: Some in 1610-, but a 
 great many more in 1629, In 1^50 the Englifh 
 were call'd 100,000. The Natives were grofs Ido- 
 laters j but Dr. Matber, Mr. £/wr, &c. have con- 
 verted abundance of them. Tkere wcits in 1587, ^ 
 Churches o{ Chriftian Indians -, 18 Affemblie« rf 
 Catechumens 5 and 24 Indian Preachers. 
 
 In 1705, there were 35 Indian Preachers, and 7 
 Enghfh, that underftood the Indian Tongue. 
 
 There are in this Colony, 3 Colleges 5 at which 
 are generally 2 or 500 Students. 
 
 The Englifh here, and in all the other Colo- 
 nies, are governed by an Aflembly (like our Par- 
 liament) and a Governor fent over from England 
 
 New Tork lies from 41 to 44 Ds. of Lat. It i's 
 180 M. 1. and 24 b. It has New England on the 
 E. >.ew Jerfey on the W. and S. and Long I. on 
 the N. 
 
 This I. belongs to New York. It is about 1 50 
 Ms. 1. and 18 b. Here is made fine Porcelain out 
 of Sea Cockles. 
 
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 This Province is divided into 3 Counties, vir. 
 Queens Suffolk, and Richmond. It's f„ frdtful 
 a Spot tliat I Strike of Wheat will produce 100. 
 Here are Furs Logwood, &c. The 'Cpl. is Ne-w 
 rorkj anhandfome, well built T. of akut .000 
 
 Ground! " "P°" '" ""'" ^- "" * "'^"S 
 
 There are feveral other confiderable Ts. as New 
 Mbany it. Place of great Trade) Khgjionc, 8<c. 
 th Jv .?"^''"' ."^ '"j^""''', 8 Times as many a,i 
 
 ThT'^M ^f ^f * ^''l''^ "Pawaws) aft as Conjurers. 
 The Men follow their Sports, and leave the Wo- 
 
 hire K„? r '"'' '^^^ M=°P«y i» eftablifhed 
 ^; ^ '"^'■'^ ^'^ ""^ny niffenters. 
 
 »,Za • '*' ""^r P"^"^*''' °f '*•" Province, but 
 ^wee driven cut by the Engli/h in 15^4. They 
 
 «lld u New York from the D. of York- 
 
 »T*" ^^ *^'"8 made Proprietor of it! 
 , JVfw y^y^y lies from 40X0 42 Ds. of Lat. It's 
 about 250 Ms. ). and 120 b. It has New York 
 aind the O. on the E. the Main O. on the S. Pen- 
 
 tbl n"' °" '""^ ^" ^"^ '''® '"'^"" Country on 
 
 .J^-^D^'*" * Communication by fine Rs. between 
 this Province, New York, and Maryland. 
 
 o -t • ^"",?" r'''* Country is very healthfiil ; and 
 Soil generally fertile. ' 
 
 The chief Trade of this Province is exporting 
 
 Provifions to the Sugar Is. &c. The Englifh arS 
 
 calid 1 2000, of which 2000 are fit to bear Arms. 
 
 i he Natives are about 200 5 which are very fer- 
 
 viceable to them. •' 
 
 There 
 
 S ( 
 
2. 
 
 5- 
 
 4- 
 
 5- 
 6, 
 
 7 
 
 2 50 
 
 ICO 
 
 So 
 
 120 
 40 
 
 100 
 
 160 
 
 40 
 
 Acres, 
 
 40,000. 
 50,000. 
 40,000. 
 30,000. 
 1,070. 
 32,000. 
 30,000. 
 50,000. 
 
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 New Jerfey is divided into E. and W. 
 There are in E. Jerfey, p Is. of Note ^ to each 
 ot which 4 large Traft of Land is appropriated 
 
 I. Hergejj, which contains about 350 Souls, 
 (moftly Dutch) who have 20,000 Acres. 
 
 Faqiiiies. 
 Elizabeth 2o-wn 
 Newark • 
 ^Pifcataivay 
 Woodhridge 
 'Port Ambeg 
 Middlesex 
 
 8. Sbre-wsbtiry 
 
 9. Freehold 
 
 W.Jerflyhas^fTs. of Note, and in fbme Parts 
 the Plantations Jie fo thick, that they refemble 
 Towns. 
 
 The* Epifcopacy is eftablifh'd here 5 yet full Li- 
 berty of Confcience is allowed ; and there are many 
 Perfuafions. ' 
 
 "Penfilvania was fo called from Sir William 
 \Pem, a famous Qi^iaker ; whofc SuccefTors, or 
 their Deputies govern the Province (as Proprietors) 
 under the K. ot England. 
 
 It has New Jerfey on the E. the Indian Country 
 on the N. and W. and Maryland on the S. 
 ^ It's about 550 Ms. 1. and 200 b. It's divided- 
 into 6 Counties. The Cpl. of the whole is Phi- 
 ladelfhia: Begun by Penn in 1^82. It's very 
 large and fine : It coniifts of about 14 or 15,000 
 Houfcs 5 in 2 long Streets, 100 Foot wide j and there 
 J5 a Square of 10 Acres in the Center, it flands 
 between 2 Rs. : And is fo form'd as to front both. 
 
» 
 
 ?.' 
 
 [22] 
 
 laWar -, the chief in the Province? It's navigable 
 for about 5CO Ms. Here h alfo a plcafant airy 
 Place called German T. Ir's compofed of High 
 and Low Dutch. The ^^c/Jbmen have like- 
 wife a populous Plantation of 40,000 Acres. Their 
 Cpl. IS Radijoir. 
 
 Here are fevcral othc-r Ts. t^sCbefter,Ne'wca(ile, 
 2)over, andlezves, each a Cpl. of it»s County. 
 
 The Inhabitants of this Province, are of various 
 Nations; but the Englifh are moft numerous: 
 They with theirNegroes, are computed to 35,000. 
 They are alfo of various Religions i but the Ma- 
 jority are Quakers. The chief Commodities here 
 are Flower, Liouor, Pipe Staves, &c. 
 
 Maryland (fe called from Mary Queen to K. 
 Charles!.) lies between 37 and 40 Ds. of Lat. It's 
 reckon d larger than Old England. It h-^.s Virgi- 
 nia on the S. the O. on the E. unknown Country 
 on the W. and Penfilvr.nia on the K. The Air 
 and Soil are both pretty good. It's divided into 
 12 Counties, in each of which, are 3 or 4 Parifhes. 
 The Clergy have rheir Salaries in Tobacco : From 
 30,000 to (Jo,ooo Pound Weight. Every Male 
 (even ^egro€$) from 16 to do, pays 40 Pound 
 per Ann. * j -r 
 
 The only C. in this Country is St. Marfs T. It 
 ftands on St. George's R. and ffays the Gazetteer) 
 IS the Cp . tho it has hot 60 Houfes. Annapolis 
 IS the Cpl. tho' It has but about 40 Houfes f yet 
 10 numerous arc the Plantations, that the Englifh 
 were ^40 Years ago) call'd 30,000. 
 ^ Into this and all the other Plantations, are Yearly 
 imported vaft Numbers of mgroes, from Africa : 
 A Man at ^6\, and a Woman at 24 1. 
 
 They arc bought and fold as Cattle with us : 
 
 The 
 
[ 2J ] 
 The Mafter's Power over them is abfolute ; Life 
 only excepted. Several great Men have , or tfoo 
 ot them ; and i or i near looo. 
 
 c *i"o 5S, ?'''"'• Stock Fifh, &c. but the chief 
 Produa ,s Tobacco ; fold at , A. per Pound. 
 
 K-/ f '"1'! ,.(«>, called from the Virgin Queen 
 £l,zal>eth)Ucs from 57 to 4^ Ds. of^Lat. I,'J 
 
 theS. Maryland on. he N.E. theO. on theS.E. 
 
 cce'S?„^t:lr7M2hf '^" •"-HcAirlsex- 
 The chief Commodity i. Tobacco j 150 Ships 
 have been Joaden with it in a Year ^ 
 
 The Cpl. is yames T. which ftands upon the 
 R. 'Pauhatav, near the Mouth , Some cill mi- 
 htmsbttrgh the Cpl. 
 
 When the Englifh firfl came hither, there were 
 20 ^atlons of Indians ; who could have brouaht 
 10,000 Men into the Field j but now they can't 
 raife above 5 or <foo. The T)etty Ks. that remain 
 are tributary to the Engiiffc.. Moft of them are 
 yet Pagans. Their chief Riches confift in Pearls, 
 and Furs ; which they fell to the Englifh. 
 
 In 1705, the Number of the Counties Pari(h« 
 iJ^s? '"** *"'"" '" '•''* P«.vince! waf as fot 
 
 ,/' 5^rJ-'"- t?r^T>."- ».»^^.47i Acres. 
 tfo,«ifi Perfons. Of wWch 25,053 were Males, 
 
 35,j83 Females and Children, p.j.^ Militia 
 
 /^^ 1 1?:,, ^' 'x?** /"" '."'^ Dragoons. Befides 
 tfooo ia Nether Neck; and 1,200 French Refu- 
 gees. So that the Englifh and thofe that are fub- 
 jca to them, may be eall'd 70,000. 
 
 The 
 
I 
 
 r »4.] 
 
 The E. Bonier of this (>olony (ts Well as of 
 MarylaiKJ) lies upon the great Bay of C^efapeak 5 
 which is 14 Ms. b. at the Mouth 5 and 55 in the 
 Wideil PJacc ; viz. at the Mouth of the Tatoiv- 
 mack R. which divides Maryland from Virginia. 
 
 Carolina (fo callM from K. Charles \\.) lies 
 from 50 to 37D.S. ofLat. It's about 9<Jo Ms. I, 
 and 550 h. in the N. Part. It has Florida on tho 
 S. the Afalachean Mnts. on W. Virginia on the 
 N. and the (X on the E. Both Air and Soil 
 arc pretty good here. 
 
 This Province is made very pleafant with many 
 great Rs. and Lakes 5 which are very ufeful. 
 
 Carolina is divided into N. and S. Each has a 
 diftinft Governor. The N. is divided into only 
 2 Counties (of this Albemarle is the Cpl.) The S. 
 into 4 5 of this Charles T. is the Cpl. 
 
 This Colony abounds with Provifions ; great 
 Quantities of Beef, Pork, Corn, Rice, &c. are 
 Yearly exported hence. 
 
 To encourage Perfons to go and fettle in thi* 
 Province at firft, every Man that went over with 
 his Family, was allowed for every Perfon ico 
 Acres of Land 5 paying after i^ Years, i d. per' 
 Acre. 
 
 On the Back (i. e. on the S. W.) of this Colony 
 lies the New Colony of Georgia. 
 
 I now proceed to the American Is. 2 of which 
 are callM the Northern^ viz. 
 .\, Calijornia : This is a vaft I. in the S. Sea, 
 over againft New Spain, ahd Granada 5 feparated 
 from them by an Arm of the Sea y or a prodigi- 
 ous R. (as fome fay.) 
 
 It's caird 1^80 Ms. 1. and 3 or 4C0 b. It is 
 thought to be the largeft in thp whole World. 
 
It's very imperfcaiy known; Gordon fav. 
 
 th«bemg cold dry. and barren ; it's left in tho 
 Hands of the Natives. But the Gazetteer make, 
 » fubjea to the K of Spain. Wc are told hat 
 
 tI}: ^''f """'{''■"'■ ' ;J''"'''^ " * Sort of a Trian.le : 
 The N Po.nt of it is feparated from New Brhain 
 by the Straus of 2?.// f^e: q'he W. Sid.Tic/ po„* 
 
 Acitc'Zi\n'V '^il^ S;^P-"^«te,>ds towards 
 Acadie ; and a 1 the other Parts lie to the O. It'. 
 
 as'o,f£4i^°°'- ^'•--''-•'1 about as big 
 
 <,J\!l'r'u^'"l^r^^°"^ Harbours and Bays, but' 
 as the Cold m Winter, and Heat in SumoiV are 
 .mokrabei and it's modly over run wi^h Woods! 
 fo Its tlimly lahabited j tho" one of the beft FHl * 
 
 m: '"±^t' ■■ A'^'P °{ ' '- T:n' and o 
 m^n may n a good Year catch Cod worth -oo-^ ; 
 
 400 Sh,ps have been here load.d in a Yea/ A,* 
 
 Fort and r^' %'^' ^"S"'"^' ^° '^^y have Lei 
 fhdr n.A-^ "?"kT" "• The Natives colouc 
 
 1 nty are iaid to own a fupreme Bdno and tha 
 
 Srd sr.: ''' '"'' ■' "« »-- -">■ wHd :s 
 
 ciud • 5, tt"^nt,L':ht"'i: ^^^'"""'^'^"'^ ^"- 
 
 orfe'V'^t'i'"'^ Acadie,' lies Caj,c Srito, 
 or ^<j//e /. which commands the Entrance iZn. 
 St. Laurence's Bay : It's about i.o Ms ? and ^^ 
 
 S. £. of FlorMa liV fU-. «n.f. , .... 
 
 "^ "*- ^''W«/7?;j is, ^caile4 
 
 ^ . (400 
 
[ 26 ] ' 
 
 40o) from 25 to 28 Ds. of Lat. of which the fol- 
 lowing are the chief. 
 
 Cuba ; This is a great I. It lies from 19 to 23 
 Ds. of Lit. from 277 to 28 5 of Lon. It's about 8go 
 Ms. 1. and 1 50 b. The Air is temperate, but Soil 
 barren 5 tho* it produces Gold, Silver, Cinnamon, 
 and Trees that drop the beft Rozin 
 
 The Cpl. is Hai)aniia'j a ftrong and populous 
 C. confifting ot 2coo Families: Here is a fine 
 Harbour that will cojitain iccoSiripsj tbo' the 
 Entry is fo narrow, that it will admit but i Ship 
 at a Time. This is the Rendezvous for all the 
 Spanifh Ships in July and Augull, that are bound 
 for Europe : Here refidcs the Governor. 
 
 Hifpaniolcty or St. Domingo, lies E. of Cuba 5 
 feparated by a Strait about 40 or 50 Ms. over. It's 
 between 18 and 20 Ds. of Lat. Some call it 400 
 XiS j others 290 Ms. L. and 1 50 b. 
 
 The Katives of this I. and of Cuba were a wild 
 People, but the Spaniards have fent them to ano- 
 ther World, to make room for themfclves^ the' 
 the French have the W. Part of it : St. Domingo 
 is the Spanifh Cpl. a great rich and ftrong C. And 
 ao Ls. E. is St. Jago. The French Cpl. is La 
 grand Gxjvage^ a Fort on theW. Shore. 
 
 Here are Sugar Canes, Cotton, and fome Mines 
 of Gold. 
 
 ^JPorto Rico lies 2 5 Ms. E. of this. It's about 30 
 
 Is. 1. and 20 b. It*s Produfi is Gold, Sugar, &c. 
 
 Ibthfter fays the Spaniards found it fo populous in 
 
 1 499, that they maflacred doo,Goo. The Cpl. is 
 
 :Torto Rico^ which is a very good Port. 
 
 As the Englifh Ships coming from the Sugar Is. 
 are oft oblised to pafs between Florida and thefe 
 Is. fo it's in tbefc 'Farts, that they generally fall 
 
 into 
 
 1 ■ 
 
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 into the Hands of the Spanish Guarda Colias. 
 
 E. of Terra Jirma : They belong to feveral I^. 
 tjons. As for Inftance, AUrthico belong to the 
 
 Some belong to the Dutch. Such as. 
 
 I. 6t. VtTKenti; 60 Ms. W. of Tamaica If', 
 about 8 Ls. and 7 b. It produces Sugar fe.' But 
 Part ofit belongs to the Lglifh. ^ ' 
 
 Iv^n^f'^'^K ^ '"'''''' i' *''°"' '7 Ls. round 4 it a- 
 bounds with Cotton, &c. 
 
 3. Car^_/{r«^; this is the chief of their Plantati- 
 ons : Here refides their Governor. It's aboutrj 
 ti^ns "^ " wmpos'd of various Ka- 
 
 t ?"'^ 5 7''''='', P'°d««" Sheep, Goats. &c. 
 here "^".'^'"'^i '''"e *'« about 6 or 700 Dutch 
 
 The mofl confiderable belonging to the Enplifl, 
 
 i.Sarbadoes ; which lies in the 14th B. of Lat 
 It s but about .4 M- 1. and ,5 b. .,t divided Into 
 iiPanfhes: The Cpl. is Sr/^. r. confifting of 
 
 Londol, °"' "°"^"' *''''='' ^'« «* 'l*" a^ at 
 
 The Air is hot and moift : The Soil is pn>digi. 
 oufly fruitful 5 hke a Dunghill, or Hot Bed 5 ^e 
 produces Crops all the Year, It's call'd the chief 
 of the Sugar Is. IVe are told, that the Trade 
 employs do or 70000 Negroes, which fell well 
 hero. An Infant for <Jl. a Man from 40, to lool. 
 
 1 r\v A 
 
 Kay one that can boil Sugar welL for ...... 
 
 pome Hundred 6'hips are' Yearly 'loadcnfr(;n7;h 
 
 D 
 
 IS 
 
 fmajl 
 
fmall L The Annual Revenue from Imports am^ 
 Exports is faid to amount to 40,000 1. of which 
 io,ocol. goes to the Crown. It imports moft of 
 the Necefiaries of Life : Provifion from New Eng- 
 land and Carolina. Clothing, 6cG. from Old Eng- 
 land. 
 
 2. Jamaica'^ It*s of an oval Form 5 about 15 
 Ls. S. of Cuba. It's in 17 and 18 Ds. of Lat. 170 
 Ms. 1. and (^5 b. It contains 4 or 5,000,000 Acres, 
 Tho* Days and ><ights are almott equal ; and Win- 
 ter only di{Hngui/bM from Summer by violent 
 Rains, Thunder, 8cc. yet the Air is tolerably 
 temperate. 
 
 This 1. was lon^ in the Hands of the Spaniards j 
 who cleared i of it's Inhabitants in a cruel and bar- 
 barous Manner • but Oliver Cromitell took it from 
 them in I 'J 5 5. ; 
 
 It's divided into \6 Parts. Tort-Royal vij2LSt\i^ 
 Cpl.but in idpi it was almoffc ruined by a moft ter- 
 rible Earthquake 5 and in 1702 it had like to have 
 been entirely deftroyed by Fire: It's fiill an excel- 
 lent Harbour for the largcft Ships ; And isfecured 
 by a Orong Caftle. Spanijh T. is now the Cpl. It 
 confifts of 5 or 600 Houfes. 
 
 This has been the moil flourifhing Plantation in 
 the World : The Englifh have been do, 000 and 
 their Kcgrces ioo,oco j but they have been fadly 
 diminiflied by Difeafts, Wars, &c. There is how- 
 ever now a Militia, of 7000 and fome Troops of 
 Horfe, and twice as many may be eafily raifed. 
 
 The Commodities are Sugar, Pepper, &.c. 
 
 5. Nevis, Which is about 6 Ls. r. Here the Sugar 
 Trade employs 3 or 4000. 
 
 4. St. Chrifto^her: This is about 25 Ms. 1. and 
 
 7 V' 
 
 But 
 
f29} 
 But I pafs by thcfc 5 and fever: of the Baha- 
 mas; which the En^lifli were in Polfcffionof 5 but 
 the French and Spaniards invaded them, plundered 
 and dertroyed their Settlements 5 and carried away 
 half their Blacks : fince which, thefe Is. have been 
 a Shelter kr Pirates. 
 
 ^fcW^,;5, ('or Sumtner Is.) lie in the 5 3d D. of 
 Lat. and 312th of Lon. They are a great Way 
 from any Land : About 500 Ms from Carolina - 
 which is the neareft Land. They were firft dif-' 
 covered by one Sermudas a Spaniard 5 and after 
 by Sir George Stmmers. There arc a great many 
 of them, but the chief are Bermudas, St, George 
 and St. David. ^^"rS^> 
 
 ^ The Soii is rich and fruitful ^ it bears 2 Crops a 
 }^f^^l J^r P^o^"<^ts are various Fruits, Cedar- 
 Wood, Tobacco, &5. And it's called the moft health- 
 ful 5pot in theUniverfe: No venomous Creature 
 can live here. It*s a populous Spot 5 the Inhabi- 
 tants are computed to 10,000. The Cpl. is St. 
 George^ . which confids of poo or 1000 good Houfes : 
 and us defended with d or 7 Forts. 
 
 A ^A^ ^^ hounded on the E. by the Sea of 
 
 *• China 5 on the S. by the Indian O. Bay of 
 
 *?engal 5 and Arabian Sea : On the W.by the Red 
 
 A '.; r "' ""^ ^"^"^ ' ^^^ ^^^*i"t 5 Euxine Sea 
 and Mufcovy ^ and on the N. by the Tartarian or 
 
 It lies from 2 to 74 Ds. of Laf. from 50 to 1,^5 of 
 Lon. It s about 5000 Ms. 1. 4000 b. and i8,ooo r. 
 
 It contains Tartary, China, India, Periia, and 
 Turkey in Afia. With manv rnnn^^Lki. - ' 
 
 \lartary lies from 80 to 1V5 Ds. of Lon.^'from 
 95 to 73 of Lat. It's about 3000 Ms. 1. and 
 
 C 3 2,250 
 
 / 
 
\ 
 
 B 
 
 ■i 
 
 C303 
 
 2,250 b. It has China on the S. Mufcovy on th6 
 W. and the Main O. on the N. and E. The Cpl. 
 is Chamhalu, 
 
 This vaft Country is very imperfeflly known. 
 Geographers tell us that in the N. there is one 
 Day and one Kight in the Year 2 Months 1. That 
 it is very barren, and thinly inhabited : The chief 
 Commodities are Rhubarb, Silk, Flax, &c. 
 
 The Tartars commonly live in Tents 5 which 
 they remove, according to the Seafon of the Year. 
 
 Their Furniture is two Kettles 5 one for their 
 Tea, and the other for their Food. 
 
 A great Part of this People are Pagans 5 pro- 
 feffedly worihipping the Devil: P^rt^vQ.Mato- 
 j/ietanS'y and Part Chriftians: I'm afraid, the far 
 greater Part come under the firft Denomination. 
 ' About 112 Ds. of Lon. and 52 of Lat. is a 
 People, caird the Suvares ^ they wordiip the 
 Sun and Moon 5 they fometimes kill their Priefts ; 
 faying, that they only difpatch them, to pray for 
 them in the other World j which is the proper 
 Office of fuch fort of Men : / ^oj^e this is not 
 ^rie/kraft. 
 
 Tartary is divided into Mufcovite Tartary, Chi- 
 nefe Tartary, and Independent Tartary. 
 
 Some Modern Authors make the firft vaftly 
 large: The Mufcovite Embaflador ^^^5 travell'd 
 in 1^92 by Land to China : He calls the Czarina's 
 Afiatick Dominions by this general Name Sa- 
 tnoiodes. He extends it the whole Length of Eu- 
 rope, and divides it into feveral Provinces. He 
 fays that Siberia alone pays the Emprefs ioo,oool. 
 
 in QaLJrlCo, i¥iaii«siOj %,-».«i.o j.s.t.- mi^.s-s- — 
 
 (called Janifcotxa) where the Mufcovites dig up, 
 and loa<i Yearly 25 Ships with Salt: Others tell 
 
 ws 
 
[31 ] 
 
 US of vaft: Dominions belone;ing to Mufcovy in 
 the N. anci E. of Tartary. They tell us of feveral 
 unknown Provinces, and many ftrange Things in 
 forr"; of rhem : But as the Authors I've feen fay 
 \\t\ , or nothing of thefe Countries ^ fo 1 muft pafi 
 them by ; and conclude with obfcrving, that the 
 Mogul Tartary is now united to China : They are 
 both fubjetft to one Prince ^ who is (Hl'd the Great 
 6'/b<?;;^ of Tartary, 2Si^ Emperor of Cb'raa, There 
 are indeed many petty Ks. but they are only the 
 Cham's Vice Roys. 
 
 C)b/;;^ lies from 135 to 150 Ds. ofLon. And 
 (from the I. of Hainun to the great Wall) from 
 21 to 42 Ds. of Lat. It's about 1500 Ms. 1. and 
 1 100 b. 'It has the O. or Sea of China on the E. 
 Tartary on the N. India on the W. and S. 
 
 The Air is generally temperate, and Soil rich 
 and Good. Here are Gold, Silver, Silk, Porcelane 
 Difhes, &c. 
 
 China is divided into 15 or 16 Provinces, in 
 which there are 161 great Cs. 270 leis 5 and 1200 
 more of a lower Rate. The Souls are computed 
 to 70,000,000. The chief Cs. are. 
 
 1. '^ekin 5 the Cpl. which is 18 Ms. r. The In- 
 habitants are call'd 2 or 900,000. 
 
 2. Nankin i which is by far the largeft : The C. 
 is furn)andcd with a Wall 24 Ms. 1. And there 
 is another round the Suburbs, which is 48 Ms. 1. 
 We are told that it contains near as many Souls as 
 Lotidon and Paris. Here is a famous Tower 3 the 
 Front of which is faced with Porcelane. 
 
 5. Canton ; the Cpl. of a Province 20 Ms. r. 
 From this C. to Pekin, there is a Canal about 1,200 
 
 Ms. 1. only intercepted with a Mt 
 
 II. 
 
 A prodigious deal of Cotton is manufa^ured 
 
 C 4 
 
 an 
 
■■^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 t 32 ] 
 in this Country. There are in one C and the ad- 
 jacent Villages, above 200,000 Weavers. 
 
 In the N. is the famous WaU, built by the Chi. 
 rele to prevent the Incurfions of tVc Tartars: It's 
 500 Ls.l. 15 Yards high, and 6 Yards thick: It 
 was 5 Jears in building; and employed almoft 
 c^ery third Man in the Empire. 
 
 The Chinefe have many thoufands of Charaaers 
 or I^etters ; and yet (as we are told) but 557 ori- 
 Jiral Uords; every one of which, hasfeveral dif- 
 taent Senfes, according to the Tones or Accents. 
 Ihey begin at what we call the Enc Book • 
 
 unte and read from the right Hand r :ne lef^ ; 
 and from the Top to the Bottom : Upon Paper made 
 ot the inner Bark of a certain. Tree : One Sheet is 
 10 or 12 Foot J. Their Language is exceeding dif- 
 ±cr.]t t© be learnt. 
 
 _ The Chinefe are efteem'd a wife and ingenious 
 J eople ; They are extravagant in their Drefs ; filent 
 ^r their Meals J and odd in their Cuftoms. They 
 gird a female Infantas Feet fo ftrait, that a V'oman's 
 6hoe here is but as big as a Child's of <? or 7 Years 
 eld, elfe where. '", i^i, ; 
 
 LeJirayne fays that "they bury in Coffins 5 and 
 Jay Money under the Corpfe according to the 
 Rank of the Perfon. That afttr fome odd Cerc- 
 snonies; they build a Tomb over the Grave, of 
 fuch Materials, that it is impoffible to break or 
 remove it; That in their Funeral Proceffions, they 
 .carry one of their Saints under a Canopy ; x^ 
 whom they ofiTer a raw Hog, and an He Goat. 
 -And that after the Interment, they feaft under a 
 3-*avilion. 
 
 The Popifli Miflionaries tell us that they have 
 converted Multitudes to the Chridian Faith; and 
 
 that 
 
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 tliat they have 200 Churches in t^c Country. 
 
 The Religion of China is Paganifm 5 the 'in- 
 habitants worOiip fevrralldols; One in the Sh^pe 
 of a Dragon ; and one called Fo from an Em- 
 peror ot that Name. The better Sort are Py- 
 thiigoreans; holding the Doctrine of TranCm' 
 granon ; and profefs themfelves the Difciples of 
 Conjufivs. A M:in of excellent Gravity and Vir- 
 tue, who taught the Obfervation of the Law of 
 Nature; and preached a Oria Morality; as 
 the grearefl Felicity Men can enjoy: He made 
 many Convt.o- 1 and fcnt out /500 Scholars, 
 i-le IS laid to have Jiv*d 4 or 500 Years before 
 Lhnft. 
 
 The Government here is defpoticlc Monarchy. 
 The hmperors Revenue is called 21,(^00,000 L 
 per Ann. bclides the Contribution of Provifions for 
 his Court. 
 
 iTjdja or IndGfttn, lies from 103 to 134 Ds. of 
 Lon. from 2 to 35 of Lat. It's about 1800 Ms.l. arid 
 near as much b. It has China and the O. on the E 
 Tartary on the N. Perfia on the W. the Bay of Ben- 
 gal and Main (). on the S. 
 
 Hiihner fays this is properly callM the Eafl-In- 
 diei. That w''^ a large rich and powerful Empire 
 jying between the two famous Rs. Indtis and &;> 
 ges. 
 
 Itiscjividrd into 3 Capital Parts; viz. the Con- 
 tinent off of Indoflaiz, The Peninfula on this Side 
 the Ganges, And the Peninfula beyond the Gameu 
 
 I. The Mcgnl\ Empire: Geographers calf ic 
 700 Ms. 1. and 400 b. But our common Maps 
 
 ?L^^f Ji "°^ S^^^ ^° ^^S- l^ contains above 30 
 in.all i-wms: x)f//7, Jgra, ':Bengal^ 8ic, The lali 
 lies in the S. upon the Bottom of the Bay ; f>-. 
 
 5 
 
 be fa 
 
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 both Sides the Ganges. This famous R. comes 
 out of Tartary 5 runs 850 Ms. (befide Turnings) 
 and then falls into the Bay by feveral Mouths, 
 rfome fay 7) The R. India runs above d©o Ms 5 
 and then empties itfelf by 3 Mouths into the Ara- 
 bian Sea. 
 
 Jgra (the Cpl.) is in the Form of a Half 
 Moon 5 it*s caird p Ms. 1. and 40 r. It's encom- 
 pafled with a Wall, faid to be 100 Foot thick. 
 Here is a Monument, which employed 20,000 
 Men, for 22 Years; it coft about 300,000!. 
 Though there are reckoned to be 25,000 Chriflian 
 Families, in this C. yet the prevailing Religions 
 are Mahometanifm, and Paganifm. The Emperor, 
 &c. (fays Hiibner) are of the former ^ the Vulgar 
 moftly of the latter : The great Idol is call'd 
 Mat to ^ in the^. is a Temple dedicated to him, 
 which is cover'd and ceil'd with pure Silver: 
 Many of the Indians think, that wafhing in the 
 R. Ganges ^ clears them of all their Sins : Some of 
 them believe the Immortality of the Sotil 5 and 
 the Do61rine of Tranfmigrationy Co ftridly ; that 
 they will eat nothing, that ever had Life 5 nor 
 fuffcr fo much as a Fly to be kili'd, for fear of 
 difturbinga Father, Mother, &c. They fay, that 
 the S )ul of a 2)runkardy goes into a Swine ^ of a 
 L?4f}Jul ATan^ into a Goat ; of a 'Proud Man, into 
 a Lien ; of an Idle Man, into an j^fs ^ of a Cruel 
 Man, into a ^/yger j of a 'DiJJembler^ into an 
 Aje, 8ic. 
 
 When any one dies, he is buried in an open 
 Tomb ; and the Priei-i: fays thefe Words, over the 
 Corpfe : jTi^/.? our 'Brother when alive^ confifted of 
 4 lilenients 5 let each take it's Share ^ Fire to Fire j 
 Air to Air 5 Earth to Earth 3 and Water to Wa- 
 ter ; 
 
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 ter: And then concludes with a /hort Prayer ; This 
 is done thrice a Day, for three Days. 
 
 The Roads throus;hout the Empire are very b. 
 a^id JinM on each ^"de, with fine Trees. 
 
 In the S. Parts, \t rains inceflantly, for 3 or 4. 
 Months 5 and the Wind blows 6 Months S. and 6 
 Months N. 
 
 Here are Mines of Gold and Silver, precious 
 Stones, Cotton, Silk, Dru|»s ^ and feverai Sort* of 
 wiJd Bearts • as particularly Rhinocerofes 5 which 
 are bigger than our Oxen : This Beaft has but one 
 Horn, a little above his Nofe. 
 . 2^^ ^rcat Mogril, to whom this Empire isfub- 
 jea 5 IS the richett Prince upon Earth-, his Throne 
 IS io adorn 'd with Gold and large Jewels - that 
 Its no where to be equallM 5 50,000 Horfe ( be- 
 iides Foot ) are encampt at his Palace Gate. We 
 are told, that when he travels, he is attended with 
 50,000 Servants, and 100,000 Soldiers : Hubner 
 lays that in 1^58 he had 50,000 Elephants, 2 i(J,ooo 
 Horfe and 164,000 Foot. That he bas alfo a 
 Lruard of ico Tartarian Ladies, arm*d with Bows, 
 bimitars and Darts ^ commanded by one of their 
 own Sex. 
 
 The Great Mogul is the Proprietor of all real 
 Eliates 3 and the Lives of the Subjefts are at his 
 Dilpokl. His Laws are very fevere a^^ainft Of- 
 fenders • who when judg'd worthy of Death, are 
 executed by Elephants. 
 
 In the Km. of Gu:^arate on the Gulph of Cam- 
 taya, Lat. 21, is Surat, a famous C. and an im- 
 portant Port .- The Dutch have a Fa^ory here 5 
 
 and fo have the Englifh 5 it is indeed the Staple 
 or their TraH/> in t-K^ u j^a,^^ ^ 
 
 iioithin. or ( 
 
 Teninjula 
 
 C5 
 
 this Side the 
 Gangei^ 
 
I 
 
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 Gd>f}gcs, has the Bay of Bengal on the E. the Mo- 
 gul's Empire on the N. the Arabian Sea on the 
 W. and the Indian O on the S. It*s looo Ms. 1. 
 ; nd 48c b. The Air is very hot, and Soil fruit- 
 ful 3 the Commodities are Silk, Spices, Drugs, 
 &c. It contains feveral Kms. as iecan, where 
 are fome good Ports 5 particularly Bombay ^ which 
 has an Harbour capable of receiving looo Ships: 
 Its fubjea to the Englifb. 
 
 On the S. W. of this is Goa (an I. 20 Ms. r.) Goa 
 is alfo a great ftrong T. fuhjeft to the Portuguefe 5 
 as is moil of the Km. of Canora, 
 
 Here is likewife the Km. of Malabar, about 900 
 Ms. 1. and 140 b. The chief Produ6l is Pepper. 
 Calicut is the Cpl 
 
 The Inhabitants are Pagans, Mahometans, and 
 Chrillians of St. Thomas. As they are alfo in the 
 Km. of Uromavdel'^ which lies E. of this. 
 
 Father Mcrtin, fays, that when the Prince of 
 Marata died (viz. in 1710) he faw his 47 Wives 
 burnt with his Corpfc, in the following Manner. 
 
 A Pile of Wood ( furrounded with a Ditch j was 
 built without the T.on the Top was laid the Corpfe, 
 richly drefs'd 5 after it was fix'd came the Women, 
 <kck'd with Jcwe-s and Flowers: Having walk*d 
 fex eral 1 imes round the Pile 3 they flung themfelves 
 <vne after another, into rhe midit of the Flames: 
 The firft faid jloe •wcisfejifible that pe --was throwing 
 hr[elf beadUvg into Helix Fho' feme of them 
 /litwcd great Intrepidity, yet they roar'd dread- 
 fully, tuml Jed over one another, and firove in vain 
 to get to the brim of the Pit ; for great Pieces of 
 Wot.d uere cafl on them; After they were all 
 r-ckfi/d Deities. He adds 5 This Cuftom only 
 p^e^ ail6 among Perions of the highctt Quality. 
 
 The 
 
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 The Km. of Golconda lies on the W. Side of th© 
 Bay^ and reaches to Indofkn. It's 5 or 600 Ms. 1. 
 Dr. Fryer fays, that the K. of this Country keeps 
 an Army of ico,ooo Men, and yet pays a 
 Tribute of 400,000!. per Ann. to the Great 
 Mogul. 
 
 About p(j Ms. E. of this, is a rich Diamond 
 Mine, which has employed tfo,ooo Perfons in 
 working it. 
 
 Between the S. E. of this Peninfula and Cey, 
 
 °"'J^V^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^: They are Rocks of 
 
 White Coral Stone 5 to which ftick the Oyiiers. 
 
 that contamthem: They live about (J Years ; af* 
 
 J^[ ^^^^ ^y^ ^^^^'^ ^P^"' ^"^ the Pearl drops: 
 The Merchants therefore have them fcarche/e- 
 very ^ ear, to fee if the Shells be ripe 5 ubon No- 
 tice of their being fb 5 they hire Boats and Divers, 
 to gether the Oiftcrs : Mort of them indeed have 
 no Pearls 5 but fome have many 5 from 5 to 8 a 
 piece: They are rub'd with Salt, and powdered 
 Rice, to give them a Glofs. 
 
 On the Coafts of Coromand< 1 is the Km. of 
 Tranquebar; The Cpl. of the fame Name, from 
 a mean Village is become a rich, and one of the 
 largeft Cs. in the E. Indies. It was built by the 
 £ianei^ 5 and is in their Hands • who have fent Mif- 
 fionaries to convert the Natives to ChriiHanity 
 feveral Years ago. And the Apoftle St. Thomas 
 is iaid to have come to this Country. 
 
 About 40 Ms N. of this, on the Coaft of Mala- 
 bar, is Fort 6t. David', which belongs to the Eng- 
 
 and Mufihi ^^"'"^ ^""^ *" ^'^""^ ^^^ ""^ ^^^^'^^» 
 
 - The P._ Tnr\f<a 1'^*%**-..-... 1- - -r> < 
 
 ^' —-X^ ^^.xwvaiiy liccp at^rvernor here ; 
 who. has a Guard of 3 or 400 Blacks, befides 
 
 ' ' ^ 1500 
 
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 rfoo ready at Gall: To thU is joined the Slack 
 C. call'd Madras 
 
 The Company have fome Villages in the Coun- 
 try, which they Jet for 1,500 ^agrdi * per Ann. 
 Tho* there are in this Peninfula'many Jews and 
 Chrirtians ^ yet the Natives are grofs Idolaters. 
 They build Pagods to Monkeys in fbmc Parts, ajid 
 worfhip them. Many worfhip all Day what*they 
 .fee firft in the Morning. 
 
 There are feveral other Km$. in this Country 
 as Sifiiagar, Narfwga, Cana7io, &c. fome of which 
 are moftly fubjeft to the Dutch ; as Part of others 
 are to the Portuguefe, which 1 pafs by and pro- 
 ceed. * 
 
 III. I'he Teninfiila beyond^ or on the other Side 
 the R. Ganges, has the Bay of Bengal on the W. 
 China on the E. Indortan on the N. and the Indian 
 O. on the S. It's 1440 Ms. J. and 750 b. in the 
 K. It comprehends many confiderable Kms. as 
 particularly. 
 
 I. "Pegu on the W. Coaft 5 the K. ofthisCoun- 
 try was once very rich and powerful : Several 
 Ks. and States were fubjeft to him: In 1557 
 when he befieged iiiam, he had with him 2(/ 
 Ks. his Vaflals, and 1,400,000 Men 3 and yet it 
 held him 21 Months 5 but this Km, is no^ fo 
 diminifhed and reduced, that its become fubjeft 
 to the K. of Ava 5 who is a great and michtv 
 Prince. ^ ^ 
 
 2. Thiquincr Tunquin, in the N. E. It Bor- 
 ders upon China, 1 which it was formerly fub- ' 
 
 * N. B. The Word Pagod, fometimes fignifiesanldol, 
 and fometimes a Temp/e j but here a Pi fee ofMo»ey worth 
 98. Sterling. ^ 
 
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 jc^: It'i 400 Ms. L and 150 b. faM to contain 
 20,000 Cs. and Ts. Cecio or Ccco, is the Cpl. 
 which 18 called 20 Ms. r. and faid to confid of 
 18 or 20,o«o Houfes. The Villages are innu- 
 merable i there arc fome upon the Water. 
 
 The^. of this Country has kept an Army of 
 2000 Elephants 12,000 Horfe, 2 or 5,00,000 
 Foot, and 500 Gallies. He has a Land Tax of 
 M. t>er Annum for every 80 fquare Yards of Arable 
 
 The Conimodities are Silk, Cocoa, &c. 
 
 The Priefts here are called ^alopim, in other 
 Parts Sonzis ; in a Flood they preach one after 
 another for many Hours, every Day to a great 
 Audience. Many in this Km. worHiipthe 5 Parts 
 of the E. C counting the Middle one ) dreft in 
 Cloaths of 5 different Colours • but the Danifti 
 Miflionarics have converted a great many in thefe 
 
 The Inhabitants of this Country dye their Teeth 
 black 5 both Meri and Women drefs alike 5 many 
 have no Glafs Windows, nor Chimnies 5 but make 
 their Fire out of Doors. 
 
 3. Ccchinchinai This lies S. i f Tonquin, up- 
 on Its own Bay, ovcr-againft the I. Hamum. Its 
 5 or <foo Ms. 1. and 200 b. Reckon'd to be as 
 big as France. Suiuva is the Cpl. The K. of 
 this Country goes out of his Palace but once a 
 J^ear, to receive Homage from his Vaffal the K. 
 ot Civ a. 
 
 ^ 4. ^z'^^, one of the largeft in all the Peninfula; 
 It extends from Shore to Shore 5 E. and W. an^ 
 1\1!"^T *** ® "^^"P* between Borneo, and Su- 
 
 The 
 
J 
 
 ir 
 
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 The Cpl. -Si am, is a very great C. 9 or 10 Ms. r. 
 There are in it 200 'Pagcds (or Temples) with Sta- 
 tues ot Gold. Upon an Altar in the oreat TuQCd 
 there are Figures of Maffy GolH, about the Height 
 of a Man. And be)ond rhefe is another 45 Foot 
 high, and 7 or 8 b. all of Gold; computed to be 
 worth i,cco,ooo 1. And the Royal Palace is cover- 
 ed with Gold. 
 
 The S. Part of this Km. is called Mahicca : Its 
 270 Ms L tho but narrow. Malhcca the Cpl. is 
 a great 1 . fubjt- a to the Dutch. 1 his Country is 
 divided into ro Provinces 5 which Torn- term Kms. 
 
 Every Subj.a in Siam is ob;ig'd to ferve the K. 
 Gratis for halt the Year. The People wear no- 
 thing on their Heads, Feet and luagti. 
 
 The K. marries his own Si/ier" and any Man 
 iDarrics as rn any Wives as he will, but fhe that 
 bnngs him a Portion is called his Great Wife, 
 
 The Europeans hire Wives, for any Term df 
 Time. ^ . 
 
 nr'^i'^^ff■^^T^^• ^- ^^'^ Periodical, or Trade 
 Winds ) blow here N. and S. The S. begins in 
 January, and the N. in July: About the Spice Is. 
 they blow E. and W. E. from Sepremkr to April ; 
 and then the'continual Rains begin. 
 
 In thefo Parts is the terrible T'yphon ; ( i. e. a 
 circular Hurricane) it ri fes in the W. and goes r. 
 ( encreafing ) in about 20 Hours ; it bears down all 
 betorc it ; and makes difmal Work between this 
 Country and Japan ^ but it comes ( as we are told) 
 but Oiice in 6 or 7 Years. " 
 
 Terfia lies from 55 to 105 Ds. of Lon. from 
 M to 44 of Lat. ie$ about 2,400 Ms, 1. and 12C0 
 ^' . . ^1' !?^ ^^^8«i*s Empires on the E. Tartarv 
 iWiQ^tne i^ttipian 5ea on the In'. Afutick Turkey on 
 
 the 
 
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 the W. and the Main O. on the S. The Air i, 
 
 iKffifrn'tSrs^°''''"-"--''^^K^ 
 
 upS"n the R ^I'J' #«*^« the Cpl : It ftand, 
 K, t- u ^'"'^°>'«' brought through a Mtn • . 
 
 .^ ooo'i S-°^'^ f°' - Year!. foSiie. 
 ^nCble r ™-«»'=» '^°.ooo Men. It's a great 
 ?nd noble C. 24 Ms, r, encompaffed with a Mud 
 Wall; us reckoned to contain as many Souls. s 
 London : The Market Place is one of tL larleft 
 and moft ftately in the Oniverfe : It is'^'pfct 
 
 in the Midft of the a ftands a furpriiino Pillar 
 J)uiJt of Beafts Bones, and Horns. ^ ^ ^'^^''' 
 
 contains^r VT "^'^y ^"^"^^^ ^"^ ' that 
 contains 4000 Houfes, and 12 Churches. It's in. 
 ,habited by Armenians. ^ * *" 
 
 PaSriefhS' """^^'^ '"' ^^^^"S"^^^' ^^^ ^^^ 
 ThcHcMei^ Ambaffador fays, that there are 
 
 the §ilk Manufaaure. We are told that 20 00^ 
 
 The 2d C. is raurm, wherein are 1 5,060 Hou^ 
 res, and as many Shops 5 250 Mofque^ail!! 
 
 N. ^. A Bale 
 
 is 2i6 PoHnda 
 
 73 
 
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 175 Baths. The Governor's Revenue is about 
 
 100,000 J. per Ann. 
 
 The Cpl. of the N. is 2)erl?ef2f ( hte\y taken by 
 the Mufcovites; It lies in the 4ptk D. of Lat. at 
 the Foot of Mt. CaticafitSy upon the Cafpian Sea. 
 
 The Cp], of the S. is Gamhroouy upon the 
 GuJph : It is the heft Landinj^ Place on the Coail : 
 The Engii/h and Dutch Merchants drive a great 
 Trade here in Pearls, Calicoes, &c. Geographers 
 lay the Wind changes 3 or 4 Times a Day here- 
 abouts. 
 
 At the Mouth of the Gulph^is the Province and 
 I. of Ormus 5 1-2 Spani/h Ms. from the Continent, 
 It s 9 Ms. r. 5 it was in the PofTefTion of the Por- 
 tuguete, but by the help of the Englifli, reco- 
 vered in 1(^72. Some Parr of this I. is cover'd 
 with good Salt. 
 
 This vaft Country is divided into 10 Provinces, 
 ^very one of which is governed by a Chan or 
 Viceroy 5 who is an abfolute Prince 5 only he is 
 obliged to have ready at the K's. Gail, a certain 
 Number of Soldiers. 
 
 This Monarch's Title is the Great Sophix He 
 is caird the Lieutenant of AH 5 whofe Return the 
 Perfians are in daily expeftation of: The Eftatcs 
 and Lives of the Subjefts are at the K's Difpofal ; 
 His Court is vaftly grand 5 when Embaffadors are 
 admitted, he fits upon a Gold Carpet, and abun- 
 dance of Gold Veflels are placed about him : His 
 Army and Hou/hold are maintain'd without any 
 Expence to him. His Annual Revenue is com- 
 puted to 2,500,000 1. 
 
 The ancient Perfians worfhipped the Sun, Fire, 
 
 Infants 
 
pJct""' f'°° ^'".' ^^^°'^ ^^"^' '^"e arofe in 
 Affj ' ^c """"^ Impoftcr, Zoroafter : He in- 
 
 & ^^ I'''" 't^^= ^''^ ' Principles! one 
 
 there ^r'' 'r^ ""'"^ \'"^ ^"'^ '^A'^^^'' "■« 
 fiur t. r -S /"P.^'"'."'' /" '""'' ' ^"'l fheir Creator. 
 But he faid that he had been taken up to Heaven 
 
 and that he brought Fire from thence^, and pfacJd 
 
 hlT*^""" '•"' '^'^ 5 and carefully kept in. But 
 ^r ^v m"k '^'^ «=fJ.i'-P^ted about r.ioo Tears af- 
 ter by Mahometan ifm j which now generally pre- 
 
 J^:kTt'^''' ^^'^'''^ *''°'" theSurksf t^hat 
 
 whLv f T,*H ''"^ ^""^^""^ of Mahomet} 
 whereas the Turks fay Ofmon. ' 
 
 ^1 he Patriarch of the Perfians refides at Tf- 
 
 tho Mahometamfm is eflablifted in This Coun- 
 IJ ionr' ^ " * general Toleration of all Re- 
 
 r ■'i'! ^^"'"''Ses are in the Name of Jl/a (\. e. 
 
 STtLf"- T' '"^ ^^'' ^^^ ^°«» r«» we 
 
 or Pneft hnks .he Hands of the Man, and W<h 
 
 t^m'^-^'^'l^o ' P""'" Oil upon them, blefles 
 them, drives the Cow into the Water, and then 
 pronounces them Husband and M'ife 
 a,„^r^' are bought here with Money, and Money 
 worth which IS returned if they par?. They may 
 alfo be hired ; But Men do what they will with 
 
 t\xp\r R\ 
 
 
 The 
 
44] 
 
 The "Perfians are very inquifitive into future 
 Events 5 fond of Allrology, and very devout : 
 They pray 9 Times a Day, and beginning any 
 ot Work ot Importance. 
 
 The Grandees dine upon a painted Cloth, (as 
 big as the Room) fpread on the Floor : They 
 ufe Handkerchiefs tuck'd in their Girdles, inftead 
 of Napkins : The Ladies wear their Hair down, 
 and Strings of Pearls from their Heads to their 
 Breafls. The common Drinks in this Couiitrv are 
 Water and Coffee. 
 
 Ogilby fays, that when a Woman has hard La- 
 ^our here, her Friends creep 9 or 4 Times under 
 a Camel's Belly 5 or run to the next School, and 
 beg or buy oft all Offenders 5 which they think 
 meritorious, and ferviceable to the poor Woman.: 1 
 
 The Perfians bury 5 Hours after Death, hav-' 
 ing wa/h*d the Corpfe in Rof^j- Water 5 they put 
 on its beft Qloaths 5 many fing before it to the 
 Grave 5 where the Molla reads a Chapter of the 
 Jlccran ^ then takes up tbe Head, holds it * 
 while, then lays it down again ; after, it's placed 
 without a Coffin, on the right Side, with the 
 Face tcvards the W. then a fecond Chapter is 
 read, afterwards he holds fome Earth over its 
 Face, and reads a third Chapter, and then they 
 leave it. 
 
 Our Author fays, that they carry old Perfons in 
 a Cage to a Mtn. where they are left to ftarve. 
 , In Perfia, and many Parts of the E. Indits, are 
 a Set of Philofcphers, calPd Sramam, and i?r^- 
 mwes ; very remarkable for their abftemious Way 
 of living, they aft as Prieiis, are efieemed as 
 
 Demigods, 
 
C 4Jr i 
 
 Demigods, and mightily reverenced ; but thevare 
 Men of loofe and vicious Lives ^ 
 
 7«/r% ,« ^y7^ lies from i2'to4<rDs of Lat 
 
 Ms 1 anH , nfc^ K I " . " * about 2040 
 MS i. and 1 9«o b. It contains Natolia Arahia 
 Syna, and the Euphratian Provinces ' '"' 
 
 on the N. the Euphratian Provinces on theE the 
 Levant on the S. and the Archipelago on the W 
 So that It's a fort of a Peninfula. ^ "^• 
 
 The Air in this Country is various • tl,» <!„-i • 
 very good ; but it wants Lin n « „'y p^f ^^» 
 Commodites are Oil Raw SJit i,' « *"* 
 deal of the Inland Provinces lie In ^^ ^ 8'"" 
 cultivated; as do '^j;''^^,''^^:,,'^:'^^^--- 
 under the Ottoman S^oke. ^""^"es that arc 
 
 In this Part of Turkey are feveral of the P.n. 
 
 Churche:? i*i^1:;^; f/?^%) ^f^ous 
 which are now^ t^l IZXC^,, • ^tf ^f/ 
 ^^/««iand nyattrazt^ in a tolerf ble Pn ^ 
 ^^//.-^./^^,-.i^ pretty welf^eo^^rdf tKhrfftV 
 ans are reckoned to be ahout inn.,, c™ ^"^ «'- 
 great and populous C. It-rthe be°ft teVofe 
 Parts, and has one of the fin.a rr:/"""?'''"^^ 
 
 ' ....»n iiaiuours m the 
 
 World, 
 
C 46 3 
 
 World ; ufon a Gulph of the Archipelago : It's 
 the grand Rendezvous oF Merchants, from various 
 >sations. This C. is called 24 Ms. «*. About 60 
 Ms. K. flood the famous C. 2rojy j now in 
 Ruins. 
 
 Mount Ararat fon which Noah's Ark refted 
 after the Deluge) is by fome fuppofed to be in 
 this Country. 
 
 Arabia is about 1 500 Ms. 1. and po© b. It hath 
 Diarbeck, the Gulph of Perfia, and Arabian Sea 
 on the E. Paleftine on the N. the Red Sea on the 
 W. and Main O. on the S. It's divided into 3 
 great Parts, viz. Arabia Tetnea^ Tieferta^ and 
 Felix. The Air Is very hot, and Soil various 5 as 
 the feveral Karnes import. 
 
 Arabia Felix is the largeft 5 It takes in all the 
 S. Part The W. CoaOs are dry and barren, not- 
 withftanding it's Name. 
 
 The Gazetteer makes Sanaa ( on the Red Sea ) 
 the Cpl. But the moft confiderable C. is Mecca: 
 It (lands in a Valley, incompaffed with Mtns . I( 
 confifts of about dcoo Houfes. It's Death for any 
 Chriftian to come within 5 Ms. of this Place., 
 The C. fubfifls by Pilgrims ; who come with the 
 Caravan, 90 or ico.oco in a Body : They bring 
 moft of their Provifion along with them 5 and 
 pay very dear for what they buy here : When 
 they are within 6 or 7 Days Journey of the C. 
 they ftrip themfelves ^ tye bits of Cotton about 
 their Waffts 5 put on thin Shoes 5 and fb walk to 
 the.C. When they come there j they firft wafti," 
 put off their Shoes, and then go to the Temple 5 
 which is vaftly largej like the Royal Exchange, 
 bm near ten Tin^^s as big ; Here the Pilgrims 
 
 walk 
 
walk or run r. the Seat Mah, * Bow to kifs 
 
 at a 1 ime. The Sw^ has a fine Coverine and 
 many coUly Ornaments; the Covering is^^vety 
 
 Sen the P°l '^" u'^'T' '^ ' «■•«" P"'^^ 
 When the P.lgnms have been here fome Time 
 
 they go tfo or 70,000 in a Body, to the Hill 
 
 Ottered up his Son Ifaac ; and each throws i 
 Stones, at a little old Pillar 5 ^ which thev call 
 t^ro-^,.g Stones at the fDevti) thefe they Vncy 
 the Angels to gather up, before the next Year : 
 i>ome are above a Year in performing this Pikri- 
 mage Every Muffeiman is'ob.iged t! undeX 
 
 Proxy '" ' "'''"■ '° P"''""' °' ^ 
 
 fK«' A*"'" f /" '"'''*" '■^'^' Chrifl, was bom 
 teat GrW //«^<,/«. ^^'''^''»«- ('or properly 
 ^-?W^; of one of the nobleft Families in all 
 the C. bur his Father dying when he was but 
 2 years old al tne Power and Wealth of the 
 Family devolved (according to the Laws of the 
 Country ) to nis Uncle ; who brought him up to 
 Merchandize, and fent him into Syria ; when 25 
 Years old he left his Uncle, and became Faftor 
 to Ca4/sha, a rich Widow, whom he marry'd s 
 iears after: Being thus become poffeft of a large 
 Fortune he lor fome Years alTum'd Authority 
 and took State upon him ; when 38, he left Bufi- 
 nefs, and fet up for a Prophet, r but as he had 
 hy da vicious Life ) he fint pretended to reform 
 himfelf: With this Pretence, he retir'd eve^ 
 Morniag to the Cave Bira, profeffedly to medi- 
 
 A Tk'll 
 
 /i rm^ Qt mm in the MidiX of the Temple. 
 
 tatc. 
 
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 tatc, faH", and pray • for the Space of 3 Years. 
 He iirlt workM upon his Wife, by Means of a 
 tugitive Monk) and perfuaded her to believe 
 that he faw Vifions, and heard ftrange Voices in 
 his Cave, and that he frequently conversed with 
 the Angel Gabriel^ was one Kight carried up in- 
 to the ^d Heaven, Slc. She was the firft Profe- 
 lytc to his Impolhirc : In the 40th Year of his 
 Age, (having gainM a Reputation of Sanflity) 
 he began to propagate his Delufion, but private- 
 ly the firrt 4. Years, during which, he perverted 
 10 or II Perfons ot Kote 5 then under his Uncle's 
 Proteftion, he publifhcd feme Chaptersof what is 
 commonly call d the Alcoran * (i. e. the Turk- 
 jfh Bible.) In bis 44.th Year he publickly de- 
 clar*d himfelf to be the Great Prophet of God, 
 fent to reclaim them from the Errors of Paganifm, 
 and to teach them the true Religion j which he 
 faid was the old Religion, given to Adam^ and 
 refto^'d to Abraham j who taught it to his Son 
 IJbmacly their Fore-father : To encourage the Ara- 
 bians to embrace his new Doftrine 5 he promifed 
 to all his Difciples a Paradife, (fuited to the Gufl 
 of that People) in wl»ich there were beautiful 
 Women, cooling Rs. pleafant Fruits, &c. part- 
 ly by Promifes, and partly by Threatnings, he 
 gain'd over vafb Multitudes 3 but being graveird 
 by a Demand of Miracles, and forfook by fbme ot 
 his Followers, he retired to Medi?7ay took the 
 Sword in Hand to back his Caufe, and taught 
 thofe about him 5 not to difpute about, but fight 
 yor their Religion, and propagate it uirh Fire and 
 Sword : He in this Way met with fur pri ling Suc- 
 
 Coran, Readings or that which is to be read. 
 
 cefs 
 
■N 
 
 C49] 
 
 cefi, and orevailM over prodigious Numbers : But 
 
 !! h'yTJ^^'^^ ^'' ^8^ ""** ^5d of his pre- 
 tended Miffion, he was poifon'd by eating Part of a 
 
 SlwaWer of Mutton. lii, obferving by liis Trade 
 ^^rP-t' ^y"'''^^? Paleftine; fhat both Jew, 
 
 ln3 u^r?!" •'iT'''^*' '"*° Seas, put him up- 
 on railing himfelf a Party, by advancing a new 
 
 Rehgion; The Arabians were a very ignorant Peo- 
 
 Fifi'^ff ^ '^V'ri .^"^"'■^ *''•> 'hi Chriftians. 
 lefs ftiff for grofs Idolatry, and better difpDs'd for 
 liKh a Change 5 prepar'd for a Med/ey of 7udaiO» 
 
 ^f fenfualJDeltghn 5 which is a Defcription ofMa- 
 hometamfm : And it is alfo to be remember'd that 
 .t was about this Time that the Bifhop of Rome 
 &1 ^f^"i^^rjal Head of the Cbri}lZ' 
 
 orTurki^'^r'"'**'' IT^^' "^ '•»" Ottonmi, 
 ^ »I n ^"Pi^e. which now comprehends fo 
 
 E1^"/-^TP"'/''''' and AVrica. The 
 Mahometan^%,r* Cor Account of Time j com- 
 mences July IS. 611 of the ChriftanJEyi ^ 
 
 ♦rom Mecca 5 it's but a poor fmall T. confiftW 
 of .000 or 1*00 Houfes: Render'd famous by 
 Mahomet^ Tomb, which is in a Cornerof the 
 great Mofque: It flandson low Pillars of bllck 
 Marble, cover'd with a Carpet of green Velvet - 
 fent annual by the Grand^SelgJ^Z the oi 
 one IS every ifear cut int<» innime/able Shreds 
 and fold by the Priefts as Relicks to the Pif-S 
 
 o„"d whh l^'V"'"''- ' ^"''^ Grate, anfCg 
 round With Salk Curtains, like a R^H , r^ k,. ° 
 
 ver ,t a Canopy of Silver embroider'd wit'h"&,ld' 
 
ient Yearly by the BafTa of Egypt. About loo 
 Lamps are kept burning; by it. The Kew Atlas 
 fays.that it'sDeath for anyChrilHan to come within 
 1 5 Ms. of this C. 
 
 Ihe chief Produfl of this Country is Drugs 
 andSpictJi: Tis thought that the Wife Men who 
 came to fee the Holy Child yefi/s, liv*d in this 
 Part 5 here is fuch Plchty of Balm, Myrrh, and 
 JFranckinccnfe. Here is likewife abundance of 
 Cofiee: The Tree at ^i•^rurity looks like an Ap- 
 pletree of 8 or lo "Ytars Growth : It's always Green 5 
 when the Bloflbm tails, then appears the Fruit, 
 like a large Cherry ( within an Husk ) which is 
 
 the Berry. 
 
 In this Country are leveral Ikrge Provinces, and 
 jome termM Km«. of which very little is known 5 
 as for Inllance. 
 
 \\Men^ which lies down to the Straits of Babel- 
 tnandcl j the Cpl. is Adeni a large trading, rich, 
 and populous C. It has only a forry Wall and 
 a few Cannons, 
 
 JiloM or March : The K. of this Country pre- 
 tends tabe defcended from\^/, Mahomet's Son in 
 Law. This Prince a^s as Mufti^ or High Prieft j 
 He has indeed r.o Temple in his Km. tor f^ ii- of 
 being murdered therein, as they fay Ali his Pre- 
 deceflor was 5 but he- goes every Friday in great 
 Pomp, to a magnificent Tent, a M. out of T. ^ in 
 which he ftayS about an Hour j during which he 
 reads tbe publick Prayers, and makes a Sort of a 
 Sermon, wherein he pri^ifls God, and celebrates 
 the Memory of Mahomet. '1^1^ \Y \ 
 
 Jrakia 'Petrnca lies in the N. W. P^rt 5 upon the 
 J VAtt of the Red Sea and S. of Syria. 
 
 V 
 
C Ji J 
 
 The chief Scene of Mofes', Li f.; was i.uLis Part 
 
 out of 0.^^„ (which lay E. of the R. Nile) through 
 the Red Sea at Commndel, near the K. End of it 
 where It s , J or 20 Ms. over, and about 60 Yards 
 
 "Tis fuppos'd that Job's Uz, Edom, Cnfi, &c 
 
 ^ ? '"•= ^- °*^ 'his Country : That .Etbwpia was 
 
 not that vaft Empire in Africa, but a Part oflX 
 
 It is probable that Solomon's Servants travcll'd 
 through th.s Country ,0 E.ionGcberj thoujhe 
 to be a Port on the Red Sci, the Harboii of that 
 Prince s Ophir ( or E. India) Fleet : Which Port 
 
 \.fral>ia iDefena, lies in the N. E. Pa,t of this 
 wide Country bordering in the K. upon Dar 
 beck feparated from it by the famous R Tphm «: 
 which nfing in Armenia Ma]or, (oras fome f!v 
 trom the Black Sea ) divides the Lph a ,a^ p7 
 v-inccs fromNatolia, Syria and AraC Dcfo ^ 
 then being join'd with the R. Tmh fall! i„ ' 
 the Gulf of Sajfora, or Perfian ify! ' '^'"'- '"'" 
 
 Part'of th/ mV^ ^ ^'""S''^' °f "hich the £. 
 
 Mr.^rf/A- coniiders this Country as containini. . 
 Governments vi.. ,. That of Aleppo T^M 
 yifeppo and Scanderoo„. ) .. That of &S 
 That ^^^^> ^^.^fl^fi"^, 7^rnIalcm,^^Tt: 
 Ihat orr^Mi rthe Cpls. are' Tripoli, La, 
 
 D 
 
 *S>r/^ j^roper has 
 Diarbcck 
 
lulfi 
 
 is*1 
 
 Diarbcck on tl)e E. Arabia on tbe S. the LeVAnt 
 en the W. and Natolia on the N. lt*s about 350 
 M6>i> and 250 b. 
 
 1*he chict Produ^s arc Silk, Spices, &c. In the 
 N. E. Comer of the Levant is Sea derooi/, ( or 
 JIlcxavArctta) a confide table T. with a very fine 
 Harbour: Kear to this is the Ruins of a Pillar, 
 called Jonah's Tillsr-^ thought to be the Place 
 where this Fifh difgorgM him. About 35 Ms. 
 from this is Jlcpfo j it's a great Mart, and pret- 
 ty good C. 6 Ms. r. 'I'he Souls are call*d 
 a5c,ooc. Here is fuch Plenty of Grapes 5 
 that tvery one makes his own Wine, which 
 is very gooil, and tirong. About 200 Ms, 
 Si of this is i>atmfim^ ( once the Cpl ) thought 
 to be one of the moil ancient Cs. in the World : 
 It*s now t pleafant T. about 2 Ms, J. furrounded 
 with Gardens, for many Ms, Mr. Mann/irel td\s 
 us of feverai Curiofities he faw here, one of 
 which was a prodigious Stone 3 21 Yards], and 4 
 thicL 
 
 Tho' this Place is fubjeft to the Turks, yet all 
 Ghriftians have full Liberty of Confcience. 45 
 T^Is. W. of this is ^yre j once a famous C. now a 
 mean Borough, of a few Houfes 5 but here arc 
 noble Ruins. And 2P Ms. from Tyre is Sidon^ 
 the SLi,t ofa BalTa. 
 
 As to Phenicia, the greateft Part of it is entire- 
 ly ruit.M by the merciiefs Aral?s, 
 
 '■Pahfiine^ jftidea^ or the Holy Land, has Sy- 
 ria pr< per on the N. and E Arabia on the S. and 
 the Levant on the W. 
 
 This Country is not 500 Ms* h nor 200 b. The 
 rew Alias makes it but 180 J. and 144. b. The 
 
 Air 
 
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 Air jj pleafant and healthful, but Soil not near (!, 
 hmtful as formerly 5 many Parts arc dry and bar- 
 T.L: P«^""» /«!;«« *ny Thing for the Mer- 
 t^ \ ',"r '''*. ®- P*" " '•»« 2)M</ Sm ; which 
 Miundrcl fays is not Salt, but bitter j-he law Bird* 
 fly OTer iti and Shellson the Shore , he went into 
 It, and found it flrangely to beat up his Body : H« 
 
 .T,f V J \'. '? "/^^f"""' wa» >i Yards r. ami 
 that 5 Yards h,gh it divided into , great Limbs 5 
 each as big as a great Tree. That the Dew of 
 Jfen«o>, wets like Rain. That Jerufi/em, onco 
 
 moft all the Places about this C. mentioned in the 
 »rOrr„I»" B«»Count«y is intireJy fubjea to 
 
 7«^'M is inhabited by Jews, Mahometans, and 
 Chnfliansi The Jewift Creed is as follows. 
 *• ';•>»' 'heir is one God , and *w one. 
 
 peSed. *' * «/»i>er<»/ Saviour is yet ex- 
 
 4- That Images are deteftable. 
 
 tureSMt" "*"" *'" *•* a Refurreaion, and'fu- 
 Velpi^n^*"^'''' " "J'S^'if"' Monument of divine 
 
 ^^ri^aEufhratian 'Provinces are ft«!leJ lv.,„.r„ 
 v«X «e upon or neir ^„ the R." i^^^-i;;! 
 
 D 
 
 They 
 
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 They have Mufcovy on the K. Perfia on the £. 
 
 K^tolia on the \V. And Arabia on the S. They 
 
 are about dec Ms. J. and 486 b. The Ealkrn 
 
 Tart is fubjeft to the Sophi of Perfia, and the 
 
 Weftern to the Turks^ f ' ^-^ *^ * « / 
 
 Armenia in the N. W. is' 300 Ms. ]. and 280 b. 
 The Soil in fome Parts is fo fruitful, that Wheat 
 frows lipe in 6^0 Days, and Birlty in 40. 
 
 tDiarbeck Jics S. betU'een the Rs. Euphrates zxx^ 
 U^rgris : It's reckoned to contain the Countries for- 
 merly called Mcfopotamia, Babylonia, ^or Chal- 
 ''dea)and Aflyria, upon the Borders of Perfia. 
 
 2)iarheck fthc Cpl.jftandaupon the Tygrh: It's 
 r^^ckcn'd the moft populous C. in all Aiiatick 
 Turkey: We are told, that there in it 20,000 
 Chriftians. It's alfo a Place of great Trade. Sag- 
 dat ftands upon the R. Tygrii • Which rife« in 
 Armenia, zxA !(bme Ms. below this C. falls into the 
 Euphrates. This is a very confiderable Pl^ce abuut 
 ^tor? Ms. r."^ ■ -^ '-^-"^ v.t^^^ ■ 
 
 The Gazetteer fays that 58 Ms. from this Place 
 ^upon the Ettfhrates^ ftood ancient Sabylon -, 
 once a prodigious C. Semiramis furroundcd it 
 with a Wall 25 Yards high, and 13 thick, 
 fo broad, that d Coaches might pafs abreaA upon 
 it :, In the midft of the C. was a moft furprizing 
 'Pyramid, loco Paces Square at the Bottom: 
 '^I here were S Towers one above another ; the 
 Height mentioned by fome Authors is incredible 5 
 Sir Ifaac Kewton has given us the beft Plan of 
 it. 
 
 * Cyrus K. of Perfia took this vaft C. by a Strata- 
 gem : He turo'd the Courfe of the R. Euphrates, 
 ( which ran through it ) and march'd his Army 
 down the Channel; It's faid that one Part was 
 
 X invaded 
 
 - »' A 
 
[ 5S J 
 
 invaded by the Perfians, a or 9 Days before all 
 Parts knew that it was taken • * we are told that 
 Cyrus found herein 400,000,000 1. And that J/ex- 
 mdcr afterwards tranfplanted from it, 5 or <Joo,ooo 
 
 ' .^j^^//V^ Is. And firil, thofe in t\\z Medhe)'ra' 
 neanx Which lie S. p. W. and W. of Natolivi : 
 Their Number is very great 5 tho' the confi icra- 
 blc Is. are called 12 j of thefc Cyprus (the 
 moft Eaikrn ) is the largeft. It \\is about do 
 Ms. from the Continent: It's 170 Ms. J. ami 
 47 b. Cvidia or Crete js 185 Ms. ]. and 58 b. 
 Rhodes is aboat 150 Ms. . r. Scio is 120 Ms. 
 r. we are told, that there ^re in this I. 3000 Papifts^ 
 10,000 Turks, and ioo,coo Greeks, ^atmos, a 
 Defart I. about 18 Ms. r. LLyinos, "tenedos, Dt ^$. 
 Coos, 6<c, > r 
 
 Some of thefe Is. produce Wine, Fruits, &c. 
 They are all fubjea to the Turk, 
 f, The Maldives are a String of Is. lying W. and 
 S. W. o{ Malabar y from 6 fis. of S. to r4 of K. 
 Lat. They are reckoned at leaft 1000 s But ma- 
 ny of them are cover'd witb Crab-fifh 5 others 
 with "PeHgiiin. (a Fowl like a Duck, that cannot ' 
 fly,; Thefe Is. are divided into 13 Provinces- 
 Male is the chief, and Refidence of the K. to 
 whom they ,are fubje^I The Soil is vaftly fer- 
 falej if produce^ ,2 Crops a Year; FJcOi is fo 
 cheap that, a Cow may be bought for 8 Pounds gf 
 Iron, and an Ox for 3's. ^ d. and 400 Cocoa, 
 Nuts for 8 d. Moft.of the Veffcls ufcd here, are- 
 made of the Wood or Bark of the Cocoa Tree- 
 and of the Shell of the Nut : With the Leaves 
 
 * See Pridcux*s Account, Part I, 
 
 ' V D 4 
 
 fchey 
 
t 56 ] 
 
 thty ciovef their Houfes, fomc of which arc built 
 of Stone, gotten ( as we are aflur'd ) out of the 
 Sea, thus: The Natives ( who are expeit Di^ 
 vers ) firft faflen a Rope about a Stone, anc! then 
 having bored Holes thrtmgh very light Boarda^ 
 they bring the Rope through the Holes, and 
 then force them down Edgcwife, one after ano^ 
 thcr to the Stone, and fatten them there : When 
 tSey had funk a prop<?r Kumber of Boards, they 
 float, and bring up great Stones, Cannons, Sec, 
 
 Different Trades are fixM in different Is. and fa 
 they depend one upon another. 
 
 The Katives are of an Olive Colour; they go 
 naked , but were abundance of Rings and Jewels. 
 They lave their Hair, and the Parings of their 
 Kails, to be buried with them. Tho' the Wo- 
 men bring no Fortunes, yet they have Jointures : 
 The Groom and his Friends bargain with the 
 Bride's Friends ; when the Prieft is fatisfied that 
 they have agreed ; he pronounces them Man and 
 Wife; and then they gi to feck the Bride. 
 
 Their Burials are thus : The Corpfe is wafh'd, 
 and cover'd with a fine Cloth; (which is the 
 Prieft's Pcrquifite ) the Right Hand is laid upon 
 the Ear, and the Left upon the Thigh, and the 
 Body upon the Right Side, with the Face towards 
 Mecca j as it's convey *d to the Grave, the Rela- 
 tions of the Dead fcatter Corn, and give the Prieft 
 Money, to pray for the Soul $ which is done thrice 
 at the Grave I after ^^hich he tells them, that it's 
 got to Paradifij hereupon they make a great 
 Featt ; at which, and inaecd all their Meals, they 
 lit crofs Legg'd, on the Ground. The Women 
 in thcfe Is. make all their Vifiti) in the Night. 
 
 This 
 
eviv ^^*'°P'° «re a &« of Mahometan-,! At ,,. 
 f?r eatdiroft ^'^t' fpice., this I. ^Joduc^ 
 
 a good Part of thfijli^^ t^""''^'° *''«>'» 
 ConvertrJLj / belongs) have made, many 
 
 The chief of the Sunda for Spibe ) U .,.." 
 >S^/«^^/r^: It lies on- both Side. ?he L 1 T^ ^' 
 about 780 Ms..J. and 200 b Th^ T • " '' 
 
 Iv hot an*^ *k^ 01 ,.'*® '^^'''s extreme- 
 
 iriS.XiL£-;u«itft^tL"^r>^ 
 
 rS-'K::; "a^lole^^^'PL' f--^ P-ted: 
 
 Bkck in December X„ Ti!. o, "'^"''".•and. 
 offanddrv'dtinttV^ • r„ Cluik-rs are cut 
 
 but after 4 Ye/rVitTc)f„t""" -'"S'l^^-^s . 
 
 and^K^eX'^TL^T^'J^^'S'"'^ T'"' ^'-«.- 
 Fruit grows like Gr!n»f.K ""^ ^ ^^^-e' 5 tbe. 
 
 A«g«.f to pr? i^t;^^, - «^^^^-f,/-- 
 
 Kwrneg? ""''''''"'«= Mace i within that h tUo 
 
 lie.- 
 
i i T iii T w tHPi iij ijM i . » i i pijii 
 
 C ^8 I 
 
 iThc Priefts here are cloathM all over {b clofe, 
 that their Garments look as if they were glued on 5 
 they have Horns on their Heads, hanging back- 
 wards, their Faces painted, and Tails hanging he- 
 hind ; hccaufe ("as they fay) their God appeared 
 in this Form. The Laity have only Pieces of Lin- 
 pen twifted about their Waifts. 
 ' This I. is fubjert to the Queen of j4chemy or 
 Achsn ; who is a powerful Princefs both by Sea 
 iind Land ; (he keeps 8 or 900 Elephants : She is 
 ^Heir to all her Subje^^s that die without Male 
 Heirs. But the Maritime Parts are fubjeft to 
 the Dutch : The Enjg^lifh have alfo Pepper Fac- 
 tories at Jamhiy and are much eileem'd by the 
 Queen. :*^ * > * "' 
 
 ■ Javci lies very near to the S. Part of Stmatra, 
 h\66o Ms. 1. and ico b. Safitam was, Jocatra 
 :1(now Saravia) isthcCpl : h*s a very lars^e and 
 flrong T. and its Harbour is one of the fafeft in the 
 'World : Here refides the Governor General of the 
 Dutch E. India Company, who is exceeding grand 
 and powerful. ' ' 'f 
 
 It has very large Territories in theie Parts, attd 
 ordinarily keeps 10 or 12000 Soldiers in Pay. The 
 Englifh have Ukcwiie fome Faftories here; 
 
 K. of this on both Sides the Line, lies 'BcTneo 5 
 one of the largeit Is. in the World : It is aborn* 
 700 Ms. 1. and 5(^0 b. Here are many Mines ^f 
 Gold and Diamonds : The Dutch have fomo 
 Places on th^ Goads, and the chief Trade of the 
 I. The Inhabitants are Part Pagans and Part Ma- 
 hometans ^ very rude and ignorant : They fancy 
 all Maladies to come from evil Spirits ;; and there- 
 -fpre facrifice to them in the open Fields. Women 
 8 anrl Kp^r at o Years of Acre. Wives 
 
 »•» .1 *• I W Of 
 
 are 
 
/amdam. Sec. are in the Pofleflwn of thlDwdT' 
 
 &o'"r called Th^'^A^'^- ''^ " " Cer:::r?Z!'e; 
 y o »re called the Molnccas, Their chief Pr/J 
 
 d«a .s feveral Sorts of Spices. They are Lft^ 
 r -./I A ®- ^*^ *''= Malaccas is New Holland 
 
 monly cail'd .000. The cMef^f ^^ •''f^"'^' 
 OP M/,^;ii^ v^^u. 1 nc cniet ot them is Luco^ta*. 
 ox Manilla- 5 or (foo IVb. 1. and l8o b. *' 
 
 1 ne Produce of thefe h ;« P ; -^ \\i rr 
 Grains of Gold, wafh'dlw^fS^'.'he^j^'J^.^r.y; 
 are generally fubjea to the K. of Spafn X Si 
 
 the 1. of Formofa ; a verv fmiftt.l «„«. '' ^"'na.it 
 1 8 3 Ms. 1. and 70 b. The Chinefe LI K' k'^'"' 
 are a Sort cf a Repub ick Thf U f "r'''u' "« 
 Tome Forts, &c heS^. A„^ The Portuguefe have 
 n^,.,,, ?.u 7. • N ^ ^"" *"« Dutch have one at 
 
 tf of ;1 ^"' ^P'i^ "1^'' Miffionaries have w^ah* 
 s or 700 to read and write- anil u„.. i*ugnr 
 
 many of the Native" ' "^ converted: 
 
 to the F Tn!r^ \^* yne /horteft cut from the VV. 
 
 SJ^ij/l'ft^M" ,rnt"'.^>5- Ms. which 
 per Day. ^ ^*5'«i '• e. above 143 Ms.. 
 
 '■■*■-* */jjh 
 
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 Here arc Apples callM the Sreadfruit j they are 
 are baked and eater as Bread; which 'Damfhr 
 iays is very good : Here is a fort of Wine ( called 
 ^cddy ) drawn from the Stump of a Cocoa Tree j 
 by cutting off a Bough, and hanging at the Stump 
 a Callahafii^ into which the Juice runs, while the 
 Fruit on the other Parts grows i of the Husk of 
 the Nut are made Cabit s, Sail Cloths and Oaker 
 for chalking of Ships. 
 
 Japan or Jafon confifts of one great and fevc- 
 fal leffer Is, The great one (c( mironly called Japan, 
 but by the Inhabitants Nijhon) lies from 157 to 
 172 Ds. of Lon. from 55 to 41 of Lat. It's about 
 500 Ms. 1. and 200 b. I'his Country produces 
 Gold, Silver, Rice, Ivory, &c. 
 
 The CpJ. is Meaco 5 It*s faid to have been 20 
 Msi I. and 8 b. But it has been much kffen'd by 
 Pirtj tho* it is now reckoned as big. as London i 
 We arc told, that it contains 180,000 Houfes. 
 20.0 Ms. from this is Jeddo -^ v/h^rQ the Royal 
 Treafure is kept. This C. is called 5 Ls. 1. and 
 2 b. and its faia to be as populous as moii in £u- 
 tope : The Royal Palace is covered with Gold 5 
 at a Diflarce, it looks like a T. of Gold The 
 grand Idol is of pure Gold, but of a frightful 
 Shape: It'splac^don Horfeback 5 upon an Altar 
 covered with Plate j the Houfings of the Horfe 
 are embroidered with Gold, and fet with Pia- 
 monds. Some call this C. the Cpl. but in 1658 
 ico,©co Houfes were burnt down in 2 Days. 
 Here is ir;deed the ftatelieft Temple in the Em- 
 pire f in which is a monftrous Idol of Copper ; 
 Herbert fays, that his Chair is 70 Foot nigh 
 and' 80 b. His Head big enough to hold 15 Men 5 
 and his Thumb 40 Inches r,. The lop ot this 
 
 idol 
 
pl/k *''**' "* the Roof of the Temple/ 'fa 4 
 Road between thcfe » a. wa, another Idol Vf 
 
 But the Popilh Miflionaries pretend to have co^- 
 «oo,ooo Chriftians in this Country = but that in 
 
 sfa'tl T.r'lff /'X"i5? "'='''•""8 *'"> Affairs of 
 State ; a dreadful Perfecution atofe, in which moft 
 of . ?hem were put to Death. ' 
 
 The 3d C. is jferae^a, which is prodigioufly larce. 
 In rt one of the Emperor's Sons ufoally refiL. 
 ,n K ^-ru ",?*»#»">"''• About tfo Ms. 1. and 
 
 « y«^, N.^f Japan, (feparated by a Strait i» 
 I;s. over.) The Cpl. is Marzu^ay: Where the 
 Viceroy refides to receive the Emperor's Tribute; 
 But how far this I. extends N. isinknown j feme 
 think It joins to N. America. 
 
 noTi}i»K^"''*''S?''*^J''P*?'' " «""«' Monarch; 
 no lefs than 2oK3, are tributary to him.- his Re, 
 yoiue 1, call'd 28 ;,ooo.ooo Crowns, (or accord"- 
 
 ■'^.1"/T^"''""'^ I 5,cxx,,ooo 1. per Annum. 
 ris a Cuftom, not to cut either .His Hair, or his 
 >>ail5, after he is crown'd. 
 The Japannefe are exceffive takers of Opium t 
 
 tl^lT^A "" O"*""" »"«:; which only make, 
 them giddy. Their common Cloaths are made of 
 
 Lji r \i. / Relations commonly take Revenge, 
 and fo the fines are multiply'd : Adultery is pu* 
 
 Tm ,k""V'' "e^hofWh Parties: We are 
 told, that when a fober Japannefe hears any one 
 
 uKhrPK^*?*' °; '"'^^ ^'"^^'^5 he generally 
 ules thisPhrafe: Js not the Man a Foot to «w 
 
 AFRICA 
 
t 
 
 [ 62 J 
 
 AFRICA is a great ^ekinfiila, for ^s it is 
 feparated on the N. from the Comment of 
 Europe, by the Mediterranean, To it'« join'd to 
 Afia, on the N. E. by only the Ifthmtis efSnez 5 
 which is a Keck of Land (70 or 80 M. b ; that 
 lies between the Levant, (or moft Eaftern Part of 
 the Mediterranean) and the Red Sea 5 which Sea* 
 divides the 2 Continents, for about 1100 Ms. It'i 
 in fome Pans c>ear 20c Ms. over. The Paffage 
 out of this Sea, into the Main O. is called the 
 Straits of Sahel mandel 5 where the Current al- 
 ways fet's cut 5 as \tjet"s in, at the Straits of Gib- 
 raltar. As it is difficult to account for that pro- 
 digious Q^iantity of Water, that is poured into 
 the Mediterranean by the Straits and many Rs. 
 fo it is no lefs difficult, to conceive, how the 
 Red Sea is fupply'd : I would therefore to remove 
 both thefe Difficulties, fuppofc, (along with the 
 Doftrine of Exhalations^ a fubterraneous Paflage 
 through the Ifthmus of Suez ; But if there be in 
 the former Straits, 2 Currents oppofite to each 
 other 5 an upper Current, running E. and a low- 
 er, running \\L (as fome tell us) then there may be 
 the like in the latter 3 and fo both the Difficuhie* 
 vanifh. • - -^ y. ^. ,d... 
 
 4fm^ has the Straits of GibraltW, ««d'the iie- 
 diterranean on the N. the faid Ifthmus, Red Sea and 
 Indian O on the E. the Main O. on the S. and the 
 Atlantick on the W. It lies from i to ^8 Ds. of 
 Lon. from 58 of N. to 34 of S. Lat. It is reckoned 
 4300 Ms. 1. and 4020 b. 
 
 It contains Egypt, Barbary, feildu Igerid, Zaara, 
 Negroland, Guinea, Ethiopia, and JSTubia. 
 
 Bgyp ("once Mizraim) lies from 2x to 31 Ds. 
 of N. Lat. From n ^9 6% of Lon. It is 600 
 
 ">^" ^ . ■..Ms. 
 
Ms. 1. md 
 
 C<3 3 
 
 , Of 400 b. It ha» ^he Red Sea and 
 
 Ifthmus of Suez on the E. Nubia on the S. Bar- 
 bary, &c. on the W. and the Levant on the N. 
 It's divided into 5 great Parts, call'd Lower, Mid- 
 dle and Upper. But the Air in each is very hot, 
 and unwholefbme : Nor is there oft any confide* 
 rable Rains to cool it. In fome Part* there arc 
 for feveral Days fuch Clouds of Duft as fuffocato 
 Travelers. And yet the Soil is vaftly fat and fruits 
 ful, by the Annual Innundation of the K. Nife 
 H^ 1} ^ ^ Months: On this depend their Crops. 
 If the R. ri{e« lefs than 16, or more than 24 Feet 
 plumb, a Scarcity is apprehended. It's reckonM 
 at the Height to be 500 Times as b. as the Chan- 
 nel. 
 
 '' This R. is efteem*d one of the moft famous in 
 the World. It's computed to run 2000 Ms: It 
 rifes in Abyffina, from the Lake Dambea 5 near 
 which, it falls into a Cataraft of 80 or ipo Feet 
 floaping. 
 
 This furprizing Flood may be occafion'd by the 
 continual Rains from many Months in JKthiopia 
 which caufethis, other Lakes, and many Rs. tp 
 oversow: They all empty themfelves into the 
 Nile, and raife it to this prodigious Height. 
 
 . Between this R. and the Red Sea lay the Prp- 
 vince of Gcjhen where the Ifraelites were plac'd. 
 
 j^lcxandria ( built by Alexander the Great ) 
 was caird the largeft C. in all the World : But 
 Grand Cairo is the Cpl. it^s one of the biggeft 
 Cs. in Africa ; it's faid to be 48 M. r. It ftands 
 on the E. Side ot the R. a little above the Place 
 where it branches itfclf out into fevera) Channels ! 
 It contains ( as we are told ) 16, coo Streets ; 
 
 fc* ,i. 
 
 * w:,Vvi> 
 
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 icOjOOo Houfes $ 10,000 Cooks Shoops 5 ind 5,000 
 publick and private Mofques. The Streets of thii 
 great C. arc watered twice a Day, and Water is fet 
 at every Door. 
 
 Nine Ms. from hence are prodigious Piles of 
 Building, ( called ^Pyramidu ) One of them is 
 tf8o Feet fquare, and 520 high, an<i i. . ^« a* 
 the Top, th«t do Men may ftand upt i oni >• . cones 5 
 the leall of which is quite too big for any of our 
 Carriages. 
 
 1 here are alfo in this Country, Pits from which 
 are AngMummieSy (i. e. dry and uncorrupted ^Tu" 
 mane Bodies) with Plates of Gold under their 
 Tongues, and Heads cover'd with Gold and 
 Pearls. 
 
 Com is fo cheap in Egypt that i d. will buv 7 
 Times as much Bread there as in England 5 and 22 
 or »4 Eggs 5 which are here hatch'd artificially ; in 
 the Sun, in Dung, and in Ovens j 75^ or 80,000 at 
 a Time. 
 
 Hey/ifj tells us, that there are a great many Cro- 
 codiles upon the Coafts, which from an Egg grow 
 to 50 Feet I. of which the Tail makes 15 : Thart 
 the Female lays 60 Eggsj hides them 60 Daysj 
 fits on them (Jo Days 1 has 60 Teeth j 60 Bones 
 in her Back j and oft lives 60 Years : They are 
 amphibious, and have 4 Feet about half a lard 
 
 iong. 
 
 The Quality's Servants in this Country are Eu- 
 nuchs. All here ride upon Afles. The Women 
 fide aftride 5 they are very Icud j and colour their 
 Faces with a naliy Paint. Whoredom is not on- 
 ly allow'd, but encourag'd; yet it's common ior 
 Ken to burn their Flefh when they go a Courting, 
 to fliew their Love to their MifireUes. 
 
 Though 
 
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 'rhoughtherearcfome Jews here, yet the Efivp- 
 tuns arc ftrift Mahometans. ^ ™ ligyp- 
 
 There was once abundance of Chriaians in this 
 Country ; for Godeau fays, that in the Jaft of the 
 
 ,n n 11^"^*""" "^ ^^^' ****" '44,ooo were put 
 to Death here and that a great many more died 
 m Slavery and Banifhrncnt. 
 
 Egypt is fubjea to a Turkifh Ba/haw, who has 
 
 hic^°''I"?"u""r^^'*'^°*» *"*^ a great Army 5 tho' 
 ftjs third of the Revenue is call'd but 12,000 1. per 
 
 bick"°*' i-anguage of the Country is Ara- 
 
 ^^r^^rjK lies from 27 rn 58 Ds. of Lat. from 7 
 to 52 of Lon. It's 2700 A.S. 1. and doo b. It has 
 
 3' w '^^^\^^^f^iSeri^onthcS. the Atlantick 
 on the W and the Mediterranean on theK. 
 
 two w? a ^^' ^-^"^ ^^^^' ^^ ^«yP'- Tlicre are 
 *w«Ha'veft8 in a Year in this Country. . 
 
 The CQmmpdificf'ar^^orn, Honey, Wild Beaf!«. 
 
 .1.^^}'^%'^ ^'""l^^^ ^"^^ ^ Kingdoms, viz. 2 on 
 
 mof^roperJy ii^/,,^^^^^ under the Protedion of 
 the rurks, who^Bafhawis very tyrannical, where 
 he has Power. Tho' thefe are in'fome P^rts but 
 meer Cyphers, for as the People live intirely by 
 Pyracy and are the greateft Rogues in the Uni- 
 verie, (commonly call'd Corfars or Rovers Y to 
 they are governed by a !Z)/W^, i. e. a Council 
 ot 48, and a Prefident ( callM the tDey. ) But 
 t^s js to be underftood of ^hofe that lie upon the 
 
 The Kms. are i Morocca. Suhka to its own 
 
 Prince, ij^ho has the Title of Emperor:, he is a 
 
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 tlicitt jsfaM to have flain with his own HanJs 
 20,ooo of his ValTalsj who were thought to go 
 ftrait to Paradife. N. of this and feparatcd from 
 Jt by the R. Azamor, is the Km. of Fez: Part of 
 OW Maurirama. The chief Cs. m Old and Kew 
 Fez: The former is a great C. no Ms. from the 
 Mediterranean: It has 8(JGato«, loo Streets, and 
 TOO Mofqucs. New Fez is about i M. from the 
 Old. Both are reckoned to contain 5oo,©rSo SouJs i 
 bf which 4©r5coo arc Jews 5 who are the chief 
 Bankersmt^he Kingdom. « . 
 
 Juft within the Straits of Gibraltar lies Ceufit, 
 \vhich is in the Hands of the Spaniards. It has been 
 *|hany Years befieged by the Natives but in vain. 
 ' JK of this Km. is that g( Jigiers: The CpL is 
 ^Igters, over^againft Minorca. It was a great C. 
 Ithad IC7 Mofques, and 14000 Houfes 5 which 
 2^"^*T J °' ^ Families each. But in 1(^88, the 
 French thrfewlnto-it 10,420 ftomb«, Which almoft 
 ywnohih'd it: But it's long fmce rebuilt, and the 
 Inhabitants are the moft noted and richcil Rogues 
 in the World. ri*j ^ it 
 
 E. of this is the Km. or rather Republick of 
 Turns. The Cp'. is 7//«/j, it ftands 9 Ls. from 
 nie Ruins of Old Carthage, in a Plain, at the 
 Bottom of its own Gulf. It's one of the heft Bays 
 in the Mediterranean. And E. of this is the Re- 
 publick of tripli: The Gpl. i$ T'ripoli, another 
 Neft of Pyrate?. And E. of this is the Km, of 
 Sarcai, it's very large, reaching to Egypt on the 
 E. but a great Part of it is very barren, and no 
 better than a Defart. ^ 
 
 S, of Sarl^aj^y, between it and Bildulgerid, lie 
 the At/as Mtns. which (befide N. and S.) run 
 from B. to W. <juite cf ofs the Continent. 'j / 
 
 iiie 
 
 i»'rniiiiiiiiiWl''i'Mil'ifrii • 
 
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 The Inhabitants of this vaft Country are caii'd 
 Mocrs. They arc Mahometans, and have Co 
 
 they call the Word of God) that they wa/h 
 
 tlrf- I'' ^/^f^^r^'g it. Their common 
 Phrafe is this : Js there is one God, Co Mahd^ 
 
 X Ca^^oZ''^^''^' ^"' '^""^ ^''^'' '"^"y ^"""^ 
 They throw into the Straits feveral Wax Ckn- 
 
 M a Saint which they fay lies on their Shore • 
 and when in Danger, they oflfer to h'm % or l 
 oneep. •> ' 
 
 The Women here paint their Hands ahd¥t&'- 
 and wear Rings of Gold, &c. about their I^gl 
 and Arms : In Summer they go in their Siftocks. 
 Matches are always m^Se by the Parents, withoirt 
 any Courting v The Men fee not the Women till 
 thqrgoto Bed 5 for they are cohftantly rairdj 
 and will not fpeak to their own Husbands hi thi 
 btreets. ^ ^ nn ■ ■ 'i a Ji i^ 
 
 Ko Vice is here fo common as Sodomy. Idiots 
 arc thousjht to be infpir^. 
 
 The Tables in this Country are about 4 or < 
 Inches high ; to which the Natives fit crofs-lesp'd 
 upon the Ground. .^ . ,^^- 
 
 ^ Idulgeri^d rthe ancient Ntmidia) lies from 
 i5 to 35 Ds. of Lat. from 4 to '^6 of Lon. It's 
 about 50C0 Ms. 1. and 480 b. It has the Defart 
 
 """j 'l h f^'^^^ "^^ ^^^ ^' Barbary on the N. 
 and the Atlantick on the W. The Air here is' 
 prodigious hot, and Soil ve y barren : tho' it pro- 
 duces Corn, Cattle, Dates, &c. ^ 
 \ The Natives are ignorant, rude, and addi^ed 
 
 ^A'w&'w a«w 
 
 a grCat Qiaiiy uctfy iC« 
 
 bxt 
 
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 but all or almod of .hem are fubjea to the K oi 
 Morrccco. Mahometanifm is profert. but Pagan- 
 ifin prevails. The' indeed both the . Country and 
 Inhabitants are little known to the Europeans 
 
 Zaara (^or DefattJ is Part of ancient xW/«. 
 It lies from 22 to 28 Ds of Lat. from 2 to 42 of 
 l^ori. Its about 2400 m. and 5<ro b. It has 
 BiWulgend on the N. and £, Nigritia on the 5. 
 and the Atlantick on the W. » « ^ '^ 
 
 , The Air is fultry^ and Soil dry 5 Water is fo 
 fcarqe here, that a Camel (^s we are told ) has 
 |ometsmes been kiU'd, foe the Water he carried in 
 his Stomach. The Commodities of this Country 
 arc very inconfiderable. As to Religion, fome are 
 Mahometans^ and fome of no Religion at all. 
 ^ Zaara is faid to be divided into 10 Kms. the 
 I-ords or Princes of which are call'd Xeques. 
 ^igritia ( or Ncgroland ) lies from 8 to 25 
 Vs. ot Lat. from i to 43 of Lon. It's 900 Ms. b. 
 and above 2000 1. It has Kubia on the E. Zaara 
 on the N. the Atlantick on the W. and Guinea 
 pntheS It's divided into 2 grand Parts by the 
 River Niger, the largeft R. in Africa : It runs (by 
 Computation; 2800 Ms. and then falls into the 
 Atlantick at Senegal B^r, overagainft the Cape 
 Verde Is. * 
 
 ^ Tho' the Air is intollerable hot, yet thofe Parts 
 that he near the R. are very fruitful. Here are 
 Elephants and other Beafcs: Some Mines of Gold 
 and Silver, &c. but che chief Export is Slaves, 
 which are generally Blacks: On the t;he Coafts pot 
 only Captives, but Wives and Children are fome. 
 times fold : The Englifti have almoft monopoliz- 
 ^d the Negro Trade; They have employed 100 
 Ships in franf|)orting Slavey from hence into At 
 
C"cLh''''i^ *'"'' u°'°°^ T''«y «« bought 
 
 lor Uotb &c. at about lo I. per HeaJ ?,"- 
 computed that ,00.000 1 is got br.hiSgie iV- 
 
 the K „f C7?"?'" P^y "" a^nowledgement to 
 L is ;ife tt^'t'oVl^" 'J " ""ignty Mona"Ah: 
 
 nf ,k»V ■ ™L'''° Title of Emperor 4 feveral 
 
 "v« ( call d Soufo's ) that live in Ts. are oart 
 Mahometans, ami patt Pagans, who wor/hi?T.^. 
 
 n/T^"*^. ""^ ">^^' Watcr'Ili" T-i;- 
 th^J'J^'Y^ '*i'' "' * «•"'"' Story of one of 
 
 ^^-ouncil, he caufes a Ditch to be due 5 vJl 
 ^eep ; towards which he and his lL! k 
 down their Heads, while the? confult atut A? 
 
 Son if ,k""' '^''^" '"^ C"»«^«» breaks r^^ fhe 
 ooil IS thrown in aeain ^nd the- tc .Iifj 
 %i«g thefe Words "VTtj^V^/, .,TJbdraws, 
 " &«"«j.» ^ i^'i Jj'tch txiU keep our 
 
 5„ Th'^/^bor aflares us. That Wives ate bought 
 in this Country for Cocoa Nuts ( ,0 a comm„ 
 Price) that when when the Bargain's tL T " 
 
 SfiLg h^" Th^tTe"!.^'" '"*''^ * '^^'^ «f 
 
 AiiiC 
 
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 That the Women do not lie with their Hus- 
 bands, while they are big or fuckle 5 but that Plu- 
 raliry of Wives is allowed : That Children go 
 quite naked till 15 Years old. That Drums are 
 in this Country made of hollow Trees, open at one 
 £nd, and cover'd at the other with Goat Skins. 
 ^ Guinea (call'd by fome part of Isigritia) lies- 
 from 5 to 13 Ds. of Lat. from d" to 34 of Lon. 
 It's j6co Ms. 1. and 480 b. It has Ethiopia on the 
 S. and E. Kigritiaon the K. and the Atiantickon 
 the W. Tho' the Air is extremely hot, yet the 
 Soil is very fertile : Here are 2 Winters 5 2 Sum- 
 mers, and 2 Harvefts in a Year. 
 
 This Country is divided into 4 great Parts, and 
 52 Kms. fome of which are very fmall. e. g. that 
 of^^cja. Smek fays, that when he faw the K. of 
 this Part, he had on a brown Cloak, and Wool Jen 
 Cap • that ail his Robes were not worth 2 1. and 
 yet he had 400 Wives, and 12 Sons, who ruled 
 each a few Huts, and 4 Daughters, who got their 
 Living by wh — ring. 
 
 But fome of them are very great and powerful ^ 
 befides the Emperor of Guinea, (to whom many 
 Princes are fubjed) there is in the E. the K. of 
 SenWy whofe Vaffals feveral neighbouring Ks. 
 are: Senin (his Cpl.) is one of the largeft Cs. in 
 Africa. The People of this Km. are the moft 
 polite of all the Kegroes; They ufe Circumcifion 5 
 own a God that created all Things 5 and that he 
 is a fjood Being 5 yet they have many Idols : They 
 worfhip the Devil, for fear he fhould hurt thexB. 
 They otter Sacrifices (fomctimes humane) to him 5 
 and once a Year to the Sea : They always go 
 naked from the Waifte upwards^ and have 
 
 many 
 
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 many odd Cuftoms. Everv WiAnm »,».„ i 
 
 a Slave to her own Son • .Z>' k ""^ becomes 
 
 without the Ks. Leave ' '*" """" ^*" l"" 
 
 Ring, to their K^ofel, whStng dlt'';: 1^7 
 Chins ; their Hair reArh^^ ^u o^ , ^° ^"^i*" 
 
 .hey m^ice the^felv^s'tei.''"'""''' "^ ^"^^^ 
 ^mektdis us, that there ar^ ;« r* • 
 
 men oy „, „ b„j „ , > "»'» >IK W«. 
 
 Thy, ,k c.,,/i i. CM ,'r,L pte" aSrs; 
 
 Fcrlon was born ; and hnvit^A ^u^^ • r^^^^^ ^^e 
 of Rice, and an^th^r oK m^^^ *"" ^^ ?« 
 
 the M.ns. in fuch Plenty, that T^ t1, ""v™*" 
 
 X'T""^ 'u^^"« °- «^f 'h« ciSTcalkdth': 
 Ge.'4e>i, another the Ivory or yia/rr A r^* 
 
 the Abundance of Ivory iLhatC a"!.**' ^°'" 
 called Jfi/<,^a^rt^ . becauflirn f ^'"^ * 5<i is 
 
 of long 'PepJ"r P"^"'" " ^"ft deal 
 
 Divers European Nations hav^ <}»~i 
 on there Coaft.^ The B Lrhavf Thl"pT 
 fiaiis i J the Portuguefe fcveral the 'Pnalf^'"^' 
 or 5 J re. g.) at Sberl>ro thJ i 'ff'"Si'lh 4, 
 (in the .th Vof /™i tl 'f N^?:fr' 
 about 70 Ms. i.) &, But the Dutcfh^v^M;: 
 
 than 
 

 t 7i 3 
 thafi any of tlieih : Tho' thefe Settlements ard 
 generally only fb many Forts with 1 5 or 20 Guns, 
 and a few Men. 
 
 Nubia lies from 9 to ^3 Ds. of of Lat. From 44 
 to 57 of Lon. It is about 840 Ms. 1. and 570 b. 
 It has Egypt on the N. Nigritia on the W. and 
 Ethiopia on the S. and £• 
 
 The Air is vaflly hot, and there's little Rain 5 
 The Soil is fruitful about the R. Nile^ and bar- 
 ren in othes: Parts. Here are Gold, Civet, Ivory, 
 &c. 
 
 The Sheep in this G)untry have monftrous 
 Tails t weighing 2 5 and 30 Pound. 
 
 Nubia is govcrn'd by its own Prince ; who is 
 very power*"'il: His Cpl. is 'DancalUy upon the 
 R. It confids of 10,000 Houfes, and is pretty 
 populous. 
 
 Chriflianity was once planted here ; but the Peo- 
 ple are either Pagans or Mahometans : Tho* in- 
 deed this Country is very imperfedly known. 
 
 Bthiopia comprehends all the S. of Africa, from 
 Sea to Sea ^ and is reckoned about half the Con* 
 tinent : It comprehends a many great and mighty 
 Kations : It's caird 3,^00 Ms. long, and 2,180. b. 
 
 It is firft divided into Interior and Exterior^ or 
 Upper and Lower. The former call'd (^Abyfinia) 
 lies from 9 Ds. of N. to to 16 of S. Lat. From 38 
 to 61 of Lon. which makes it 1 500 Ms. 1. and 
 1 380 h. But fome extend it not near fb far 5 they 
 make it about loco Ms. 1. and poo b. It has 
 Kubia, Kigritia, &c. on the N. and Lower Ethi- 
 opia on the £. S. and W. 
 
 The Air is very cold upon fome of the Hills; 
 but the Vallies are warm and populous. The 
 Soil is fruitful about the R» J^ile^ but mountainous 
 
 and 
 
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 and barren elfewhere. We aretoW that there isone 
 Main or Defart, 5 or 4 Days Journey over j that is 
 cover d with a Sort of &//•/ ' ' 
 
 The Prcduas are Gold, Corn, Cattle, &c. Flefh 
 IS focheap here, that an Ox is bought for 5 s. 4 d. 
 
 This Country contains itf Kms. Tho' the only 
 confiderable Prince had formerly ^according to fome) 
 
 /, /•^*'S''-*°''T'"'= °f '-P'^ft^ Johns fi.e. V. 
 ftoljck <Pnnce 0/ Slaves) he^^s now call'd iT. ofKs. 
 He 1. an abfolute Monarch : And is ador'd by hiJ 
 Subjea,. We are told that at every Ceronarioi 
 the following Ceremony is obfcrv'd 
 . As bis Majefty i« walking over rich Carpets he 
 
 LtT^^'f * ^'l'' ^'^^ ^"^^ crofstheZ«; K 
 young Ladies; who (upon his reaching the Line! 
 
 y;^"",'/,"'^"' ^^o'^'^^reX To which leanS 
 cuts the Cord afunder: Upon which they all crw 
 
 ,n7lr u ^^"^ '^' '.'"" *''°"'^'' 'here be many Tew. 
 bSv^s cT-r '" l^i^.Coantry ; yet tduZ 
 ^y IS Chriflians. P„day, Saturday, and Sab- 
 piS*''' ": *'' °'"^'Vd here by fev^'ral Sorts of 
 
 that the nl?"' Jci^'/'™ .'"""g'* 'he Abyflins 5 
 that the Queen o< Sheba who went to vifit Soh>! 
 
 Botten L^c'^"' ^^ T i*"^"'^ 'f * Sob be- 
 
 ?o Terufi^J T" ' T''" *f'^^ «"«« Years went 
 to jerulaiem , where ho was by his Father in- 
 
 AZlfrStii E °""'lf"h«- And &me have 
 
 inougnt that the Eunuch wh kh Pbi/ii banti^ed 
 
 came fr^m hence, and upon his RetulT conS 
 
 •i i 
 
 4> 
 
 £ 
 
 has 
 
T 74 1 ' ^ 
 
 lii$ Countrymen to Chriflianity. 'But it is Kighty 
 
 probable that both the Sheba and Ethiojji'ii, tnen- 
 
 tion'd in the Bible, lay much nearer to Judea, in 
 
 fome Part of Arabia. But be this as it will 5 we 
 
 ;are aflurcd thai this People have the Bible entire ; 
 
 and that they look upon it a^ the Rule of Faith 
 
 and Praftice. Several Attempts have been made 
 
 to pervert them to Popeiy, which once occafion*d 
 
 ^reat fiffufionj of Blood ; prov'd all in vain ; and at 
 
 .laft occarion*^ the Baniniment of all the ^Porttigtie[e 
 
 Miiiionaries out of the Empire. 
 
 ^f JEthw^ia Exterior lies from 22 Ds. of N. to 55 
 
 /«f S. Lat. From 30 to d8 of Lon. It includes a 
 
 ^prodigious Trail of Ground 5 from the S. of Egypt 
 
 to the Straits of ^abehtaiidel 5 a ad from thence 
 
 Irftiong theCoaft S. W. to the Cape of Good Hope 5 
 
 and K. again on the W, Coaft up to Guinea 5 
 
 which make'i it above tfoco M^. upon the Coafts : 
 
 J put it is divided into a great many Parts 5 fome of 
 
 ,, which are called Empires, others Kms. and fome 
 
 which v.'e fcarce know the Karnes of, or little 
 
 i^more than the Karnes. ( c- g* ) The Kms. or Pro- 
 
 l^,vinces of Ammnir^ and Davgali^ lie down by the 
 
 Red Sea. K. £. of thefe is the Km. of Mdel^ 
 
 which extends to the Frontiers of AbylTinia 5 but 
 
 hereis little known except the Cpl. Zeiki'^ ( over 
 
 j^g^.m^ Jden'm ArcMa) which has a good Har- 
 
 fcour on the Red Sea. 
 
 j.^ Southwards on the Coafls lie the Kms. of j^iz- 
 
 ,Jmia?2 and Zanqmbar : The latter is 6^0 Ms. 1. and 
 
 ^^^150 b. It is divided into feveral Provinces, the 
 
 Ij^mpft Southern of which is MofamHque -^ over a- 
 
 l<gainft Mcidagafcar: Here are Gold, Ivory, &c. 
 
 *i^'^^^ Portuguese have the chief Trade in thefe 
 
 iParts ; They prefend to have cdn verted Multitudes. 
 
Lin 
 
 Father Zah fays he baptis'd 170 in one Day. But 
 
 ThU ^j?-'^ "^ ^T'^^ P?8*"' °' Mahometans^ 
 This Miffionary tells us of monftrous Serpents 7 
 Feet 1. and as th.ck as a Min : That a Camel is fold 
 
 Hen for' r^A ^Tu"' V' l^^^^ ^''^ ' '• ' <»• «"<! ^n 
 Hen for i d. That they have 2 Harvefts in a Year - 
 
 They few m January, and reap in April > fow aeain 
 in September, and reap in December. ^ 
 
 ^.«-fe« fays that in this Country, a Father mar- 
 That rL°"'"r """^u'"' ' ""'• ^ M^her her Son, 
 rhat they oft eat their own Children : 1 hat the 
 Women's Aprons are made of Mats 
 
 North of this towards the Red Sea is the Km. 
 of ^gaui which abounds with Horfes, Ivory &" 
 It contains the Km. of Magado.va, and the Re 
 
 which is tributary to the Portuguefe. '' 
 
 ' rnlrfT "'u""*^?' *^^^- P*"» °^ Africa, on both 
 Coafts to about the i+th D. of Lat. on each Sider 
 which makes the Sen^circle or Bow, about IjJ 
 i? ./,^° J" ^°°»« f*«s it's very narrow T™ 
 the Midft of it comes down the Empire of V,. 
 mra^a ; which is called 900 Ms iTnl tfCll 
 
 EmSr.'^'^'"'-"'''^'" ''' all tributary'^to -the 
 
 Tbere are fo many Mines of Gold in this Countrxr 
 
 ^ and fo much Gold found in the Rs. that the p^^! 
 
 tuguefe call him the 6o/de„ Emperor. H s B Jv 
 
 Guard,sxzooftout Women, ani .00 D^^ ^^ 
 
 mugi, which fome make 780 Ms 1 anH ,,„ u 
 but others make it near twice as WgHe^eaJe 
 njany petty K^. all fubieft to this MSnareL Thu 
 Country abounds likewise Gold and Silver. 
 
 E. N. 
 
t, 
 
 N. of this, lies a vaft Country, called Z</tlcSr 
 'Guweai It's iico Ms. I and 820 b. It talces in 
 the 15 fiift D6. of S. Lat. comprehemling fevCral 
 conficieEable Kms. As Lea%gO'. Where it's a 
 Cuilom for the Children to cut ofFthe Jittle Pinger 
 of their left Hand, when their Father dies, to be 
 buried with him. 
 
 Southwards of this is the Km. of Ccvgo : It lies 
 to the W. Coaft, on both iiidesof the R. Zaire, It 
 is 9do M. 1. and doo b. Divided into 3 great King- 
 doms. 
 
 The K. of this Country is one of the greateft in 
 all Africa J Ileylin fays he can raife 400,000 Men: 
 His Robes are Cloth of Gold, fct with Pearls : He 
 wears 5 Chains of Gold about his Keck, and a 
 Crofs of Gold upon his Left Arm : Yet when he 
 lias dined, he waits on his Lords at Dinner 5 who 
 afterwards all fall at his Feet, and do him Homage : 
 And then they fpend the Afternoon merrily to- 
 ;gether. The Women here do all the Agriculture. 
 The Katives are the blackeft of all the Kegroes : 
 It is computed that 25,000 of them are i early 
 .exported. The Bulk of this People are grofs ido- 
 laters : in fbme Parts they hang up the Bones of 
 ihe Dead, and worfhip them : But the Royal 
 Family emhrace'd Chrifiianity in 1491. Every 
 Prince (as we are told ) at his Coronation ^ fwears 
 upon the Gofpcl to propagate the Chrifiian Re- 
 ligion. The Dutch have converted fome, and the 
 Portuguefe more : The latter have great Sway here. 
 
 The CpJ. is St. «S'^/i;^//cr j which lies 140 Ms. 
 from the O. It is a great C. and reckon *d to con- 
 taii ido,coo Sculs. The Portuguefe have fb 
 grand a Fa^( ry here, that f according to fome) 
 the C. is fubje<51 to them. They export Ivory, 
 
 
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 Co^e, Tamcrins, &c. which are the chief Com* 
 modities of the Country. 
 But 1 induftrioufly mfs by many great and miehtv. 
 
 fo^s about the Cape of Good Hope, from Ko/l;e,j. 
 The Cape is m the 35th D. of S. Lat. and 42cl' 
 
 • n Ar^^'® tt ^"^'^ ^'^^^ *^e ^^ Settlement 
 in all Africa.. They have built a regular Fortrcfs 
 of Stone, with 5 Baftionsj on^ which are planted 
 60 Cannons I and juft by it a T. of about 200 
 Houfes. They have alfo extended their PJanta- 
 tions 70 or 80 Ms. up into the Country. They 
 purchasd a large Trad of Land on the E. CoaiK 
 (called renra du Natal) for 1 500 1. in Toys ^ and 
 they have New Colonies upon the Shore to klzara^ 
 htque. Their GoTernor lives in great Splendor. 
 He IS ferv din q>late, and has the bed Wines that 
 the^ World aflEords.^ 150 Dutch Ships annually put 
 m here for Refrafhment. ^^ 
 
 nL ^}^ ^i' . '" ^^'"^ Country is very hot : our 
 Chriftmas is the Height of their Harveft. Land 
 IS as common as the Air, nor does any one known 
 his own: It IS very fruitful 5 one Strike fown by 
 the Europeans produces 60 or 70: The Corn is 
 trod out by Horfes or Oxen. The only Way of 
 improving the Ground, is fcafonably fettin^ the 
 Fog (as we call it; on Fire 5 which will run for 
 many MUes : ( there being nothing to flop its 
 l^ourle) and looks with a very dreadful Afpea. ; 
 as if the whole Country was on Fire. On the 
 Tops of Hills are.fine Meadows, that feed abun- 
 dance of . Cattle- j which are very cheap: An Ox 
 ishonght for one Pound of Tobacco , a Sheep for 
 Half a Pound and a Lamb for a Qtiarter. T^ho' 
 tiiu. People have abundance of Sillt- yet their 
 
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 Wealth lies cliicf!^^ In Cattle, which are oft dt- 
 vour'd by Wild Beaiis 5 to prevent this, they 
 malce their Sheep pafs oft thro* a fmoaky Fire 5 
 the Smell of which terrifies their Eneirjes i They 
 alfo keep a great many Dcgs, which are very 
 ferviceable j tho' they are the uglieft Creatures in 
 the World. 
 
 The Weddings are celebrate^ thus. ■ The Men 
 of the T. ( caird Craaf ) fquar in one Circle, the 
 Women in another, the Groom an<l Bride in the 
 Centers 5 then comes the Prieft and pifles a little 
 upon the Man, afterwards on the Woman, &c. 
 till he can p-fs no longer 5 and then with a Blct 
 fing pronounces them Man and Wife, As ibon 
 as an Infant is born, they flatten its Nole, and 
 rub it all over with Cow Dung ; which they wafh 
 off with the Juice of a certain Herb : When 
 this is dry, they befmear it with Sheeps Fat, &c. 
 upon which they fcatter a Powder ; which flicks 
 on like a Cruft : This they call Cafi-hardeifivg, 
 If there be a Boy and Girl at a Birth, and the 
 Parents fay, they can't keep both ; they are al- 
 low'd to bury the Girl alive: Before a Woman 
 fees her Husband after lying in, fhe daubs herfelf 
 as the Child was daubed 5 and the Man does the 
 like 5 the nafticr they are, the finer they think 
 themfelves. They take one Tefticle from every 
 Male, when 8 Years old, to prevent double 
 Births 5 and this they call makii^g a Man of him. 
 The Boys are under their Mothers till 18, then they 
 are difmifled, and oft abufe them. 
 
 When any are by Age entirely ufele^, they are 
 Hiut up in Huts out of T. where they perifli with 
 Hunger, When any one lies a dying, the Keigh- 
 bours fcreeji and howl about the Houfe, as if 
 
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 they were mad 5 the Dead are buried in their 
 Mantles, in the next Hole ; And the T. is re-- 
 moved, for fear Jeaft the Ghoft /hould difturb the 
 Places. Their Ts. are all circular s their Houfes 
 ar^ made of bending Poles, in 2 Rows, faftenU 
 at Top, coverM with Matts and Skins. 
 
 Every T. has its Chief ( like our ConftaMe ) 
 who C to try a Perfon accufed of Murder, Adul- 
 tery, or Theft, ) calls out the Men of the T. as 
 his Judges : They fquat in a Ring, and the Pri- 
 foner in the Center: After the Caufo is. heard, 
 the Majority pronounce hii* i?moce/2f or gziiity 5 
 if the former; then the Accufer give« him fome 
 Cattle, for the Injury done his Reputation ; If 
 the latter ; he is inftantly knocked on the Head i 
 but his Family fuftains no lofs. 
 
 Here is alfo a C/Pief of Chiefs ( like our High 
 Conftablej who with the Chiefs of feveral Tsi 
 tries all Caufes between T. and T. The only 
 Degree of Honour in this Country may be. 
 
 called Knighthood of the Order of the ^P fs 
 
 which is conferred for any notable Exploit. That 
 w^ch with us would be efleemed the greateft 
 Affront, is here looked upon as the hieheft 
 Honour. ° 
 
 A War in this Part of fhe World, feldom laft 
 above a Day 5 for if a General falls, his Army 
 
 The common Food of the Hottentots is wild 
 Roots, and Cows or Ews Milk: The Women 
 drink only the Ew's : They get the Roots with a 
 Child un their Backs 5 which they fuckle over 
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 If a Cow will not give her Milk, they hold up 
 her Tmil, and Wow in her — rfe. 
 
 They churn in a Bag, made of a Beaft's Skin, 
 ( Hair inwards ) by tofling it between two, till 
 the Butter comes 5 which they never eat, but fcU 
 for Greafe, to the Europeans : and anoint them- 
 felvcs, and their Cloaths with it. Their Clothes 
 arc mad« of Sheep Skins ^ they wear one Piece 
 round thcWaifle, another makes a Mantle, and, a 
 ^d a Cap ; which they keep on till it is worn out, 
 
 **The Language of this People is exceeding diffi- 
 culty Burton calls it an inarticulate Koife ; like 
 the gabling of Turkeys : They are very ignorant 
 idle, and obftinate. The beft Account that i an bo 
 got from them, of any thing is 5 that it's Hottentot 
 Ctiftom 5 and away they run with incredible Swift- 
 •neis. But they are not fo ftupid as fome have made 
 them J for ibme have learnt French, Dutch, &c. 
 And they are vaftly free and hofpitable 5 under 
 the Condu6l of one Man, a Pcrfon may travel 
 through the Country, without any Expence. 
 
 As to Religion, they own one Supreme Being, 
 the Creator of all Things j yet they do not wor- 
 iliip him, but the Dead, the Moon, and a little 
 Infed^, (fcarco known anywhere elfe ) by hoot- 
 ing, clapping their Hands, leaping Dancing, and 
 Singing 5 till they are quite out of Breath : Nay fo 
 deat are they to all Reafon, that there is bu^ little 
 hope of their Converfion. 
 
 I'll conclude my Account of Ethiopia, with ob- 
 fervingi that the Monfoons blow from S. E. and 
 N. W. That in fome Parts pf the Torrid Zone, 
 upon the Hills falls fo much Snow, a;; forces the 
 Inhabitants to retire into the Valleys. 
 
 Father Laho tells us, that in the S. of Africa, 
 
 there 
 
there IS a Kind of Dew, ( or Sweat } eonsealed 
 npon the Trunks of Trees; like Sugar Canrfid> 
 and on the Leaves, like Pearls 5 which is what 
 we call Mamta. He fays, that Coral is the Stem 
 pt a Plant that grows in the Bottom of the Sea • 
 
 It IS at firft foft ; but by being expos'd to the Ai»,. 
 hardens gradually. ° • » ■ 
 
 _ ^Jricaii. ISLAU'DS. 
 
 ,».,i fl'-^^i" •.I'* Indian O. and indeed one o 
 the largefl m the-World, is MadagaCcan which h. 
 about ,00 Ms. from Mo^ambiqueSn the Cont inenr 
 r^'t^: ' ?, ^\ ^'- "'^ S- tat. from 66 to ,«• of 
 fei "/*^ ^ 'i o ""•^ 5°° ^- Several Eurepean , 
 Nations, have had Settlements h^re 5 but I know 
 rf none now fubfirting : The S. Pans a^ befl known • 
 The A r,j pretty temperate^, and the Soil is good 
 It :s d>v.ded into 28 Provinces, wMch are faffto ■ 
 
 Oxen w^if;,,, H "^•*=?* P'="'y of Cattle ; fome 
 
 m? t\.- n . '" ' ^"*' ^*» '*>" have BuncheV 
 B^a?rbo^#^aTrifl;'- ^T ^ 7/'^'- A 
 
 li^Zt ^'^ '' aUSeafons, and'f.veral's:rts 
 . and 8 or in Feef 1 T'k^r r " '^^'^ ^ ./^^^ 
 
 Black* %f '^1^"'*"*'* Pirt WKite, and Fart. 
 Black, they Jiye in wooden Huts, ^hich the" 
 
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 remove at Pleafure : They iarc a fuperftitioMs, deV^ 
 ceitful, cruel, and revengeful People:. They ari^ 
 faid to have no Matrimonial Ceremony; but to 
 take for Husband and Wife their neareli Reiatir 
 ons: Some of them have confvifed Notions of the 
 Creation, Deluge, Jefus Chritt, &c. They look 
 upon Crocodiles to be Devils, yet fwear by, anj 
 facrifice to them: in fome Parts, there are no 
 Temples, nor any Appearance of Devotion i^ in 
 other Parts, they are Mehometaosj thiey ClrcuI^r 
 cife, obferve Friday, &c. 
 
 Kear to this I. is that of ^oatjna^ or u^njuaii i 
 it is a very fruitful Spotj in which all Things 
 are common, except the Cocoa Walks. Thi§ £ 
 is govern'd by its own K. The Queen is neve^ 
 :(een, when ihe fpeaks to any Subject, (he is. cq- 
 vcr'd with a Piece of thin^ilk. Merchants going 
 to Surat^ Bic. call here, for Refrefliment » o^f 
 JE. India Company has a Settlement in the I. 
 
 I now pafs by many fmali Is. about Madagaf- 
 car, and near to the Straits of Babelmandel, ( i. e. 
 the Entrance into the Red Sea ) to tfke ^.litt;j,9 
 iKotice of fome, that lie in the Attotick O. fi, <t 
 
 St, Hekn's, lies in the idth p» of S. Lat. and 
 15th of Lon. It iff one of the moft diiknt Is. in 
 the World from any Continent. It is i2co Ms. 
 from Africa, and about 4,500 from^ England 5 It 
 is about 5c Ms. r. but a very healthful Spot. 
 Here is fuch Plenty of good W^ater, that it if 
 caird the Virgin $-17272, I'his I, belongs to the 
 Englifli, the E. India Company keeps- a Cover* 
 ror in it. 
 
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 The Cafe Verde Is. (io called be<:aufe they ap- 
 peared Grec;. at a Dillance, when firft difcover'd ) 
 he from 553 to 35^ Ds. of Lon. Prom 14. to 17 
 
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 of N. Lat. About 15^ La from the Continent*. 
 There are aboutao of dhSotc ^ the chid'is St. 5C;^if. 
 The Air is very, hot and unwhdefome; H^ife is 
 fuch Plenty of 5aJt, (form'd out of the Sea Wa- 
 ter) that 2000 Ships might annually load here: 
 The Englifh cfrry ofiT vait Quantities: It is 
 bought for a little Powder, Shot, old Clqa^ths,, 
 
 The Tortoifes here,-, are feveral Hun<Jred 
 Weight : The^ are hunted in the Night with 
 Lanthorns, when found, they are turned on t^i^jr 
 ^ Baclrs, which kills them ; they lay very-, largp 
 Eggs, r Sometimes 150) and hide them, in th^ 
 Sand. ■ ' 
 
 _Thefe Is. arq fubje<a to the Portugucft;., Si 
 Thomas is about 1 80 Ms. r. It lies under the I*inp. 
 about 200 Ms. from the Continent. The Air is 
 io intolerable kK)t here, that the Portugu*jfe ( tp 
 whom it 'is fubjeit } keep within fur feveral 
 Hours, and dine under Ground. The I. produces, 
 fo much Sugar, that 5,200,000 Pounds are faid 
 to be 1 early exported, of which thfeK. has the 
 
 Tenth. , . ,. . .. 
 
 . The Canary Is. (^reckon'd la ) lie abou^- i^ 
 •'Ms. from Morocco in the (Jfirtt Ds. of Xt>i>.|and? 
 from 2^ to 50 of N* Lat. Here are 2 Harvefts.in. 
 a Yearj one in February and the other in May ».vt 
 *' The Grand Canary is 90 Ms. r. 
 
 T4)Po' one ofthefe Is. (viz. Temrij^J /thp Brfi 
 Meridian runs 5 from an Hill ("called the 'jP/^^'); 
 the Lon. is reckoned Eaftward r. the Globe. . This ; 
 is thought to be the highcft Mtn. in the Worjd:: 
 It may be feen 120 Ms..off.at Sea:. It's reckoned 
 2 Ms. and half high perpendicular: It's :; Days^ 
 Journey up to the Top. Jferkn iky s^ thcTQ iss 
 
 E 6^ Woodi 
 
ft r I Hi 
 
 Wood at die Bottom, Snow in the Middle, and 
 Sulphcr at the Top j (which is aboye the Qouds) 
 for there t« a dreadful Fulcano^ which oft throws 
 ©ut Flames, &c. 
 
 Thefe Is. belong to the K. of Spain. 
 i' The Jzcres ( in Number f ) lie in the ^ptb 
 and 40th Ds. of Lat. and between 344 and 5j4th 
 of Lon. over againft Portugal, at the Difiance of 
 800 M»» They abound in Com, Fruits, ^c. but 
 the Sea about them is vtry unconftant and turbu- 
 lent, for 7 or 8 Months in the Yearj we are told 
 that there is not one good Harbour 5 but only o-** 
 pen Bays. St. Michaels is the largeft Percent 
 the ftrongeftj the Cpl. is An^a according to 
 fome 5 but others fay Fanzai^ which contains 6 
 or 7,000 Houfes ; and 25,000 Souls, Thofc U. 
 «re fubjeft to the K. of Portugal. 
 ^ 'i M^dara or Madaras lies about Midway be- 
 tween Morocco and the Azores, in the ^^d D. of 
 Lat. and 3d of Lon. It's about 6q Ms. r. Its 
 chief Produft is excellent Wine, of which 20^00 
 Pipes are annually exported. This I. is liitewife 
 fcbjt ft to the K. of Portugal. ; 
 i l»ii conclude my Account of Africa with an odd 
 iand comical Ceremony ufed by Sailors when undt? 
 the Line^ which they call a Chrijlning, 
 ^ The old Seamen some in Difguife, to a Irejh 
 \;if^»,:takehimup, and place him upon a Stick, 
 t^iat lies cFols a great Tub full of Watery then 
 they hold a Bafon before him, and a Sword over 
 ■ his Neck 5 if he throws them fomething intp the 
 Bafon, they only make a black Crofl in his Foi-e- 
 hcad, fprankie him) make him fwcar to do the 
 like to eyej-y Srefh Man, and Ha difmifs him : 
 JBti&if hs.willgive them nothing, they pull the 
 
 Stick 
 
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 Stick from under him, pour Water on K;.^ ' ^ 
 be« hun, till they got L^ctH^SZ ^ hV"' ""^ 
 
 gUROP E is reckonM the [eaft hut m«a 
 •^populous, and beft cultivafec^ «f r"*?^ 
 
 4^ComineBts: h Jies t^ZlTto 7. n! 'Vif 
 JUt. from 70 to 84 Ds of jJJ i. -^ P*' ^^ ^• 
 
 Ms. from N to % oIa ^"•. ^' *^ ^^>«"t ^'oo 
 is ,™ i>. to 5. and near tw ce &« n..,^u r 
 
 . th/Atl,„tU^„„^t W '"'"^^^^^ °" ">« S. and 
 
 Aunt GeSrnt\1d'/"' '^''''Z^' ■' " ••« 
 SPj'^J'alMnrai:,"^!^^^:" '"'= **"''^'- 
 ^W^„..,. comprehends Norway. Swcd«,«d 
 
 cold, and Soil bdT' Tb!t l^^'^'"^^f 
 Kight in theN. ^rliMonZLl^^^u^/V'^ 
 are indeed thinly inhJh^? jL T'^^'e Parts 
 
 of the PeopIeiwL are v«v'h»J^ '''' *}^ "»""•=* 
 thev have n« w r Z ^ ""^y "■"^ gnorant • 
 tncynave no Houfes: but live in T»„.f ' 
 
 wi:i;"s:?o;.^----^''"«Mtn..ajway.co;:?^ 
 
 Fu?PiSSrL^«-- for Cor.. &c: Piffi. 
 
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h^om^ay U fuhjea to the K. of Denmark wHo 
 keeps a Viceroy ^t Bergen, which i:^ ^^e CpK 
 
 Sijoeden has Korway on the^ W. and N. the 
 Sound and Baltick on the S. and Mofcovy on the 
 B* It lies from ^6 to 69 Hs. of Lat. 32 and 53[ 
 qf Lon. It is called 800 M«. 1* and 780 b. ^l^ 
 in the laft Reian, feveri^l fine Provinces ( all ^^^ 
 pf the Baltick ) were (jyite lol^ and difmember ^. 
 The late Czar of M >fcov.y conquering one Paft^' 
 tnd the Utc K. G^rge buying another. 
 
 THe Air is mighty cold, in the N. The Soil is 
 
 tpl'-rably Senile. ^ X '^ 
 
 The /^^/^ifiys, that Winter here lafts 9 Months, 
 
 that there is neither Spring, nor Autumn 5 that 
 
 Supi^ie^ coj?ies ail on a fudden, the Heat of which 
 
 IS fo great, that it fometimes fets Woods on Fire. 
 
 That when. thQ Ice of any Lake, &c breaks, the 
 
 Cjeft runs quite a crofs with a prodigious No^e. 
 
 That on barren Ground they fire Trees, «ic. 
 
 fpc( ad the Afhes, and fow their Seed therein, 
 
 without any more Pains. That th ere are but 6 
 
 Weeks between Seed Time and Harveft. 
 
 M. ManfermiittWs us, that in Finland and Lap- 
 land, he was wretch?d\y tormented with great 
 Flies, with green Heads 5 which drew Blood 
 wherever they fixed; as fogn, as ^ Difh ol Meat 
 came to Table it was covered over with them, 
 and a great Part of it. devoured. He fays, that in 
 fome of the vVoods, there are near as many Trees 
 fairn, asftandingi the Soil not being able a_ny 
 longer to nouridi, th^m, nor deep enbuah tor 
 them to take firm Root 3 a foall JM orWind 
 biows iheni down. . f ,,\\ ., 
 
 The Cold in Laplan4, is fo e?<treme th^^ 
 when any one drinks a Cram of Brandy, (the on- 
 
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 ^ipstreezetotheGlafs, and cpme aWivT>loo«v 
 opend, tbe external Air Saftantly converts fte 
 
 I oy^^^rjlu s"o.tt l"J t£ o"? ^^""^ 
 
 BZ^Tra; t£:t i,lJn&^^H^' '^•^ ^' 
 
 vflrip« ,, n:.,:/ "":^ \"^^P/" th6 Thermometer 
 vanes »2 Div.fions m lefs than a Day ; nav t'har 
 there ,5 m ,z Hours, all the Variety tSfch 
 Yh ^' *=^F^«'? Z,ne. thro- the'loL £ 
 Th^t iq .^^^ when the Sun never fets ft fnr ,* 
 Confider^hJe Time niat^, r,«^»J • i-' * 
 
 either the fee oMe & "° .^^'P.'fe *'P0", 
 
 In the N. they grind 'Birch Bark ' with a littla 
 _Corn, .0 »^e Bread of! I„ Wipter, h^y t avet 
 
 W^:|^^Sc^y^^tk,l='pecia., 
 
 Sanffladv &' ^ 6'^'^'* Appearapce, having 
 
 S a*^^);' ^"^'?'^^ '/ '"'8^' ''"' -errdangei.ut 
 Vazuteer calk ,t a fafe Port. The Annual Re- 
 
 venue 
 
mm 
 
 ▼emie of tliti ICm. is call'd 1,000,000 1. 
 
 Lutberanijm is tftabliOietl 1 but Ruffians and 
 Fftpifls enjoy their I berty 
 
 ipmmerk has the Gt^rman O. on the N. and 
 W. the Balrkk \m tht E. and Holftein on the S. 
 
 It lies from 44 to 48 Ds. of Lat. at ^^ 31 of 
 Lun. It*s 180 Ms. 1. and 150 b, 
 
 The Air is profi and foggy : Here alfb are onlv 
 Summer and Winter: the Extremity of Cold, 
 ( much exceeding thit in England) fucc^eds th£t 
 of Heat. 
 
 This Km is divided into 9 Parts, viz. the Pe- 
 ninfula of Jutland^ and the Is. of Funen^ and 
 Zeelavdi uhich lie in the Mouth of the Salticki 
 and make 5 Parages between Sweden and Jut- 
 land, viz. the Soundy (N. E. of both the Is.) the 
 great Selt^ ('between 'em ) and the little Self^ 
 ( S. W. of both. ) . . 
 
 y inland is iSo Ms. 1. and 96 b. The S. Part 
 is called Slefivick 5 it belongs partly to the K. of 
 'Denmark, and partly to the Duke of Holfiein : 
 There are in the N. 950 Pars, and in the S. 280. 
 TheCnJs. are Aihourg and JVihurg. 
 
 Zedand is almoft round. It's 58 Ms. 1. 52 b. and 
 180 round. The Cpl. is Copenhagen^ a flrong- C. 
 and dhe of the beft Ports in the World : It's* reck* 
 oned to be about as big as Sriftcl: it has 540 Pars, 
 and 7 or 8,000 Houfts. It flands upon the Sound $ 
 which is about 2 Ms. over^C^uch narrcw<er than 
 either, of the Paflages. ) ; ' • " ' * f ' 
 
 l'hro*!this .Strait* (as we are told) 500 Ehglifh^ 
 and i,oco t)t^ch Ships pafsyearly 5 and every one 
 pays a'i)uty more or lefs : A S>hip of 2d6 TUn^ 
 h^rpaid from 2 1.14 s. to n5l SOme Years 
 thi^ Dutv has^riien to 240/^00!. and others but 
 
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 nuc II caliy but 6p,x,ol per Aimum. 
 Globe, which M * Feet Diameter. 
 
 TnY u n/?'""^? ' "««= "« 34» Pars. The 
 Cpi.isO^M/w. The Coins in this Country are 
 
 -rkt i i? i!?'* ^"'^ Noble ,1. ,tf ,. od. 
 M« W ^ °f ^"""'k is pretty ftrong at Seas 
 He has often j* Ships at Copenhagen iand^ can 
 fit out r 5 .n a fejj 6ays : rfc fcee*ps 3,000 Sea- 
 
 Umr^Zl'^i^''^' «« Copenhage". ''His kL 
 W JiereOttary; he's an abfolute Monuvh ; and the 
 PMfint. are wretched Sla ves. »"=»>•'» tne 
 
 fTt^rf fifnSnl^^''''';! *'\ '« Superintendents, 
 noTrfm^irP.-^ ''l?u*7 I?"** "^^'''er Court, 
 nor remporalities : The fceft Benefice is about 
 450 1. per Annum. 
 
 Jfo>,;yor ii«^<, has the frozen O. on the K. 
 great Tartary on the E. Turkey on the S and 
 Sweden and Poland on the W. 
 
 .It lies from 4« ,„ 70 Ds. of Lat. from 55 to tf« 
 
 wir .hf 'V*^"', ^r **• '• '*"'« '<f°° b much 
 feVn/ T^'y;^ ^y *''«' Conquefl, the late 
 
 Swedes Turk, and Perfians : Befides what lies in 
 ri^. V 'rtT''^ ">* *"" '^nSfl* °f Europe ( on 
 
 P Jr ^ m r,"^r" *••'* ""* ^"Pi's into 4 great 
 
 cold, 
 
cold, and the, latter very barren : Here are Froft 
 and Snow for 9 Months together. The Laflatiders 
 wear a fort of Sai)dal 01; Clog} made of E^fk, 
 near 5 Foot 1. as ipng behind the Heel, as be-, 
 fore the Toe: In thefe, they walk upon th« 
 Snow. 
 
 Between the N. Party of Mofcovy and Nova 
 Zembla, is the Strait of fVeygate j where t;he Sea 
 is foincjtimes froz.en up for 2 or 3 Years together. 
 Th(f5 Cpl. of theK. is Arch Angel (in t^ fFJoite 
 Sea) formerly a confiderable Port j but it*s noj^ 
 very inconiiderable. 
 
 Mofconv was the Cpl. of the Empire 5 it has been 
 twice as big as it now is. In the fat^l Year 
 idii', "41,000 Houfes were burnt down ^ and 
 *oo,oQp Mpf<?Qvite8 were flain by the Poles. 
 Tho' its now call'd 16 Ms. r. and fai4 to <;ontain 
 700,000 Souls. There are in it 2,000 Cl^urchei 
 and Giapels ; ia one of which, hangs a Bell, 
 thought to be the largcft in the Univerfei It 
 weighs I J Tun; is 19 Feet high; 18 Diameter, 
 and a thick: Whenever it is toll'd, there are 2^ 
 ^en below, and feveral above. But this C. is 
 now not near fo populous as formerly ; It has 
 been greatly declining fince the Jate Czar forfook 
 itjfor theSaHeof y^reri^f»rg; which he rais*d 
 from a little Fifhing T. to a Royal C. and famous 
 Port 5 and it is every Year encreafing. Here the 
 Court now conftantly reiides. X^is new C fiands 
 at the Bottom of the Gulph of Finlotiid^ in the (Jcth 
 D. ofLat. and 40th pf Lon. 
 
 The Commodities of this Country are Wa?^ 
 
 Honey, Tallow, Semp, &c, 
 
 ; ']phe Mofcoviie .Tartars are a very ignorant, 
 
 rudp," and nafty Peojje y ^ey'll ji^e upon thenr 
 
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 Tloih dlt day, Md cat it at Night, witkcnit anf 
 other Cooking. They have no Sxt J^httatidnt, 
 but rove about at large, with their Families and 
 Cattle. They live in Tents, made o§ Reeda, 
 &c. their Children at 8 Yeai^ old, he in the open 
 Ain Indeed all the Mofcovites are naturally nidc^ 
 lazy, and ftupid 5 but they arc lately much im- 
 proved various Ways ^ ptftkularly ki military 
 Difcrplinc by Scotch and German Officcns. Ind 
 the Court ot (Petershurg is now gay, gsarid, and 
 polite. ' > ifiJi / 
 
 The moft confidcrable R«. in this Country, are 
 the 2)(m (or Thiats)sLnd fTo/ga i the latter rutis 
 near ^,000 Ms* and thenwer^pties it&lf into m9 
 Cafpian Sea by 5 or tf Mouths. 1 
 
 The MoCcovites count their Money by l^^ubles : 
 A Ruble is i?s. 4d. ^j ;, ,,,^ 
 
 . The Government here is (Defpotick Monarchy ': 
 The £(kte8 and Lives. of the Subjefls arc at the 
 Difpofal of the Prince 5 whofe Will is looked up- 
 on as the Will of Heaven. His Title is the Czar^ 
 or great Duke 5 tho* the late Czar Peter the 
 Great, aiTumM the Stile and Title of Emperor. 
 A Prinoefs i^s called Czarina, 
 
 The Czar's Family (reckon'd E,ooa) is fupply'd 
 by the Produce of Croitvi Lands^ i. e. certaio Cs. 
 Ts. &c.) and the Surplus has amounted to 25,^00 
 Rubles per Ann. His Life Guards arc 5,000 
 Horfe and id,ooo Foof. and he has ioo,oop 
 Men in his Garriibns. I ^f of j,^- ;p{.\- 
 ^ He never marries a Foreigner 5 nor will he fuf- 
 ♦er his Subjeas to travel: His Sifters and Daugh- 
 ters ^re his Slaves J they are fhut up in Monaiie- 
 ries : None of his Relations dine with him : His 
 Dutches is never feea by the Qourliers ; if ihe is 
 
 ikJc 
 
[ 92 } 
 
 fick, he&fe the Doflor eaters the Roott, ft!;? 
 darkened^ and be ^ek her Pulfe, thto' a V**!! 
 of Silk All Womea arc treated very JU heie $ 
 no Mail ^11 hem to a Lady : At Service Time 
 tbevftaud in thb Porch, &c. a» unclean: They 
 hatkc naked with die Men. , At leaft thefe iv^re 
 GuRmm aoiongft the MofcovJtes, tho' it's highly 
 probaUe, that many of them are now laid ailkte. 
 I' ^Thc Gaar defrays the Expenccs of all AmbaHaf 
 dofs iK^hile ip^ his Dominions. .1^1 *f 
 
 As to Religion, the Mofcorites call themfelvei9 
 tbc pttre Greek Church 5 but many are little bet^ 
 tcr than Pagans ; tho' feveral Attempts have been 
 mtde to r^r:ai them, Ibme of which have proved 
 fuccefsful. 
 
 The Patriarch of Mofcow was their Pope f 
 %uf the late Caar aboiifh'd bis Auihority : The 
 Bifhojpabave the Tithes, and the Parfoiw t$i\y 
 what we call Sutflke Feet, Here are Swarms of 
 la%y Monks. This People are nearer to the Pro- 
 teftantsthaa tothePapifts! When the late Czar 
 was at ^/^m, in 171 7^ a Propofal was in vai» 
 made him, for uniting the Romifti and the Ruflt-s 
 an Churches. They are indeed Papsfts in fome 
 Things, but deny many of their Abfurdities : 
 They have many Croffes and Inage<, efpecially 
 of Saints ; evef7 Family has the Image of its 
 tutelar Saint ii\ fbme part of the Houfe, before 
 which they ftand, and lay fome Prayers. If any 
 is excommunicated, lb is his Image. 
 
 They baptize by plunging 5 Times in Water 
 and dedicating the Child to feme Saintf (St, Nf* 
 colas is the chief. They give the Sacrament in 
 botn Kinds, but mix the Elements, aiid eat thenar 
 
 •tf <» 
 
 Tis: rst.js^wTj 
 
 but 
 
♦he B?i^f ™ PJ««Wng J Inflead of that theV i^il 
 we Bible, and St. Obry/bflm'a H™«iii ''^^ 
 J»ave d mighty Venerari^S^A • "^l'**- They 
 ' « Dog eritfr, intone ,?evTK?- S''?'''«i "^ 
 AuthwCa German Aml,,^ J "^'';* ''«*'''»• 6ur 
 lord took a)S»est?fu°'^^''y» *>" I"""?!- 
 Aouid be .iSv^ forL? •" «;»°»^. left they 
 
 After the cS. ^"[uttd I Polft 7'\>- 
 he. wa/hes b^ Hand. N J aTiS J"'''*T«'. 
 
 .thrice «Kl then SU«^lra^•„r^«'' ""^ "«- 
 
 but as the laieUar rwho^'i/^ T ^*8^J 
 
 fotinid lies from sir tn <« n. r » 
 5< of Lota, about 7oom! f^^/^^"- 4* to 
 
 Germany on the W. the eilri^V £" ''' " *« 
 
 a« cXtli^lj^ ''"^•-'' -« ?^ which. 
 varTJ^.'''''''*'^»«'ycold. n^soijj. 
 
 DeIl?&?T°^"*=' -^ H«»P. Flax. !«.„, 
 
 dagc. 
 
t 94 ] 
 
 ^^e. In fome Parts they can have no Lan^s, ^1 
 
 16 their Lords. > i j * • 
 
 The Kobility are very powerful, and tyranni- 
 cal • the Lives of their I'enants are in their Hantfs, 
 and' they ufe their Wives and Daughters, at Plea- 
 fure. Some have 30 Ls. together, and the Sove- 
 reignty of many Cs. Ltihomirskt had 4000 Cs Is 
 &c and a Guard of 4 or 5000 of his Vaffak The 
 Prcdu6t of their Lands .is exeoipt from all Duties, 
 
 when exported. , .1 j. * i»j\ 
 
 Cracoijo (wiiere the Ks. are crown d and intcrr ci; 
 
 is the largeft and beft C. in the Km. let Wffa^^ 
 
 istheCpl. which is a great, fine, and populous U 
 
 furrounded with 2 Walls and * Ditch. In a neigh- 
 
 bouring Field the Ks. of Poland are chofen (for 
 
 the Km. is eleaive; where the Lords, &c., Uave 
 
 . their Tents, and are enpamped, . , 
 
 ;ThcK. muftbe a Papift, and he muft not be 
 
 a Native. ■ i-. v^s ^^s.- .«^ 
 
 The Government here may be called an j^mo- 
 ^ cracy. The Crown General has fo much of the 
 "Miiitary Power 5 the Trimate (who is the Pope s 
 Legate) of the Ecdefiaftical 5 and the Diet of the 
 Civil ; that they leave the K. but very little Pow- 
 er- Without the Diet he can neither make Peace 
 nor War, nor do any thing of thing oflo^gor^ni^e, 
 that is ofaPublick Nature, Ar 
 
 The Mas calls his Revenue but 1 50,000!. 
 The Diet confitts of the K, Senate, and Depu- 
 ties, (called Nuncios-,) There are 17 Ecclefi- 
 afticks and 128 Lay Lords, (which make the 
 Upper Houfe) and 248 Deputies -, (which make 
 the Lower Hoiife : ) I'hefc muft all to a Man a 
 
 rk^^ j^,-»ot\vf- kreaks uD the ficneraU and 
 
 petty Dietfi jvbich oft occaiioi^ wretched lu- 
 
mults and Confufion. The Diee fit* »a» i. 
 fix Weeks upon any Occalon" for i" C T-fc" 
 they have fpent all they brought w th them T' 
 
 taws of rhe La„l a^lTf^ ^"P"**' "«'' ''V *« 
 
 itfQ? Bui .^■/r*' P^5 f« the Crown , in 
 ♦iff ^ I ^^°^ '"^ «'»« oWig'd to refijm all h„» 
 
 was let up by Charles the nth fthe lat<. Tf Ir 
 Sweden) but upon that K's. MisfortuJs he ioft 
 the Km. and his Palatinate too, fled Jt^ hf, i, 
 mily jnto France, where the P^r-rk m ^t 
 marry'd his DaueBter T T™h i. • S **°»arch 
 
 as he was de^a tK^ i?^ r t. ^^^*»« ' As foon 
 with l™g K ,*f ^M^^f P^^7. fent Sta^flaus 
 
 try . . bu? (AVlf irbe^r %S' b^^h"; 
 Czarina) he was foon forced to flee » ffll^/'j 
 where he was clofely befiesed hv »!,- 77r . » 
 
 and Poles; and fro,^ S?hc^to%r 
 ru^^Ti^'' ^'^'^^i^Pommon of the T& 
 The Frerich K. with a Pretence nf r ^ " 
 
 him. attacked theEbpir^ an'wUh the terdf 
 &c. drove the Gertnans both out of S&1? J 
 
 Italy But this War was foon ov« and S niff "** 
 at laft got the Dutchy of Lorain, 'the Dufce."' 
 vino ,n Lieu of it, Tufcany ; an5 Don C^rL • 
 rSfliS for that Kaples a^n^ Sicily^ CaS-^.^'e 
 
 n.?L??'*"^'.''«'-lj"*=?A-rch1,i/hopricks. „. R.-. 
 
 i? the LatL tS;. ^' ''"'^f Study of the Poles 
 
 In 
 
Cj6] 
 
 Iti the N. of Poland lies the great Dukedom 
 of Lithuania j it was about 400 Years ago annext 
 to the Crown of Poland. It's 660 Ms. 1. and 
 550 b. It's divided into ten Palatinates. Grodno 
 U the Cpl. where the Diet us'd to meet every 
 third Year: Some of the Inhabitants are yet Pa- 
 gans, and worship Serpents, &c. 
 
 In the N. of this is the Sovereign Dutchy cif 
 Courland^ 200 Ms. 1. and 60 b. The Cpl. is 
 
 Mittaw, ^ . . ^^* I' , . 
 
 The Courlanders arc fubjeft to their own 
 Duke, who ( tho* he receives the Inveftiture of 
 it from the K. of Poland, and is called a Vailal of 
 the Crown ) calls his Diet, and enjoys all the 
 Enfigns of Sovereignty. 
 
 The Courlanders are generally Lutherans. 
 ; Cerniany lies from 45 to 55 Ds. of Lat. fronv 
 15 to 58 of Lon. It is 900 MS..1. and tfoo b. It 
 has Denmark and the Baltick on the N. Poland, 
 &c. on the E. the Territory of Venice, &c. on 
 the S. France, &c. on the W. Gordon fays that 
 this great Body contains above 300 different So- 
 vereignties. Tho' all or moft of them own the Em- 
 peror, as fupreme Head of the Empire. 
 - Germany is divided into 10 Circles ^ each of 
 which (except that of Selgium or Burgundy) has 
 a Vote at the Diet 5 which confifts of the Emjje- 
 ror, Eleftors, the Ecdefiaftical and Secular Prin- 
 ces, and the Free Cs. 
 
 ^e/^/««? comprehends the 17 United Provin- 
 ces. Divided into Holland^ and Fiafi4€rs% or the 
 
 if eat her lands, ^ ,^-4*^ -j 
 
 UcUand contains 7 Provinces 5 via. Holland, 
 rtmoperlv fo called j Zealand, Utrecht, atidGu- 
 ciderland, towards tl?e S, Over-lflel, FrieUand, 
 
 and 
 
 and ( 
 twol^ 
 m^% 
 
 Eraba 
 Ho 
 for th 
 other i 
 theAi 
 tent, I 
 pared 
 Hoh 
 The,C 
 vjrounc 
 trading 
 
 :h I 
 
 Houfes 
 and it' 
 with fir 
 round. 
 
 TenJ 
 and pop 
 Months. 
 
 tl?e ne^t< 
 
 o Gates, 
 
 ?f?> ^t s 
 nave bee 
 S. W. fr 
 
 only a ' 
 
 %1(|. % 
 mijpu^i 
 
 Here the 
 np'Vo^." 
 Ms. "lis 5 
 
 It is alio f 
 
 -'.i 
 
wot wfth th« T ^'«>^'n5«» the three Midaie- 
 
 pared to 4 Bee-Hive ^ ' '"" " " ^""V 
 
 ^fading b.K th; WoJld "' °' '''= "'"^'^ «"«« 
 
 2?/P"5f , It« fiirrounded with a r„.r,Ij tt,,."l' 
 
[98] 
 
 fereral CurrenW* of Water, runT^ln|*t^?8*Mt, a« 
 many O. bere have. And 8 Ms, from hence 
 >5. E. is Rcrterdar^y next to Atnftprdam for 
 Trade. Here Erafhr us was born. 9 Ms. S. E. is 
 fDcrt I another larse, flrong, and popuV us C. 
 The famous Sync4 that coiidethn'd the Arxninians 
 fat here. ':. 
 
 To this province bcWnos the lexeL an I. about 
 ^Ms. J. and 5 b. i 
 
 T he Province of Hqllaad is almoft as confide^ 
 rablc as allthe other fix: It raifes ftear one half 
 of all puhlkk Sums. ^ It fends 19 Deputies', i for 
 the >obles- and 18 for fo many Cs. Altho* each 
 may fend as many as they will, yet they have only 
 one Voice: The Expences of alt the Deputies 
 aced-cfray^dby thePublick." :'^^ 
 
 Ttle Province of Zealand is but 50 Ms. 1. atift 
 17 b. Tbc'Cpf. is MMiebtirg, a great, rich, and 
 trading C. 5 Ms. S is Huphig, which is welt 
 built and foftiffd. This Province is divided itito 
 a Counties, ard each has its States: Here ai«e ii 
 Cs. that fend Deputies. ,^ ' l * 
 
 The Pfovinces of UirccJit \s 50 MV. 1. ana 15 h. 
 It lies ^. on the Z^yderStzi tht Croundhercjs 
 higher, and the kit better, than ill any other 
 Part of Holland : Tl^e'Cyl. is Uttecht \ a great and 
 fair C. and flourifliing tfniverfity : If fends 6 De- 
 puties. 
 
 The Province of Giielderland with the County 
 of Ziitjhcn is 50 Ms.l. ah<4' 40 b. The Air and 
 i>oil are ^ood here ; valt Hetds of Cattle afe fed 
 in .this ProviJ^ce. It contains J' Counties, i5 Cs; 
 isb ViflaccS.'and <J Pdrts. The Cpl. is It^emu- 
 
 .r.^.. ^ w..,/:vJ...:.,kJo P- «,' ^1e >e ^V \k T/Utlyl^m 
 
 * * ahrge, 
 
 » . « . -J f , 
 
 a lar 
 
 HoII 
 
 ■ Ti 
 
 b. J 
 
 Tf 
 K 1 
 C. an 
 
 Th 
 
 Th 
 b. It 
 
 nif/gei 
 yer/ity 
 
 « 5$ 
 Here j 
 
 Flande 
 
 Prontic 
 
 contain 
 and ini] 
 Near tc 
 50 Yar 
 Banks o 
 our the 
 Thoufan 
 Support 
 in any \ 
 Men. 
 
 The ^ 
 
 War, wi 
 
 nor can t 
 
 the ConU 
 
 each C. h; 
 
 TheD. 
 
 and do « 
 
 f hey can ; 
 
«i^jr?!aaaa-s 
 
 narge. populous. ,„d one of the flronseft a'i„ 
 
 b. ''fcat^;:^^''-^ " '°.^''- '• -^ 40 
 
 The Proy-^^cVTFneatj'V^'' ^pl. 
 h- The Cpl. ,•; fraJekfr't" *? ^f' b ""<« ^ J 
 O. and Univerfity. ' * '' ' * ^"»". »>« ftrong 
 
 Thi, Province fenHs ten neputies. 
 
 « 5 J Ms. I. and Jb TK^ * r ,"V"^"'' = '' 
 Here are feveral orher ronJ upP^ "* •^'•^'»'''- 
 P/<»Wft'/ lies S. of zlaknH JS"" ^*- 2)»/c/^ 
 Frontier, |r i, 5. Ms. f '/^^ " V^'V 8°'«» 
 
 contains ; CounH^?r>„ ??« ^ ?'"'•' Z//»tonr 
 
 Near to it is a Stone Quarfy Hn «™ "^J*- 
 50 YawJs of Rocic ^ V' t ■*" ™'0 unJer 
 Banks of a dJ^ tS ^Cm^ ^^\^''''^ "^e 
 our the Stone) is almTft'„S:!«if«i'.% «"''"« 
 Thoufands of fquare PillaJ. rT ' ^^'"^^ are 
 
 .%po« the wlJlTaWe' IHsfT/^''' *° 
 
 -ny Danger. f„dhi/e„o;^\:i;:£!S 
 
 VV?\iS SrSnC^'f"^'^ ^- - 
 nor can the Provincial .Sm?! j ""^ ^^Wnce, 
 
 the Confent of every cX"'™' *'"""" 
 each C. ha. a P„.erliSintVdf. """""' ^«'■-• 
 and 1 ""m!!-..^.^^!? ;«»'«>"» of their Lilv„;». .. 
 
t 
 
 [ 100 ] 
 
 niari^s the Army nnd Fleet, difpoYes -of all inlji- 
 tary Polls j and is fupported with large Pciifimis j 
 Revenue of Lands, &c. 
 
 Officers Pay here is but fmall 5 a Vice Admiraf 
 Las 500 1. and the Pcnficner (as we are told J but 
 
 2C0 1. per Annum. 1 h'>vVi;i i 'A > 
 
 A Spirit of wonderful Diligence and Tnduflry 
 icfpircs the 3o<?y cf this People : Tj^eir Genius 
 Jies principally \o>^avigation^" and ..Merchandize:, 
 They are faid ^o have tiioVp Shipping, then'all 
 
 Europe. u , 
 
 The Capi'tarStbck" of their E'. India Company 
 (xaifcdby <? Ts..atfir(t) was (^,459,840 Kom;; 
 ( i, e, i,07<^,<^40 1. y aiidas now^,5,poo^pQjl. ,]S\ B. 
 A Florin is 5,s. jB^A^ » , .^ .. ^ r j^ 
 
 This Company fhaS) 1(^0 ^hips at §ea, and 1 5vQc,o 
 MeniutheJndies: JijHjaftraifc 3p,OQoMcn,' apd^t 
 out 50 Men of War. , 
 
 It i.» reckoned, that 12 qr 13,000 are csnplpy'd 
 in manufa^uring the Sillc, ?hey im.port from Per- 
 
 Taxes here a^e mpy, and very heavy ^ f«m|, 
 Diftics of iWeat pay 25.or 30. ..A Bed coils iod» 
 c r I s. i^r i^ight^ Houfes ^re w^ty. dear 3 and 
 I and fells^at 40 Ye^rs Purch^^ .t *':;.; ' ^ ; • 
 
 JJir Wiliiam "fcwpe calls the publick Revenue 
 
 but i^p.copl. ' -^.. _ 
 
 The Tutch Army in ,a Time of Peace, is 
 
 a(5;o9p. iU >% Cc^n r^i^ i20,oco. ^ Th^y. pm^;^ 
 onUrCnnrxeU'sljm, they/bad 150 ^l^ip? or 
 
 Their .6()trmo^it?e^are Butter and Che'efe j of 
 which, they export 
 iSo^ocol. 
 
 
 ^ t J « F • . M » « * m^ art. K S *. "teP • 
 
 IV LZXV UAa^^VVLB 
 
 Only 
 
 C 
 
 her< 
 try.. 
 
 ci'dl I 
 
 and 
 
 Rov^ 
 
 • A. 
 
 that 
 
 are r 
 
 Jitle 
 
 in dee 
 
 -EnqL 
 
 ' Be 
 
 the I 
 
 the . V 
 
 Trie / 
 
 and 1 
 andj 5 
 <xc. l.j 
 
 -moved 
 ^^{\ in 
 In one 
 
 vqrnbu] 
 Ihe 
 
 Protcfr 
 
 LThc. 
 r. that 
 Upper' 
 tnofc Q 
 Sauarl 
 
 /)j 
 
^ Only the Quality may kill Hares and R,!,!,;^, 
 here , tho chore i, great Plenty of both in the S 
 
 ' H<J'«n^ is very leve) and full of Rs and ai-tlff 
 cml Canals, (between T. and T.) .bout 7 l-tdccn' 
 
 ind'cd To ny od>Tr"&;A '''l-^'.'--y ^ "°^ 
 £nsl.nd andlrchm,! ^'"''■/^'"' ^«'""»i ^^'ccpt 
 
 the'^p"t" "^'^ Hf-'"d on the N. Germany on 
 the E. France on the S. and the G.-nn m O. on 
 tft- W. Gorden ca s it 240 Ms I ^.,1 .<, u 
 
 Tl,c Airi. healthful, and Ulveyir He. '^^ ''• 
 
 .V;TJiecnjpfTs.areG/w,7/-, (V Ms roun ™)l-i,;, 
 and ro without the \Valls.J iV L , A""''^ ■'•: 
 
 &c fome of which arc now fecH„1;C^^'^' "' " ' 
 JHoar to St. '^ • •'' 
 
 vern6-for'vi-^^'^"'^r'? '''"^ Emperor, whofe Go- 
 V5,rn0,ar or,y ceroy rcfid« at Bruffels." ■ 
 
 : 'S?'of ?K '" Gemany^p other Cuxics, viz.. 
 
 C/'.J;^'i,/ ^T' ¥r^ '" 'hat OF the, 
 yMj<-'}jnei 5. fhat of Frmcoma ■ ± and t 
 
 -■^^ -^5 ^^ ' are: 
 
[ 102 3 
 
 arc divcrfc Princes, feme of whom have Territories 
 in fevcral Circles. • 
 
 rhc (Ira Rank cf German Princes is that of 
 ^fc^crsi which are the 9 that follow: i. the 
 hieacr ana K. of 5c/rw/j, (^ now Emrcror. J 
 i. the I; leaor of Sra?;rie?;kirg, ( K. of Pruffia. ) 
 •;. the FJcaorcf !Brw:f-vick, ( K. of Great Bri- 
 tr.m.; 4 the Eleacrof Saxu;y, (K. of Poland.) 
 i^s^ In^""'- and Duke of SavAria. 6. the 
 ^kaovTalatwe cfthe Rhine, 7, 8. aid o.the 
 Kc^ors and ArchbiHiops of Mevtz, Cchgn, and 
 \inm, er Treves. 
 
 1'hc M.'jor Part off hefe diufc'^he Empcrofi 
 rn:; they do .he K. of the Rrm^iii., preHimptivJ 
 Iieir to the Empire^ and pretend to a Power of 
 dethroning him: and notwithftarding' the formal 
 Acknowledgments they make to him. they enjoy 
 and cxercifc every Branch of Sovereign Power with- 
 in their own Dominions, r ' 
 
 We fhall fay fomething of the jufl mentioned 
 (circles, and 
 
 Pirfl of ^.y/?;-/^ ; which rtiay he con(ider*d as 
 taking in the S. Parts of the Empire, belonoinR 
 moAly to the Emperor. ' ' 
 
 Jn this lie the Country of Tirol, (Jnffrnck the 
 Cpl andBifhojprick of Trent , ('Trent the Cpl. ) 
 and E. cf thefc the i\rch Dukedom of Aulfiia. 
 170 Ms. I. and 70 b. The Cpl. of which UFi^ 
 €7wai the Imperial Refidence. It is a great 
 and ftrong C upon the Danube i in which are 
 ioveral Curicfities, particularly, a Steeple, 160 
 Yardi high. E. of this are Hungary ( which is 
 partly fubjeel to the Emptror, and partly to the 
 Turks 5 the Cpl. is mida ) Tranfilvania, and 
 Moravia. N. of Auftria is the Km. of Bohmia^ 
 
 I do 
 
 \6o 
 r. 
 
 C) 
 
 Ms. 
 
 beioi 
 
 are 
 
 fer'd 
 
 gion. 
 
 Tf 
 
 c]e ol 
 
 tisboi 
 
 the J 
 
 Princ< 
 
 told I 
 
 Or 90, 
 
 M. 
 
 In th<3 
 
 Bleac 
 
 Thef 
 
 Cpl. h 
 
 Sovcre 
 
 The 
 
 belongs 
 
 I. Sra 
 
 Cpl.) 2 
 
 50 b. tl 
 
 a great 
 
 which 1 
 
 ral oth( 
 
 keeps a 
 
 Men. 
 
 w:of 
 
 ony. Ii 
 theK. 
 
 Magdem 
 
. f 103 ] 
 
 arc a oreaTLl D^'"J?^~''' *"'' in both there 
 fer'd pS^I"'' P«"«««;'». who have oft fuf- 
 gion "'*"""""• °n «*>e Account of thcu' Reli. 
 
 ff Diet I'ZTi " "''^ ""^ ?*«''*" C wlf;^ 
 ofUt^^r' '"'' ""'""'■" - Aro^y of sT 
 
 stir thf c;? V'*l :^*f^'-''«''». 'fo'm. 1. and 
 
 rat oth rpr''^-^"'^''^ Oafr«clf , and fet- • 
 "ee^ a „e " i^mii;.;''A°^ "'"r^' •>« generally 
 Men. * ^ ''^'■'"y' «>f JO w (Jo.ooo. 
 
 the K" r^f n V^ • . » iie the Djminions of 
 
 ' — • -'v^-vvn.,. £fMiino-oF.r^ and 
 * 4 Litnenburg 
 
Vr'^'i.^* V"^ P'otelJant Religion prevails in the 
 
 ^ very large,, but f,vTcfea .ambrigf abunfe Jf 
 Jierc are very Im»l\, viz, about 4o Ms. 1. ai»d 
 
 ill -?nr 'i*'^h •'V''.^tv.'''^ ^'^= '•'"'^^ Rhine.! 
 fcLuf f-f * ^'^u W''^'fZS{^ which was. a' 
 fcSn>fe-'y,''.'^' f '° 'he g«at Loft of the 
 Pjptj.afnt Ayor|d-J „ was convey'd to the >;»>/.- 
 W«J,. after th<; Defeat of the Elcftor ^alafine- 
 t-r^ M'i'V^"*, to- C!>arles I. -,f England : ^ 
 
 ^"■^l A'-fi^-nte of the Elefl. >c:.i/een whom'' 
 Sfl .- •■^■If"^"^'^"' ^''=«''«. this, Cit^''^,' 
 
 i*i5:d ttt'S 'inH^-' ''^ 'i'^^^?^^^'^-/ 
 v^viHca joto J^. and o, ,\ » -^ .4^1.^,.;,^].^?^ 
 
 ihe 
 
tenants. Sorh Lutt an, td'r ? ■''^'> ""^"^ *'™-' 
 
 Biftiop,. Mar: ekjtf ,;;: ^:ri pfi"- ""■'^ 
 
 one of the fio»fl. j , ^P'- " Nurcmbiirv^ 
 ^^^ the fineft. and ncheft in all the £«! 
 
 '■'jS. orthij is the Circle of o..../ ■ ■ • *'/'" 
 of *hica belong, to thV ^uCt'" f »f^''" ^"« 
 and Marcjuifa %{ Baden St. I , ^"•'«"''»'»?v 
 former, is a very fruirlf,! '. j ' ^""'""S* '" t^io 
 
 are moftly L^,her.aB^i^':'^^ "/^.''^ ."^^ People 
 ; And' on tbe W. ^« Mf^,.^ r , 
 
 *«*Sj from whence manvT "/ ^h"^'"' i»'^«/ri» 
 have been J Jely^ASh-T ''l""'^''"'''^*" P^^teffetH 
 
 •i- There are in the Pm„; r • '•• 
 
 Schools, &c. as panLiX: 1;^' V^'^'^''"' 
 ony; one of the moft f ^'^^ '"Upper Sax* 
 
 * *e<v Mires, thrown inf, '?'' "' '^''^■. frhnj. 
 « his Study Do™ ,/r '"»^'">sBox, plK-at 
 
 *^ . ^ ',^ ^°»">7 of Kreit M«^ 
 
[ i<»<5 ] 
 
 far and near. Here 5cc Orphans arc taken care 
 of, fubilfted, andin{Uuaed. The German School 
 has itfoo Scholars, jn 52 CJafife'j under 8 Tu- 
 tors ! The Laiioj &c. has 26 Tutors ^ and 500 
 Scholars, - 
 
 The Frederician Univerfity ^fb called from the 
 K. of PruflTu its Patron) is one of the moft fltrti- 
 rifhing in the World : It had fome lime finer 
 above jdco Studems, from various Part* ot Eu- 
 rcpe. 
 
 Ill will conclude my Account of Germany, with 
 obferving, that by the Laws of the Empire, tae 
 Papids, the Lutherans, and the CalviniOs, (or 
 Reformed) all freely enjoy their own Principles, 
 and wor/hip God in their own Way ; but the % 
 laft, have ott been perfecuted by the firft. 
 
 The Lutherans are nearer to the Papifts than 
 the Calyinrfts, as to the Lord a Supper 5 for they 
 hold, That the Bcdy and Mood of Chrift arc re* 
 ^liy frefent, and exl^ibibited to the Communicants 
 W t hai Ordivajice, 
 
 Sivljprliiiid has France on the W. Italy on the 
 S. Tyrol on the E. and Germany on the N, It 
 luitS the Territories of its AUks) lies from 4^ 
 |V 4^ Hs. of Lar. and from 25 to 29 of Lon. It 
 is 240 Ms» I. and 120 b. It k full of great Moun- 
 •ai-n.s (cali'd the /f'tpsj nianv of which, are con- 
 fiantly ccvLrM with Snow: Thcfe Mountains di- 
 vide Germany and France, from Itiily, 
 
 pk<iu t\y$, that it is Winter on the Top, 
 Spri^ |k:;qvv, and Harvcli: in the Vallies. Here 
 arc m?ny fine Spring's, and a Well that ebbs and 
 fibws every Day ; and feveral Catarafls 5 one at 
 Schafkaujh?, where the Rhine falls at once ^5 
 
 Th 
 
 i» 
 
(TrorJ 
 
 Tins Country bdivideii into t^PcQvmcesIiem'a^ 
 Cantom) wrych arc fo maoy independent amtnon. 
 wedt!,, or Republ,ck«i>allin a Confederacy for 
 their mutual Defence. 
 
 The Name$ and Extent of each of the i^ are. 
 
 ^ - •« follow. 
 
 -Barnes of 
 
 Cantons Ms. 1. Ms. b. 
 
 .«M- 
 
 ZuricJc, 3-5 
 
 Bern, i j ^ 
 
 Bafil. i^ 
 
 8chafFhaufen.2o 
 tOlari*. 
 
 Appenzd. 
 
 Lucern. ^^^ 
 
 Underwald. Ig 
 
 ^1^- 18 
 
 Fribui^. a 5 
 
 TSoJothurn* 
 
 48 
 
 iTbcfe 4 are Calvlnifts ; and^ 
 Wid to be thrice as big ar* 
 rise 7 Popifh; Bern Jm^ 
 yaw'd 40. and can laife 
 foo,oco Men, 
 
 Thcfe 2 are moftlyv Pn>. 
 tciiams. ia 
 
 Thefe 7 are Jl Po^. 
 pi/h. 
 
 It 10 
 
 from L? &7J, '?'^'' '"'*'"«''•"« of » Depmie,. 
 J^ film WrterS''''>- ^« »-^^' '* 
 
 Sh? few. r T f '"'*■ **'; ''^''" C . ufe r It isrcck- 
 onen toe fewir Laws t -e fewer Law Sui s. 
 
 Rccilattn/"'' ""'^^''y "«!"•'» up to VWr; their- 
 
 iaitriiuJ, Willie ^Q.i\ pitid 
 
 tniir Neighbours; to whom..} 
 
 
 P (^. 
 
 The 
 
t...^ 
 
 ".?'¥Jie '^4bbot of St. Gall; and feveral Bifbops, 
 ^JktQJh iillriarice with them, and fo are the GrifonS^ 
 whofe* Country is ?o M& 1. anil 60 b^ It is di- 
 vided i?no 5 Parts ( caird Leagues ) viz. the Up- 
 per, or Gr€y League,, that of the Honfe of God, 
 " ancl'that of the' 10 JuriffiBiom': This People are 
 govern d by a Dieti of 67 Deputies 5 which me^t 
 at Coir the Cpl. All Males, here are tr?»in'd to 
 War. They can raife 26,000 'Meh. They are 
 get n^i g ] ^r"Proteft«T>t».*>- 
 
 •^,. I'he^ Principality of Neufchatel, the Valtelin, 
 e^^Cj^ arc alfo in Alliance with the Swiflers : In the 
 z former, there is a Village, that can in an Inftant, 
 £ raife.<bx>, af n>ed Men. 
 
 In the Sv AV: oi 6i*ifr.*tland, is the famous U- 
 •ntvQEfity and firong C. q^ Geneva ^ .with a .Suburb 
 
 of about, 4 Miles round 5 jt«ia RepubiicJt. rnuqcfii 
 I'hc Lake of Geneva is 48 Ms. 1 and rz h. 
 
 ai>d ia fome Parts 250 Yards deep ^ it is faid to 
 " i>e .the big»e(U?eni Water Lake, iji all Europe j 
 
 it fometimus ebbs and flows like a: Sea, ev^n 
 
 AVfiCn there is no Wind. 
 
 Ihe chief Rs, in Gern*any are i. the 'Damihe, 
 
 wbich runs Eaihvard byrVienngy thro' Turkey 
 riinto.'the Euxine- Sei. %:11\\q Rkine^ ti^hich rifes 
 i inrSwiiTdtrland, runs N. between Germany on the 
 
 E. Lorain and Flanders on- the W. 3. I'he Elb^ 
 
 which rufis^ N. W.. by ijto/'.'^r^ eoiptying itlelf 
 ■into the Gernlan Sej,i (as alfo docs the Rhine, 
 
 but more S.j , .. - . 
 
 -\ I'raj2C'e \ie.s fromi4tO!2 7 Ds. of Lon.. from 45 
 
 to 5.1* of Lat. It is about 780 M^. 1. a?iil 500 b. 
 
 Jt has Germany, &c.' on the £. Flanders on the 
 . N. the Bay, of Bifcjay en. the, W. Spain and the 
 
 Mt^ciitcrranean qj the S^ . 
 
 ■ • " The 
 
'T IC9 
 Houfes are bSiv t '^^ f '^•^"'^ ^ -The 
 
 Houfes, and „eart"ll':''c^.l'^T'«.!'«.-3;»j 
 
 Times as many Shops. , • ' ,„,"*' '' •>« * 
 
 hioh «„J , n* ""^""l Grannate Stone, 2 Foot 
 hrgb^an^ 7 Diameter, ^, the Bbtfom. i «; 
 
 -....^../heJe ^flS^': -,^^^^^^ 
 
 /hoA,, ., Heads o^ReiigibiSfe^lT,^^^ 
 'Orders j .1140 q^rieript . ; , ,* '' ^onwents-df all 
 
 ^Jliy^-'^'^f^^''^ ^e^-enue fays the^^/^. 
 ^f^on^^m^Cfrom whicli this AccLt^ ^^ 
 
 » « c 
 
 is 
 
Is abmie *(r,ooo,ooo 1. p. An. K. B. The VKnch 
 fcckoi. their Mon*^ hy Livros ; a I^vrp is I s. 6 d. 
 •/>p/'err is now the only Relifi(i(»n in htAfiCCt 
 The W»tc ants (tcrmM H'gcrjcts) were tcule- 
 rated, by thr EHia of AT^^^ri, an i5y»; but Xe«^« 
 TAX .685, abolifh'd it, fi.u:< which thcj 
 have been furioufly perfecuted. and are either all 
 fleii or K)rced to conctal t^eir Sentiments. 
 
 On the E of France tics the Sovereign Dutchy 
 of Lcrain, f\ihj<a to its own Priuce. 
 
 It's dividtd into if fmall Provinces. The C^pls. 
 are Nancy and Sarledr^c. This Dutchy isnow iiv 
 tht PoffJflion ci Staniflaus, Father in Law to the 
 
 K. of France. . n„ 
 
 5>i^/« ( with Portugal ) >ie» frornr ^^to 44 I^j 
 of I at. from 9 to ii of I^m. U^t tfoo Ms. 1. and^ 
 
 ^ It's en€ompa(red by Sea except on theK. E. 
 
 where the ^JFyrenean Mtns. part it from France. 
 
 140 Mt from Mediterranean to the O. It has the 
 
 Bay of Bifcay on the K. the Atlanttck on the W. 
 
 the Straits and Mediterranean 00 the S.^andE.^ 
 Spain U divided into 14 Province* 5 8 al which 
 
 «fe called K^s. At the Km. of Arregen^ &c. 
 Hcrt: ate 8 Airchbifhops, and 4^5 Bifhops* 
 The Air is fo hot in the S^mthern Parts, that 
 
 they ktcp within, feverai Hours, about 3Soon, in 
 
 Summer. 1 1 1. 
 
 The Soil in many I^rts, is very dry and barren. 
 
 The chief Commodities are Wines^.and Fruits, 
 of feverai Kinds. 
 
 The Cpl. is Madrid, a latge, fair, populous, 
 Vut unwalled C. which ftands about the middle 
 c.f the Km. upon a Hill, in a iruitful Country. 
 Here, as well as at Lisbon, is annually a very odd 
 
 Divernon,, 
 
vm'm 
 
 tut] 
 
 Diw&n caUM«he »7// Fm/?. Whea *«nightt 
 on Horfeback fight furious Bull,, ( before tlie K. 
 «C. ) *htch f-eoewlly kill many Me.i. 
 
 Eighteen Ms. from Midrid is the EfcutM, 
 ^here4.a P»Uce(ai.ltobc the lartrell. and ^& 
 magraficent, w Europe; to have b.-cn n Year, 
 m BuiWuig; am^ ,„ have ,,,ooo Wh.dow. 
 
 calld io8 Ms. r 40 M«. from Madrid h Tokdo 
 fa.d 10 he the ncheft ArchW/hoprick in arWen- 
 dom worth 7<fjOoo I. per Annum. Here are many 
 good Ports, tfpe.nl|y Sareelona, Jn the Mediter- 
 wnean; and Cadiz \n the Atlantiek: About rfo 
 Ms.!>.E. from which is Gibraltar'. It ftands up- 
 Z l^ \ '"• ' P!"''*«'»«. '" S. moft part ^ 
 
 »L;if ^•■'■i §*" ^i""^ '" ''«= famous Strait* 
 which divide Europe from Africa about 15 Ms. 
 
 Hfn^ !i? ^* -f tJw.flrongeft CV and Caflle. 
 
 which It ftands}>s about , M. and a quarter high ; 
 •n whKh IS a Oye, big enough to hold ,000 
 Men ; upon the Top, i, a mrcb T..wcr ; fron» 
 which one may fee ,20 Ms. op the Medit'rrane- 
 «n. It ha* been in the Hands of the Eneli'h ever 
 fince 1704; bcfieg'd, but in vain,- And it's now 
 Se^^ *""" " **«• andpronounc'd impreg- 
 
 «.T7 fPf i^f''* '•"?'« yeafly from America a 
 vaft deal of Silver and Gold, bur fo much of it 
 tor Forei.^ners, that it's commonly faid. Spaia 
 kee/s the Coif, but others milk hi ^ 
 
 . ^,f^.!P^r!:!^?'■^* i-'^-f H^^ P-F"' Here are 
 ^r.^^ZT'(" "' '"t l^q"»>'on, which employ 
 30,000 Informers. Hey.ia tells us, that they are 
 
 very 
 
 ] 
 
 t 
 
t"2] 
 
 very idle and proud/ that tht Me^ are extremely 
 jealous of the^r Wives, And tliattttey ufe Spec*, 
 tades, whenybungl ' '»;.*iui •. iii ^ - i » 
 
 The Government here ii T)efjpotfek'M6iiaii:hy^ 
 die K. is (lird his Cathdick Mftjefty;- > li J^ 
 
 ^ortugal'h^s Spain on the K. and^R the^At^ 
 lantick on the S. and W. It Hes from 9 to 12 Ds* 
 of Lon. from 57 to 42 of Lat. It's about ^fMs^ 
 1. and 105 b. ■' ^ , " ' 
 
 The Air in fome Parts of this Country h tctn-^ 
 per*d with Sea Breezes and not fo hot as f hof^ 
 Parts of Spain, that lie in the fame D. of tat^ 
 Some Parts are very dry and montainousj but it 
 produces plenty of Grapes,* Oranges, &c. And 
 by the Mines of Diamonds lately difcoverM in 
 Srafil J the K. of Portugal is ibecome one of the 
 richeft PWnccs in Europe: He\ alfo^n Afbitraiiy 
 Monarch' ' •^^**''-*' •''■•■' "^-^^^^J'tl. ^M-fu- Mtm 
 ^ The greateft Curiofity in this Coimt^y ts ^ 
 Jourttain, that floSJvs in Summer; and ; ii dryiiri 
 Winter : It turns every Ihing caft into it, into 
 
 The Cpl. of this Km. is Lishon 5 a- large and 
 noMe G. It flands 10 Ms. up the R.:' iT^^wi? 
 Lies 6 M9. by theR. Side.< It has^ 212 Gates^ito^ 
 '^^tdi tht k. and 16 to the Landf ■> itVaboTe za 
 M^. rJ It has a 'very^ fine, ftarboiir \fcr -the 
 largeft Ships^^' »ii,oio Beevesy;i^«,t)©o Goa^ts, and 
 100,000 Sheep, are laid to be annually kili'd in 
 this G. the Toll on Flefh has been farmed at 
 55,000 Ducatcs per Annum. In this C. is an 
 'Efigiip Nunnery 5 confitling of an Abbefs, a 
 tiiei}, a Ccnftffor and 50 !N.uns all Engliih. ; •>' 
 The Fori Gguefe (as well as the Spaniards ) are 
 iccl-Oft'd very much given, to Gallantry, and e>:^ 
 . . . ? . , . . cteding 
 
 t' ^ J* 
 
h" S/adO,(i.c. a Sword ab^uftwfce the ifn "^u'"r 
 oursOJhe Q.,ality arc draw., by ZfJ,; f?j\°.^ 
 as high as our Hoffe. vf ^^^J""' '• =• M'>'e» 
 
 of M'S'''„f' i:^ ^PT'^i"^^ HdiifhCo^rt' 
 
 Officers, he Ithnfft'^' ^ I- ", '^''"=" "F ^Y it' 
 (where he has m^- "v \ "i^* nafly/arkW 
 Pot) where He fee. "^p"ru=^"'^' ""'' « P-<V 
 i» feldom tol5 hf'^riL "■ ^. ■"" his Keeper^ H^' 
 When be is brnnoU ' ^"'' "="«■• his Aecufei-> 
 
 followina Manner Vr-n' •''"' ^'^='''<' '"''h^ 
 
 fully fet toZu- eh^" Bones are' ca're.) 
 
 e<1 on >„) and d'eliv-erV oThe qI M t^'- '■ 
 ■ .' °«"'"^; Here flaming Tarehey are hold" 
 
^ to their Faces j and flow Fires are made To low, 
 that they are generally a Hours a dying. Tho' 
 Iminfwrm'd, that of larc, they are oft {irangled, 
 before rhc Fire reaches them. The K. and Court 
 are alwa>s Speftators at thefe Executions. 
 .Mr. Gavift tclJs us that one Part of the Caftle, 
 or Palace, where the Court of Inquifition is held j 
 i* a Sort of Sen>glici Into which are forcibly car- 
 rv d by Ki|{ht, the mort beautiful young Ladies 
 that can hn found throughout the Km. fiJo, or 
 >o have been the com now Number) Thefe well 
 drcft and accommodated, are kept in fine Apart- 
 nicnt*, for the Life of the 3* grand Inquiiitors. 
 A particular Account of thi$ Seraglio, 6cc. may 
 be found in this Gentleman's Afajler Key to To^ 
 
 14 Italy \\t% from 1; to 57 Ds. of Lon from 58 
 
 y 4^ of Lat, It 19 ( fays Gcrden ) 7^0 Ms. 1. and 
 ««t 1 54 b. But in the K. it is 2 or 5 times that 
 Breadth. It has Germany on the K the Medi- 
 terranean on the W. and 5. and the Adriatick 
 (or Gulf of Venice) on the E. and fo is a Sort of 
 a Peninfula % It has been compared to a Boot ; of 
 which Savoy, Monferrat, Venice, &c. ( in the K.; 
 make the wide Top : Tufcanv, the Papacy, &c. 
 , the Middle: And theKm. of KapJes the Bottom : 
 Thefmall of the Leg and Foot. 
 
 The Air in Italy is generally pretty good ; but 
 in fome Parts grofs and unhealthful : It Is reckoned 
 word about the Middle. The Soil is fo fertile, 
 that jt is caird the Garden of Europe : The chief 
 Produfts are Corn, Wine, Fruir^, &c. 
 
 But here as in other Popifh Countries, there 
 are fo many Hol^ Days, that the Troftme are 
 QOt fufficient for improving and managing the 
 
 Ground 
 
 are 
 
 I fo 
 
Cardinals, and i Patrilr^l!. .l ^"P"' ""'""f 70 
 
 Afe//« which ndades all tl«. s Da., n . 
 as much on the Eafle«, ! i t '5» *^ »•»«»« 
 
 rf>e W. Coa(r„"M, J P %P'«^'^"' PI"-. « 
 
 " big w Zw": f h" Vfi 7 " "**"" *"'»^ 
 which -Vguarded h *4 C,flli"% "f,^ »"'»?«'» 
 are SCO Churches ji,**^, "r-. '" 'I"' C. «,«,» 
 n«ies; which contii;Vh ??"■'"• ^""^ '9 ^^ 
 
 Pi«e 'in the a^Tht v^cd ' tl"" '^''" 
 Crowns : The EccUfi./wll. "'•'' *" ^.ooo.ooo 
 
 Crowns : The ^c^R^mXI T " ''^°°'°^ 
 Merchant. heL ^^1 kT^'=„H""* «« the 
 
 liave 4 
 
 chief Me'rchar,;;^ he^'^I^l i1a*'„F'''" "««' »hc 
 by them. ' '''* "^ft Wine, are letail'd 
 
 Eight Ms. from Naples is Mf r/^^r • . 
 
 i« a new7Vr ,?'"""*'■ ' '" theMi^dit rf which 
 
 M. hiX 5moaE"r "P.' "'"='' '* quarter K 
 
 ceededo^to^SVor' f'^""^'. ^'- ^^'^ "ft P-^ 
 
 --•".. « «a«cic, that the Sea retiry^Shi;^ 
 
 werf 
 
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 were left dry upon the Shore 5 many Ts. were 
 fwaJlowVi up5 50,000 Souls, and. valt Herds of 
 Cattle were deftroy.M : Nay fuch terrible, Stredm^ 
 of Fire iflu'd from it to the Sea, ^6 t;ndan^cr*4 
 even Naples^ itfclf : And there have. been, 7 JE; 
 ruptjons fince. 
 
 This ICm. was lately fubdu'd by the Spaniards, 
 &c. ami is now fubje^t to, 7Jon Parlos (the K. of 
 Spain's eldeft Son by his prefent QiiecnCvvho 
 had it upon an Exchange for Tuf^foy, ^c^ , 
 
 N. of Naples (on the vV. Coiid:) lies the Dyke- 
 dom <)f T'ufcmy- It is 130 Ms. h and 120 b.' 
 The chief Ts. are Florence, 125. Ms. N. W. of 
 Rcm^. It, is an.oW declining C. and not large ; 
 for there are a great many Vineyards within the 
 Walls*^ and yet^ it is but 6 or 7 Ms. r. It has 3. 
 good Caftjcs, in. which its m,aifl Strength lit-s. 
 50 Ms. 'S.;W, of this 18 Lcgbcrn y a great, ,rich,j 
 andlUcmg C, a Free Port 5 with ajfine Harbour j, 
 in is frequented by Merchants of all Nations s 
 The Jtws are hero allowed a Synagogue; (they^ 
 arc reckon'd to be 4 or 5000} and the Greeks' 
 have alfo a Church. 
 
 Within this Dukedom lies the Republick of 
 Lticqa. .\t is but 27 Ms. 1. and 25b.. 
 
 Ei of 1 ufcany lies the ^Papacy\ ( or Zajid of tjje 
 Church j which ;is 24D Ms. .1 anfi 92 b. It con- 
 tains , I.-2 Provinces, (pVj Dillrids/ all fubje^t to 
 the ^ope 5 v.'hofe Title is His Holtnejl i He is 
 alilo\^'d by ail Papifts to be the Supreme Ecckji- 
 afiicaly and in many FopiflK Countries is a Ibrt of 
 Q, Civil Head too: He has a Number of Cardi- 
 nals, which are his Privy Council • th^fe at the 
 jpeath of a, Pope, chuf^; jj .Succcflbjf, 9i^^,5^f their; ^ 
 own Body.M**>': ' » ^^^* \ B ^ ^v 
 
 
the Rent which ^the A.ir T'' '^""' "'='"<^<» 
 
 ^'My tell* usVwl! 1m K °^ u-^'^'' ^'^"-f e/' 
 
 Jn the C of R „ ^^r ^y authoriz'd Whbr^^ 
 
 J»,oool. per Aw' *r* **^'='' amoimted t6 
 iie«?ff the Cpl. is ■ ,„ ,„^„„ • ' •, 
 
 -J J 
 
 -tw rctKonn but 12 
 
 ber ruhs thro^ the €. .^. , , — *^- 
 
 ba£ad««. there, are^maf^yPiSf"^'' '°r ^«T' 
 and approving of the M^P^r.^ c? teprefcnting 
 This Kkce if truly aS^r»-°^ the ProteftantsT 
 
 bur-it Ws fcar& its ^nL-^K^^',"' *^''« C' 
 
 fuDforted with a !« i^"*^ »V\'?^g'' J « » 
 Tfie Length of the^Churfh ^- ^^'^^^ P'"»« ' 
 The i?../ is vlted and W-'-'i.'^" "* ^«"- 
 Squato/each AFS--iv^" - 1^''''^''' "^^ many 
 
 fDecklid ^,.^! ., J??,'^' l^ °."<= gH:at Stone of 
 
 The 
 
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 The Diameter of the Ball h 8 Fc«f. The Infidc 
 of tViC Cupola is curioully painted in Mofaick^ 
 rcprcfcniing the Htavcns, ^c. Under tlic Cen- 
 ter of it aai)ds the H^h MTar(fSt. 'Peter -^ov^r 
 which \si a firu* Cam.py of Brafs, fuppcrted hy 
 4 Brafs Pillar;, of a Serpentine form ; wreathed 
 about with Vines of'Erafii, and little Angels climb-* 
 ing up the Pranchts: The Piilais are 50 Feet 
 hig' , each weighs isf^oo PouwU ; on the Cor- 
 ners of the Canopy are 4 Lrge Angels of Brafs 
 Gilt ^ on the Middle is a Glooc of Brafs, with a 
 Crof^ (ol tJ c fanne) on the Top, all Giit. This 
 Cinircii ('fays LaficH is big enough to contain 
 ico,coo Perfons. There are in it 11 Chapels: 
 It was built by Ccnfiantme the Great ^ but fb 
 Hi much repaired and adom'd, that it was 100 Years 
 
 about : It coft 40,000,00a Crowns i the Choir 
 only coi^ io7>55i Crowns: About 20,000!. pet 
 An. is allowM for the maintaining it, dec. 
 
 Within the Papacy, lies tt»e fraail Republick 
 of Si. Marino t It is about 10 Ms. r. It contains 
 only one Mtn. and about 5,000 Souls. 
 
 95 Ms. N. E. of Rome, is the rifi^hcft Curiofity 
 in the World J viz. The celebrated Ctapfeloftke 
 Lady of Loretto: It is like a Room ij Fee* 
 fquare (built of red Stone) the Door is of iblid 
 Silver 5 within is a Silver Altar; the Qoth 
 which covers it, is valued at 14CXOCO Crowns \ 
 on each fide are 1 Branches of Goldi v and before 
 it a Lamp of Gold, as much as 1 Men can carry : 
 Behind the Altar, arc the Cedar Stafcues of the 
 Blefled Virgin and her Son: With Crowns of 
 Diamonds on their Heads, and Knots of the fame 
 
 upon their Breafts ; the Vails that hang before 'cm 
 
 4U}UUW v^&wwata • A<rwiii«i\4 i-mw. \ari.9^-(n--"-( 
 
 afe 
 
 -u 
 
'r> 
 
 •re n Lamps of GoM i fe-, , ^ , ' . 
 ^hapnelrhere are many L ioh/' *? " '" '»>'■« 
 '"« : Ir ha, a Cafe of Jl.bll^''" f ""««"'fy burn- 
 
 built over if. ^ .«•»«> a great Church is 
 
 t over it 
 Wear<rtolH tha 
 
 I!:,;, r '.!'"b .««; 
 
 The Z^^;^ fays, that 
 
 .000 Pfi: 
 neb ftcfcntt 
 
 Jarge Revenues bclon 
 
 k'.^«;f :a%,:^ P^ -^ ? «;;? 
 T".h^;i^r''rT^^^^^^^ "'" 
 
 Ijc aiblhr.Sf^;^^^^^^ TerHtoHe. of 
 «t» on the E. fide of the Gulf.S-^'^'" "•»« 
 Ae^KWn Sea o, ArchipcLanV o """^ ^»- 'n 
 5>ob. ftthatitsby <aTth'^^\S.» '^°M.r.l. and 
 
 «ful Common Wealth t uT ?"'^°'°^ ^»*- 
 ^'X^ and Senate: ll^S J \ " T^'»» of a 
 but Wdly a Sha<W of^f > ""'?«<' the State, 
 grand Council confifts of «or, ?? m' °'^ * ^ The 
 
 determine Peace, War &c '^ ^° Senators.- who 
 
 "Pon a great many Is abZTx.'^i" °«^ <5ulf . 
 tmentrThefc l,^L4e tl,^'- ^°™ ""^ ^on-' 
 on which, pjy ,o vr,,r^A'^%°^ C'*"'*'' i «P^ 
 The Brii,^ o°er theft Z'^r"''^'' ("'BoJ.yi 
 The (?r.;;f Canal ru;;^M.?rl?f5 ^'l'^ 40o. 
 overwhichisave^fineMar^feli^^;;'i«a; 
 
HatK^s upon 10,000 Piles : It confifts of only ons 
 Arcb, which is 90 Foot \^ude, and 24 high 5 upon 
 this Bridge there are 2 Rows of Shops. 
 
 One of the grandeft Things in this C. is the 
 Square of St. Mark -^ which is 280 Paces 1. and 
 100 b. It's encompafled with magnificent Houfes. 
 But the Arftnal is indeed the largcit and moil 
 noble? Pile of Building in all the C. it's about a M. 
 r, hefe are rtckon*d to be 20,000 Canons of feveraj 
 
 Sizes. r L 
 
 At this C. is annually celebrated one ot the 
 oddcft Ceremonies in the World $ call'd the Mar- 
 riage of the Repubhck with the 3ea y after the^ 
 
 following Manntr. , ', ;^' 
 
 The 2)cge drert in Cloth of Gold, attended by 
 about ibo Senators, ^c. walks to the Church of 
 St. Mark'j where Mafs is faid 5 after which, t^ey 
 take their Gondolas 5 ( the Doge's is curiouflv 
 carved, and rightly gilt 5 it's laid to he worth 
 20,cool. ) when they have row'd above 2 Ms. 
 from the C. the Doge throws a Gold Ring into 
 the Sea 5 ( but the Mader of the VefTel by a fine 
 Line, that runs thro' it recovers the I^ing, which 
 is his Perquifite 5 ) this being done 5 they return to. 
 
 a grand Feaft. 4f.>f -4^ i^ t:-. nn . 
 
 W. of Venice lies the Dukedom of Mantua. 
 It's do Ms. 1 and 34 b. Mantua the Cpl. f^nds 
 in the middle of a Marfli f made by the R. Min- 
 cio) in a very bad Air 5 it's 4 Ms. r. but ^ot 
 populous 5, it'9 lencompafled by a Wall, ?nd de-. 
 fended by a ih'org Citadel 5, this C. is thought to 
 be even .older than Rome. 
 
 S. of this C 200 Ms. iK. from Roxnep fiands 
 
 Ms. 1. and yS\u Tius is alfo an old Cit ,l\aiids 
 
 in 
 
 Th 
 
 e 
 
C "1 ] 
 
 ■,\ 
 
 Secchia. 
 
 this 
 
 m a pleafant Plain 
 
 ilea the Dukedom „, -j-at-Hza . k„ »/r . 
 
 Ms. N. W. frot^ rP me n ^ ""? P°P"'°"* C. i^o 
 Joining /o,^ the UM ,^ A- ^flJ^niJ^n' "pon, and ad- 
 
 Territory lSi«eh 0^2"°^ "' "* ""? ^^^^ The 
 
 veryfairand rich r^ f t' J^^'^f" '''« Cpl. is a 
 fltongeft fn the Wo^id "''4?u^ 9^"''=' « «"=V the 
 
 the Dilce or Sa^ ""^ ^P'"^ '*'»''•> " fubjcft tp 
 
 tHemly-pl^JUhf^ ""J'eW between 
 Pnncipa.ity5^^i:i»..^itr^^f &??^ 
 
 Janl' T^eVpf'^fi;^ ^orth^X^' ^tt.t 
 W.of A«« 'l^h', *^'"->'5 but about „ M.. 
 
 The S.ParTiics UBonT/ mT ^*- '• "»<« >° «»• 
 " the Cp) anf 2 1 R**r^""'"«"'"- '^"rin 
 
 jea. / "" '^'" »"ef= Countries ate fub- 
 
 Trent. *^ ' *■"' *'*»" « 'he Bi/hoprick of 
 ge^afKtlt^f5-i:^;ntaIyi.c^^^^ 
 
 ^ Italy aboands With CuriofinV. . ,.,k:.L ,. 
 
 "Q eadjcis to pive »nv a * ';"*''" **^ would 
 
 mow4 
 
i' 
 
 ihcms Spider) wliofe Poifon is not cxpeilMi but 
 byrSlMtt8itifig.5 Ivhicb i« ocGaiwm'd and promtted 
 by Dariciagloply '•' -t^he Perfdn bitten ( upon hear- 
 ing proper jMufick (b^giiis to dance, ami contlAuei 
 till he* is'jatt fpent ^ Mjhtn. he is put- into a wat^mi 
 Bed: This Remedy: fcftusM) feldom or never 
 fill ks ®f effecting a Gurfr»*'^y; jjf y ■: 
 
 : fl tnighft alfti take Kotice df the Catara£i t)f 
 ^(f/Ti abiwtf ^o Msi froi»>Rotne 5 where a Qirrcnt' 
 of* Water feite* tioi kfsStiiaii 100 Yards 5 making a 
 prodigious Noife-^whicb may be heard 4 or 5 Ms.' 
 
 ^JBiit i paff.by *b«^ JFhings, and fkall conclude 
 m\' Aijccouot w Italy^. with a brief Abftraft of 
 the itotnini Faiths (taken out tof the noted Qeed^ 
 of Pope Piu8li\^).-- 'jq^- '..^ ..?- ' , , -iV^^r.' 
 The peculiar Articles are thefe 12 that follow; f * 
 
 -i*. 'Ihiat rb6 Chiiireh of ilome i^ the Morhev and 
 itl^flikjf^^f^ilGhnircfees^'and the only true Church ^ ' 
 wttfcki^fene can fix the Senfeof Scripture, and on 
 wl^^r ^1 DbaVines de^sehd; ^ 
 
 'iis (fhsif*!* ^hb Afe'from her ace Hcreticksy^ 
 a^*1i^i»ll^p6fri^lc Meatfs^o:be extirpated and de*/ 
 drd^'a: iVgr^tiittfiio %lii* Principle, Millions (asi' 
 i*'b^rt6bferv*^ have been unjuilly, and bir- 
 bj^i^flyy puc f<*^^lifcatb, Infbool Blo(^ 
 
 3. That the Bifhop of Rome is St. 'Peter's Sue* 
 cft[<ir', tbHfl^^ univevikl Vifciar ivpon Earth, and the 
 Sl^riln^^ Ifl^ttable Hea4 of all ChMitians. '' ' ^ 
 
 ^. That there are 7 Sacraments, viz. Baptifm,^ 
 CM^ttMAiotiy (DrcJcfs, ^ PeiitianccJ Mfitriage, the 
 liucharift f i. c. the Zof^^^Skf}^ } aifpA Ux.wctne^'^ 
 
 ^.''iNSat t^li-al TrMifkw^ i^-lK) '^,re<K:iv'd witb^l 
 as i«fe€ti Revttfei|{e as^th^ Wdr^of God; ':5rn jd?i;;: 
 
 ai»>ra D 6* That 
 
-, ?' W*t the Scriptures and Mafs ihoujtd not be 
 4i> th^ Vulgar; ,Tongue,j becaufe Ignorance is the 
 Mf^ther pi Devotion. 
 
 . ^ ^ . ^^aM9.fJt»e SacMimeiu of the Lord's Supt^ 
 the whole Subftance of the Bread is by Confecrati- 
 on turn'd into the whole Subftance of Qhtiik's 
 ^Qdy,^^oaJ and Divipity • that in, the Bread alone 
 |.vfhob Qhna, an^^^rue Sacr^niqnt is received 5 
 «,W th9 Wine IS drunk by th^ Priefts only J and 
 that in this Sacrament, a troei and propitiatory 
 Sacrifice is ofFer'd to God, for the quicjt ji^d the 
 dead. ^, , ^ 
 
 i. That Ae Images of the Viwin MaW, &C4 
 aretobe worfhiped. .^^,,, , |^, V.4... f 
 
 p. That Auricular Confeffion muft be ipadc to a 
 »r^^® lias a Power of pardoning $in. .. 
 I ^- That when we do well ( thi;^' Qod*s 6t^ 1 
 we ^ mudi merit a Reward, as we ^o Puni/hment ' 
 when we do ill 5 and that there are Works of Su' 
 perrogation. ^^^- ' ,^ 
 
 i- 'ji- ^^*' departed Saints off& ,wp Prayers to 
 God for Men 5 that it is ^09^ and prpfitjible, hum> 
 ?^ W iar^e/hmn, jmd fle^ tp, them for ^Help. 
 
 <$; ? w *§f ^'^ * ?^^:^^*:^».6i. c. a middle 
 S^^;^^t^eeV^^aycn ^ |^ig wb^re Men are 
 gfatisfy for rfieir Sins 5 and to be mirfe /^lect for 
 Happinefs: The ^ouls imprifon'd there, are to be 
 reJeasd by^ the Prayers of the Prieft, which are 
 bought w|tk^Jpnay. 
 
 r^W'^^^^^^ have cur 
 
 ^.J^'^y^M ^^urope.y^ from 3 ^^ to 49 l)^. ef 
 U|t. trom 5; to .55 of Lon. Gordon makes ir 
 «*. ^.1. I and,^^do b. It ha^ Poland on'the 
 
 6^0 Ms. 1, 
 
^m* 
 
 [ "4] 
 
 E. the Arc»>i 
 
 ■y. tlie lEuxine Sea, &c, on the r-. tne /irc^i^ 
 go en the S. Germany and th( Ttiritory of , cnice 
 on the W. It ccmprehend.s many ^rcat Provinces 
 i(e. g,)Grefce^ which includes Macedonia in the N. 
 the Morea intKe S. and feveral Pro'vmccs in the 
 ^middie. 
 
 G7'eec€ lies from 5) to 43 Bs. ofLat. frotn 58 to 
 •.45 of Lon. It's about ^6d Ms. I. and 400 b. The 
 Air and 6'oil here arc both good. The Commodi- 
 ties are raw Silk, Oil, Hone}', &lc. 
 
 In the K. of thcfe Countries are the 9 Ddnti- 
 B'//r?; Provinces J i of which, viz. Mcldavtct and 
 ^Tr€'.7ijilvcifna are mofi-ly under the Prote£iion of the 
 Bmpeiorj and a great Part of 'Datrnatia is fubjc£l 
 
 Thefe 'Provinces are ifo tailed becaufe they lie 
 iipon or neir to the iDdmibe'^ the longeff and 
 largett R. in Turke^: It is'rtavigable for Veflcls 
 of Burden about 1350 Ms. It rifcs in or near 
 Switzerland, runs by Vienna, thro' the midft cf 
 t4le Country, and empties itfelf by .5 or 6 Mouths 
 into the Euxinc or Black Sea. f 
 
 In the Pfov:-nce of RcmaT2ia^ (lands tbfe large, 
 fjrfnl'us, tind ancient, Q. o^ Cciifiaiitimfle '^ whrch 
 3« the Cpl. of the £mpire: It liands upon the^ 
 liillefj/Ofit^ {'J'hracivh ^Jbcfj^^bcms, "Ddrdavdki) or 
 Strait beivccn the Euxine and Archipelago • 
 which part Europe from i\fia: Its Situation is' 
 reckon 'd cne of the pleafantefV in the WoHd 5 
 ^i'^ its Httilx'ur cne of the fafett and btft 5 it lies tf. 
 Ms, alcr^ tl e Shore; It has a double Wall to the 
 Land. The Streets of tliis C. are Very narrow 
 dark and dirty ; the Houses are moIHy of Wood 
 arid jtt out io far that th.7 almoft meet abovc.^ 
 T'bev arc d\{o vc.y Ioa' and generally covered 
 
 wi/h 
 
 

 f «^5 ] 
 
 with red Paint. The Air is very un\«5ial(onie, and- 
 Plague common here. nj ' . 
 
 In this C. there are many great Mofqitei j and 
 one to large that 40,000 Pertons, (as we arc told) 
 meet in it at their ^P-ffoyer, fiut the largdl and 
 moft magnificent Buildings are the Old and New 
 Seraglio-^ the Old is three quarters of a M. r. but 
 the New is call'd 2. or 3 Ms. in Qrcumference. 
 In it are many very great and fine Apartm^ntfy 
 for the Emperor, his Sultatus, his Concubines, his 
 Minifters of State, &c. as well as Baths, Schools,, 
 
 In thb vaft pile of fiuildingis a Bed Chamber ^: 
 the Walls of which arc fiiced with the fineiV Chi- 
 na i the Floor it cover*d wish Carpets of Silk and 
 Gold 5 the Canopv Hangings,, &c. are all Clorh 
 of Goljd J the Bed Pofts are of Silver. In the 
 Apartments for the Women ( which- referable a 
 Nunnery) there are commonly about 1,200 La- 
 dies ; the moft beamiful that can be either bought 
 or ftole, 10 are lodg'd in a Room (with a Lamp, 
 always burning; and an old Woman, to guard 
 them. This Ba^Vd at certain SeafonvS, chufes out- 
 the handfomeft of them, and places^ them in a 
 Row J when file has ib clone 5 the Sultan comes,, 
 and walks 4.0? 5 Times by them, and throws his 
 Handkerchief at that he hkes bcft: This the old 
 Wqman dref£s, perfumes, paints, and then leads. 
 her to his Bed * near which are many Wax Ta- 
 pers burning, and feveral Moorifh Women fitting 
 by them. In the Morning,, he leaves her his Ap- 
 parel, and all the Money he has in his Pockets j 
 and afterwards fends her a Prcfent greater or ie{s, 
 as he lik6s her: She who bears him the firit 
 
 G 3 chii'a,, 
 
 '.dT 
 
ChiW, » <rfl«#'A6 :j»Mf»«, an'd if it be a Sbn; 
 
 J«.hoj»r.h4ft \j Qutenv*H indeedfliit have CM 1- 
 
 V^i**^ f ?"''*, V'**"^.^^*^* Jtate not the 'TitHJ' 
 
 K ^rf^'.^'^y}^'' has' H>i» tiontmr. is stteridcd" 
 
 '■'Tlie Sulfan's DaughteM tfi'e not alloWd to W* 
 verfe wrthatiy iMrt, befide«' their Husbands ; ov^r' 
 wh^m they'ar^Alkfitn, .rfr.d *«•» Badge rf tKelr 
 Supetionty-flW _ v r Dagfeif r,-ind bftW or fctfi' 
 themawayj^ird ,rthey BJky nisliry others:- ■' 
 • J?,'^ ^•.^"'^ o'^'he Eu;!?ine Sea i? CWwf« } i^ 
 ^iz^Teninflila, iri tho'Shafteoran Htad and Kctk. 
 iliis Country is nnder its own Priiiie (call'd the 
 Ckamy but fubjea %vtfre' great' Turk, whofc 
 Tjtle js the GroKd Seignfcf mMMjime Hieh^ 
 «efi,,-biit the Ia(^ "Xei^' the Mu!?:«ritfislnvadc(f it. 
 Snd • riiade bloofly Wdric ainofiWftHe 'i3<rof Tatv 
 tars'. --■■,1 !■■'.■'•> \(Jii; ci.fir-. tg VtJtr-i\\xi':im/i 
 
 Fur?, T&c.^-*^) ^:^'^>' " r-r ii^i^A -.d i.,j ^'^ic»i. i?> 
 There afeiri'^ Turkey; J^ws, Chi-mians, and' 
 Mahometans. In foittfeTO-r^ thc'gfcater 'NurfiHer 
 are Chriftians oftheGre^fk Oii^ithj wH<ife Faith- 
 differs'from that df the W^eiti Ghnrcfte:^, in tH<y 
 fbiJb^ing Articles'.' I. They deny Aat t^b H61r 
 Gho(t proceeded f^bm the Son. 2.- Thirvde^y Pu^^ 
 g^tory. 5; They bdlie^e th^t theSoufet^f the 0t)b<l'^ 
 enter not into Giory till the Refiirrearon. 4. Th^^' 
 admit Children of 7, Years old to the Jakrrjtrtienril 
 5. They irjeft Extreme UriaioiV ^lid Gonfir-' 
 mation. (f. They admit cfrtly* tfifc^ J^n^rty'd inrtyf 
 Orders 7. They adorn thei^ Ghtifches^ with Pic- 
 tures^ but haTe ho Images. \ 'Riey obferve 4; -^ 
 
 The 
 
[ I.2V ] 
 
 > The chief Articles of^tke MuiTelmen or Mt^Home- 
 tan Creed are the ie Tj^n. t ^ ' ^' 
 
 J. jThftt Gircumcifion is neceflTacy to Salvatidn,- /" 
 1' a. That every MaiTel man mufl once in hisLife^ 
 go to Mecca, either in Perfon, or by Proxy. * 
 
 5. That no Wine is to be drunk : No Swines Flefli 
 to* be eaten. : 
 
 4. That the Writinf^jj of the PrQ.)hets and Apo-' 
 ftles are divinely infpir'd 5 but have be :a Co corrupt-i 
 ted by the Jq^s a ad GhriiUans, th^t they arc rtt)t, 
 h\xtt\it Alooran^is^ ati inf'allibleRiUe. r 
 ' 15. That Jefus was a finlels Creiture, and great, 
 Prophet, fent to foretell the coming of Mibonaet ; 
 That be did not di ; but djjpther.in his Place. . , i\u t 
 
 tf. That Poligamy and Divorces are lawful..; hr^ 
 . 7. Tha.t Mahomet wa$ the iaft great Proph^tiOfi 
 
 God.' 1 -■:"/■ ... .' ,f|ei i-fi! ?L :2.'^'^'>''^ 
 
 ' ^. That aMonth*&Paftis tobekepty^ariy.. iv- 
 : ' 9f.pThat Men owft pray 5 Tin>es.a D^y* . - f a# 
 JO. Tnat an hundredth Part of every M:in'sEft^tQ| 
 is to be laid by, for Charitable Ufes : Tbaf Care is 
 to be taken of, and Charity extendetl towards ufel«i», 
 Bruit Animals: Inconformity to this Article, njany- 
 fuch are kept in Sort of Hofpitals for their pa-lll Se^i-i 
 
 
 -ii,^ ..--4 I .,..*„- 
 
 "^c^ 
 
 Eurefean ISLAND >?* 
 
 The mofl: confiderable in the Medlterraneaii arfir 
 the follo^ng. 
 
 «S'/V//)',, which is about a Ms. S. of Italy ^ divided 
 by the F<iro of Meffina : In this Strait are the %\ 
 Whirlpools oi Scyl/a, and CharibdiS-» which w^^ 
 
 tlie Fafiiage very dangerous. 
 
 »*^ 
 
 rjr. 
 
 
 I 
 
r 
 
 [-128] 
 
 ' SJcily lies from 51 to 35 r>s. of Lon. from ^6 to 
 58 of Lat. It is about 170 Ms. J. and 90 b. Tbo 
 
 Air here 
 
 good 
 
 . « , fruitful . **wx. -.^. 
 
 <.orn, SiJk, &c. 'V[\q chief T«. are jl/<?^;//i and 
 'Prrlennc, The former lies upon the Faro ( or 
 .Straus. ) It is an ancient, great, and ftrong C 
 with a very £ne Harbour: The latter Hands on the 
 Weltern Shordj it is a large, rich, and populous 
 
 , Catmaisa\fo a confidcraMc C. about 60 Ms. 
 S. from Mefllna. Ten Ms. from this, is the 
 dreadful Vitlcano, Mt. Mma or Gihel : The 
 xMtn. is called 100 Ms. r. The Afcent is divided 
 into 5 Parts: The ift is about 12 Ms. the 2d 10. 
 and tha*5d 12 riiore: And above thefe there are 
 leffer winding Afcent* 5 and i of near 2 Ms. The 
 Vorago at the Top, is faid to be 4 Ms. r. From 
 whence there has oft riw a Stream of Fire 5 and 
 fometimes vaft burning Stones are thrown up a great 
 height. ^ ^ 
 
 Fa^elus C^y^, that it continually fends frrth 
 Sinoak and Flames: That in fome Parts of this 
 Mtn; it is fo cold, that it freezes every Kight in 
 the Year, t-.; .- ■ -..rjii 'u : ■: . ,^ , , ,,, 
 
 This I. was lately taken from the Emperor b« 
 3)on Carlos 5 to whom it is now Subjeft : He is 
 flil'd K. of the 2 Siiilies, ( i. e. of ^^ap^es and Si- 
 cily. ) He is an arbitrary Prince, and a biggotted 
 Papift.^ 
 
 About 60 Ms. S. of this, is the I. of Merita, or? 
 Ma/fa^ It is 50 or 60 Ms. r. It is fubjeft to 7 
 Great Men^ commonly ciiVd tho Emgkts^ ei 
 Malta.'- ■ ; •*■. *'«^ , , .\\ -f'r!^' 
 
 S. of Genoa, at the Diftancc of 90 Ms. is the 
 h 6f Corjica ', It is no Ms. 1. and 4c h. The 
 
 Cpl. 
 
C 129 ] 
 
 Cpl. is 2!ap\ai €«in{i<fcrable C and ftrong Caftle: 
 It-ftandjj in the N* Pin of the I. on the Sea, 
 and has »• good Hferboun Here are Corn, Wine, 
 Oil, 6tt. tho* neither Air nor Soil arc counted' 
 good; 
 
 ThisL is fubjc£l to the Genoefej but there has 
 been and now \9 an Infurrci^ion 5 which the Ge- 
 noefcs cannot fhpprefs without Foreign Aids. A- 
 Body of French are landed there, to reduce the I. 
 About 11 Ms. S. of Corfica is Sardiwa ( a Km. ) > 
 Its 155 Ms. 1. and 52 b. The Cpl. is C^^//m. 
 
 •This I. produces (b much Corn that we are told' 
 1,000,000 Strikes has been exported in a Year. 
 This Km. is fubjed to iff own Prince,. who is alfc 
 Uuke of Savoy. 
 
 About 30 Ms. N. E. from Mca72t in Spain, i»j 
 Tvica I which ii but 30 Ms. 1. and 2 5 b. And 40 or.' 
 50 Ms. N. E. of this is Majorca 5 which is 5u Ms. 
 J. and about 50 b. Atid 20 Ms. K. B. ot this i«; 
 Minorca 5 about 45 Ms. 1. and 24b. 
 
 The Air of- thefe Is. is temperate", and Soil fruit- 
 ful in the inland Parts 5 but the Coai^s are gene-- 
 rally rocky : • They- are f^ibjea to Spain 5 except 
 9drt Makt>», or Maot2 (which lies in the S. W. 
 part of thcJaft) bero is a go(»d Harbour and ftrong' 
 Fort thfer commands the I. This was taken by^ 
 the^Englifh (whofeit now is) in 1708, with the: 
 liofs of 50 Men 3 tho* U had a Garrifon ot a^ 
 
 IjOOO. 
 
 _1 now pafs to the Northern Is. and ift to thofe 
 of i-rrojYabout i'^ i» Number) Ti-^ey lie m the : 
 tfdth D. of Lat. and i7rh of Lon. between G/^ecn- 
 l^d ^li^Nor'Wayi Here are Loadltoncs, Skins, . 
 
 
 Ni 
 
: I 
 
 I 
 
 
 K. W. of tbelc is Greenland i '^\mh ^ far M.^ 
 difcovered Con the W. Side^is from 76 ta %z Ds. of, 
 Lat. The Air is extremely cojd :; .Here and ip Nof. } 
 va Zetnbld^ there is one Kight 3 Months 1. and one 
 Day (of Courfe) of the fame length. '\ 
 
 Here are White ^eara 6 JFoot high and I4^<^"g S \ 
 one of them yields i;i?ilV. Weight pf Fa^ » Thefe 
 Crcaters will run to help Qne another, when atrack'd v > 
 if on^is kiU'd, the rei^, ^arry it, p£f, and eat it it 
 rot prevented. ,j ; - i j : ^ ;,, ;, ^ f 
 
 Many Whales are caught by tjie Englifh, Dutch, 
 &<ri upon this Coaii a«dGreei^iand. ■ ^ 
 
 Our S. Sea Company ba» annually employ 'd in 
 this rin.ery 18 or 20 Ships of about 300 Tun, aiwjf 
 4f Mei) s They fejt ou^ \y\ Marth ; begin to fifh 
 in-^ May 5 andgiye^oKr by MicUummer j, becaufe 
 vhen tbty begi^ to gender. Their Way of Fifh-. 
 ing is ^his: They fal^efjt their Shifps. to the Iccj, 
 and as each Ship has 5 JBofits, fo 2 of them, with 
 li'Men are ordered our, to watch the coming of 
 the Whale 5 they are atfo faften'd to the Ice ^ at 
 a feail Dift^nce irpm ijIk 3hkp : As foop as ever - 
 they fee him, they. w/Ivf\*iftly upofi,him„ b^hi^d,^> 
 that; he may not- fte the Bo^t^ m)r(|?ftcb it with 
 his -T^il : .The Man th^t is at tl^iHead of t^h^i 
 Boatj darts an hqrpifig J^ron with 4il>:his mightiin- 
 to the Body of tfeeT^ilh; and leaves. it |here 5 toi 
 this Iron there is failenM a Cord, of about 270 
 Yards l<»ng: As each Bjoat bafif :f fti^h. Qprds,. fo 
 they expeditiouOy ftye ope to ff.ojber, as, Oc<ia-3 
 iion fcrves: As fcoi> as thje VJhal^ j^ ftrp^V, th>5>> 
 othtr 4. Euats join the 2 firtt j agaii^li i^ei Wh^l^A 
 rifcs : They thruil fharp Lances into any Part ofcS 
 him they ccmc at: He dies by Lofs of Blood, 
 looner or later according to the Wounds he has 
 
 receiv'd 
 
Vr9VT 
 
 ^eceivM. A largd Whale fe about 70 Foo^Jong» 
 and iz hjfth^ be isoJt iSbff 19 Inchct tlii(jk o£B«ty 
 
 which yields q or 4,000 Gallons of Oil, 'i' 'ii 
 
 The Whale- BAnfe ii the Gills f vuHich confifts of 
 ir or 1200 Pieces ^ mol^ of tnem 15 Foo»4im|5^ 
 and 4 broad. A good Wbale is wortii atiove»r,oo»1. 
 The Female ha* Tears, and Suckles, after th« Ji^a- 
 ner of Land Antmals t A young u^e when bro^ilc 
 fbftb i« a» big as an Hogfhetid. t h tian tlmnk 
 
 The Whale's Throat is fo (Irait that tkerc i* 
 hardly room for a Man*s Arm to pafs*:' It ii'^flo- 
 hible therefore that this was not the Fifh tbat 
 fwallow*d Jonah 5 and the rather becaWfe it's ikid 
 no Whale was evet fcen in thofe Seas? It is mofe 
 probable that the great Fi(h fpokeii ofy^^Joniili 
 'f;''t7.''was a Shark » which is not only' a 'Very ve- 
 racious bat a very large Fifli j weighing 4,o€);^il. 
 and 'k 'Man has adlually been'fdurtfl intire itv the 
 Belly of k Shark. , ^ .Vt'^'^i^ - .iU^.'it 
 
 The Women in Greenland' ^IntuKeii' Faces with 
 "Bikck af.'d ble^v^tfofees. *» • ' ^ 
 
 -'^'^iTb^M'ilfe B. 6t^ thiols Niva Zhntbln\^^ ^\ko>'<f^ 
 ?ai {^rA^^f^'to '^^ 'f)s. of B/it. >u« vlriierfieJif^ I. itfr 
 J>art of a C4oiitif>eSit, is uT^cerfain*/ V ♦- ' '- i' " ^^.a 
 
 .Iceland lies from 64 to 68 i)s. of Lat frdflfi 3"'^- 
 to* 8 of Lohi It's q4j Ms. l.'aiid'a-boijt'acSO b/dt's 
 '4 <jr 5^*6 M-s.W. of N^fivt^y^ and"5^o*K: af S^^Wllli^l. 
 This Country i^ Ve ly Mbuntai nous a^d c<$ld- ^i yet 
 there are ieveral hdt Springs 5 partlculitl^ MbUlw: 
 Jkcdh-^ "which throw* out fcafkling Watery ' AJIies, 
 $rorife*5, ' &c. 'Fhij Woufes^^heru are Ivdlf'un'dfer 
 Ground/ ' Th<if 'Bre^d ' is • m<*do of ' Fifh^ 'l3ofi^3 
 
 The Commodities arc Sulphur, Furs^ S^'c. This 
 Ciiufitrv is lubi^ to the K. of 1)QhnHrk^**^ V/ 
 
 G ^ FrceJIavd 
 
 r IS tunitjcc to 
 
('•• 
 
 lii 
 
 ri3a I 
 
 , : FneffMpd lies from 60 to tf 5 D«. of Lat. It's fakl 
 , t© be fubjea to a great Lord caii'd Sicbamay i but 
 it'f little known. 
 I5 t&eeftUndWci nearthe N. of America: N. E. of 
 ,i)«vids Straits. It extends from the tfoth P. of Lar. 
 Kwfi. know not how far either N. E. or W. the cold- 
 -mdk of the Country preventa Travellers from m«^ 
 3king fairthiir Difcoverics : They aflure us, that thp 
 Inhabitants of this I. live in Tents 5 which in Sum- 
 ^tncrTime, they carry about with them in Boats. 
 That in Winter, they live under Ground in Caves, 
 1 which have a Communication one with another, 
 like Rabbits Boroup>. Their Boats are made of 
 :Whale Bones ftitch-d together with the Sinews of 
 4fieafts,^and coverM with Fifh Skins: That they 
 wjcar the Skins of Birds. &c. That they worfhip 
 Ae Devil, &c. ^ 
 
 : But I now pafs to Is. wc are better acquainted 
 with, viz. the lefler and greater Britifh Is. 
 
 And iirft of the Icffcr. 
 
 About 1 2 or 14 Ms N. of Scotland lie the Orat^ 
 defy or Orkney is. They are in the 57 and 58 T^s, 
 jOf Lat. Qf tjiefe i6 are inhabit<:d j befides which., 
 many arc only ufed for Pafturage, and are called 
 
 do Off 70 Ms, N. E. of thefe is SketUtid 5 which 
 c^wnprckends 45 ^s. and 4Q Holms : They lie from 
 'S, JE.tOyK, W. \ox about go Ms. The Air here 
 ji^ivery coki^ b^t v^ry healthful. 
 
 G» the W. of Scotland lie the Hebrides, or 
 Weilern \». Q^rdeu calls them 30Q. The 2 largeft 
 arerhofeof Sky (ytty near Scotland.-: I t*s §0 Ms. 
 I. and 20 b.) and Lewis, whkh is 67 Ms. 1. and 
 15 b. 
 
 W. of WcAmorelan 1, fat the Dilhncc of about 
 
50 Ms.) lies the f, of Man j wKicH is 50 Ms. L tni 
 lib. It it divided into 17 PariHies. TbcCpl.i* 
 Cape Tovn : This L belongs to the Earl of tDerh 
 fwho is ftird Lord or King in Matt) under the kI 
 of England : I'ho* fome Barons have Linds here t 
 The Earl has his Civil and Military Officers, who 
 aft by his CommiiTiona : He alfo hold's Coarts : He 
 I^rdons and executes in hijj own Name j and 
 (abating his Homage to the K. of England J he is anl 
 abfolute Prince. 
 
 The Air here is very fharp and cold. The In- 
 habitants are call'd MankS'Me7u 
 
 N. W. of N. Wales ( at a little Diaance ) is 
 the I. of Angkjey, It is 40 Ms. 1. and 2.6 b. it 
 is reckoned one of the Counties of Wahss : It is 
 very fruitful in Corn, &c., which i& exported to 
 Wales. f./; » fj' ' 
 
 S. of irAnipfhire lies the I. oOVigbt: It is reck, 
 on d a Part of that County.. It's leparated by a 
 narrow and rapid Current, or Channel : It^s about 
 35 Ms. L and tz b. It't encompassed with Rocks; 
 ferDecially towards France,) and is fortify*d witb 
 Stakes ^nd Caftles. This 1. is a pleafant and fmit-' 
 fui Spot. It is divided according to fbmc into 76 
 and according' to others, into 52 Parifhes. Here 
 are 5 Market Towns j the€pl. nNtwprtlhU 
 reckoned to contain 2 5,000 Souls. 
 
 S. W. of this,, near the <i)afl« of Mrmandy \\q 
 feveral fmall Js. vXz^Aldenity., which is 8 Ms. n 
 G^(?r«/?y, which, it u. M$. each Way. JerCe'^ 
 which is 12 Ms. J. and. 7 b. Snrk,.^^. all which 
 jje|ong to England., _ . 
 
 il I nttw pa& to the greater Britifh 1$. viz. Ireland, 
 and Gre^at Britain, 
 
 ". '- 
 
 
^iWD ' W ' 
 
 namppmniaJVin ' " 
 
 ^!- 
 
 ^^^1^/4?^ fits fhf »M«iia on tbe W: K'iftd -ft St, 
 O^fjrgc'^ Chaiind and tlie Irifh' Sed 6h thd* E. (bc^ 
 tweeh it anH Great Britain.) The Channel is fo or 
 looM*. over. Ireland hits ftom j to I'i D$. df lidh. 
 fi-om 51 to 5^ of Lat. Gordon calk it 205 M«. K. 
 and 150 K^ ■■ V '' . ■'■ '^- -• '' -^ '^^^ 
 
 The Soil hiere is generally fruitful 5 the Air in 
 feme Part^ is' unhealthftil' : It*s oWervable, that n6^ 
 venem6fi*s' Creature wifll live in this Kih. 
 
 Ireland is, a very cheap Country 5 here is plenty 
 of Butter, Cheef, Fie fli, Woollen, and Linnen 
 Cloth 'y the Manufaftute of the Jaft ii riO# very 
 much iTii|)rov*d and brought to great Per(^ft- 
 
 ion. 
 
 ^* This Country is divided into 4 Province*, and 
 fubdivided int(\^5 1 Counties. The Cpl. Js 'DtibUn-y 
 a Jarge, fine, ricij^ and populous C. a good Port, 
 
 Here are 4 A^hbifhopP; Iftf^fe Archbifhop of 
 
 For E^ifcopacy i« cftabPillt'd'y tho*^ fhcr6 are many 
 riiilenteri r but thWferGffea^^^Pte of ih6 Irifh aVd 
 
 .^In th^ €l$\Atf 6f]jfmim hMi^t^ Catifif^ay 
 c^lM the- Giants i^ It ruhs 206' Yafdi iiiiro th^^ S^a-; 
 It's frorn 46 fb 80 Tarfls'^b. %iiid%i foirrePJaccs/i2 
 Yards above^^he S^ndis^ 
 
 iitladd is a^Kto; 
 
 to the K. pf Gtt^t 
 
 Z/V^/?'^;^^^/^ andt'-i^n^his^A' %i<^ hfK Zotd^^uftV^ 
 fiP^V'Her^ iy-ii Pai^iament Vcbhffittng^^of LbWs an^ 
 (Jommons,. as in l^ngl^nd ^ who witii .flie 'lilcut^ 
 naht, Mfjrike liavi/^'mr the'^odd" Go^eiJn'tW^nt;^ of 
 the Km. But thefe Laws mult sill paft the ^'nad 
 iSeal of Great Britain 3 or elfe they are of no Force. 
 
 Grcaf 
 

 divided 
 
 !»ow aijak9 
 
 C?/*^^^ Tin tain 
 
 K»>*^' ■'■ A-'H A- : '■, ..-• ■ ^-^\ 'w*t 
 
 ^iScd^0^d (%trated from Erjjgland, by tfee Rt 
 T^edi aod ^//u'^jv Fifth) li^afroni 54 to 5^ 1)9/ 
 of lli»itt. flrom w tO; 1 7 af Lon. Jr's 2 50 Ms, Lfai^i, 
 ilbibii ItVCby the a. ,7^ )^m<*cd i»to H/fi&-f 
 /^5,and i^7«^i»^iiand ftibdividedinto 51 Shtfes>' 
 and ^jStuatiries.; loihiuM ino :n,^\ 3i<ir?t sv ; 
 
 .Tbe Air hcrr w vci^ cold, but generally pwe; 
 and healfhluK Some Parte are tolerably fertile j 
 bfat otfcens Mountaiivious, and tbStily pe6plcd ; 
 The Inhabitami of thia Km. are reckon d to be 
 i,f00iOQO,r^;:,,' 1. , : ;._ .-iOiif lii^.ti --i&.y^i 
 
 Hcf« iU^t«at Pleucy 6f Bi/h,.Cattle,!Ldatcl, Coul,* 
 
 isu'thSaCfKintey af«[ raanyi lAkea^ ^WA Lougki]: 
 Oneifofi*wJl*thj (viz. Z(92i'^i&«e^^ i» /acboii^ing to 
 ^ Gordon! i,gc» Yards ideep; It never freeaea bwt 
 alwaL^ti retains its narnrai H.ut ; neaf to it b a ^r«at 
 rouod Mt«i*.above,2 Ma. high purpeodlcwlar ; at the 
 Top of hy .is an. ant^tsfaom^bib li4ke ("cftik'd J^hi^i. 
 yWn«caa»>y whkhjfttflrerfreezesi r') ^- V 
 
 vTh«iSfitttchDrefi)i*mticil plainer than tiie Eng* 
 li-ftiiTThei, meaner (Sodi}. («%flciaUy th^ HighUr^ 
 ders (wear Bonnets upon their Heads, and cove*^ 
 th«ici3odic» wbhMJmis.i, H.,a AtiP^aid.is, a 
 Piece of Silk or Qotte^, or 8 Yards J. whicb>th«y: 
 wlap t hemfeiveic wi { uumi . , . . / .t; f '^ .» j^: 
 Here are 4 Univerfities, viz. Edinburgh,. G^f^^ 
 ^orjtifijibendsni Qifv^M. j^Odrewsii The firft. is the 
 Opi..of ithe Knu slt^uji Uar^, fine, (lately Q.-The 
 Houfes in foaie Paitsiof »it'arBiii or la Stories high 
 on on6 fide, and 8 or 9 on the other 5 which oft be- 
 long to as many Landlords. 
 
 Ai 
 
C »36 ] 
 
 As to Qvil Government fte England, to which4tt 
 #ai united ki 1 703. 
 
 ^y-fi^vr^jKwcftaHifhM Keret the Ghurch(ctMed' 
 the iiT/rfc; of Scotland, is govern'd by Kirk Seffions^l 
 ^reslfyterhs, ^rmtkinl, Sy^/cds, sttid GenertU Af 
 fimhlm : The ift cowfifts of the Minifter, £ldcr& 
 4ind Deacons : This meets onct a Week : Of thtfe 
 there IS one? ih each Pari/h, ii^. ^90 which irthc: 
 Kumher of Paiifhes. Gf thefe there aue only 91 
 that have more than one Minifter .-There '«rc in 
 Scotfaftd no Titti^alhieSy €vraciesi or thnReJi" 
 dencies allowM i nor docs any Minifter ufc Notes ia ^ 
 the Pulpit. The 2d confifts of the Minifter* and" 
 one Elder, from fevera! neighbouring Parifhes 5 at 
 fewcft XI, at moft, 24: Ot thefe there are tfp.i 
 Several of thefe Presbyteries make a P«)vincial 
 Synod y of which there are 1 5 in the Km. Thefe 
 meet twice a ifear : As there lies an Appeai from 
 the J ft to the 2d, from the 2d to the jd, fo from 
 the 9d to the General Jffemhly j from which there 
 is no Appeal : This meets once a Year at Edin* 
 kur^h^ at which is prefent either the K. or his Re- 
 preieBtative 5 calkd the LordCommiffimcn - 
 
 The General ^ffmHy confifts of » Number of 
 Minifters< and Riiilir)t»' Elders (who are commonly 
 of the firft Quality in th« Km.} from every Pres- 
 bytery. < . ; 
 
 Iwo Minifter eiren in. Edinburgh (fays Giam- 
 berlayne)4ias nftorc than. 1,000 Merks : i. e. 1 1 1 1. 
 2S. 2d. p. An. and fcarce any has lc& than 50 1., 
 p.. An., -t^^^^'^'^-^'i '• '■ i^M'r-h >. ^/ ; 
 
 I now procecxl in the kft Place, to our Native • 
 Ccutitry, of which I fhall give a more large and > 
 pai ticular Account from fe vcra> AuthotSv 
 
 Souths 
 
 .1; 
 
^ Sofit^ SHtaw, or EvgUnd with W^fes; \\ki 
 worn 17 to 20 T^z. of ixMv 50 to 55 of Lat. It ha»' 
 St. George's Channel and the Irifh Sea on the 
 W. the Britifh Channel on. the S. the Stnits oft 
 Dover on the S. E. the German O. on the E-and^ 
 Scotland on the K. j 
 
 England is in Shape triangular. Theloneeft: 
 Side from Berwick N. to Lands End S. W, ii lfi6 
 Ms. From Sandwich E. to Lands End W. hy S, ir 
 a8o M». And from St. Daajtds in »^^/« to Zw-^ 
 paffin Suffolk is 280 Ms. from Sahwick to fP^ji^//!^ 
 mcutbl^, andS. isr 520 M». ItV computed to con- 
 tain 39,038,500 Acres. ^, ::) 
 England is reckoned near 10 times as big ar 
 Holland'-; five times as big as -FAi^/^jj half as K^ 
 as //i^j^ J and above a 3d part as big as Pranfe. 
 1 ne Air m this I. U very mild and temperate i^' 
 and Soil very fruitful : It has within its felf Meat) 
 ^ Drink and Clothes fufficieht for all its Inhahitatitst 
 and a great deal to {pare for other Nations thar 
 want any of thefe. It yearly exports a large Qua».; 
 
 my of each* and imports for them Fruits, Winesj 
 Silks, «c. 
 
 qlVales has England on the E. St. George's Chaa-^ 
 nel and Irifli Sea on the W, N. and S* It is call'd a. 
 principality-, for the K. of Englands cldeft Son 
 has the Title of ^nV/Cff a/ #^tf/2yi >i 
 
 The Country is generaUy very rough and Moun-^ 
 i^inous. It produces Cattle, Lead Oar, Coal, Fifh,^ 
 &c. It is divided into 4 Circuits j each of which 
 contain 5 Counties. . ,^,, 
 
 The Welch have a Language of their own. The 
 Vulgar, are generally very rude, and ignorant. 1 
 
 England is various ways divided ("e. p. Ir. 
 Into (S Circuits, vir. the H^'ejlern Qrcui^, the 
 ^' . Homf 
 
Hme Citc\xit,^^cNbrfo& Oiroiit, the Mi^k^d 
 Qfct^, )the Oxford Gircwi^ tnd fbe Nortbtrm 
 Cifcuttv thiefe/»tf^' Circuits comprehend 98 Coun- 
 ^ ji f Mbldiefex is - not . rdcfcon'd, Becaiife of its 
 nsdnitj^ to JLandim. oNor Chejb'my becatife ii 
 Comty "Palatine i having a Judge, &c.i peculiar 
 
 *' ^England #ith Wales is divided into two Provin- 
 QCiS,r^ .Ar^Jbbi/hopritks^ ivia* Th6fe <if Ctfii^ 
 tetifur^, (S. of the Rs. Trent aoA Humbei ) and 
 7frl^(!N'.«fthcfeRs.>:: .'vi^c^- ■ 'V.^^vV. f,r^.,^ 
 •?rJic{c^,2jProri^ diJvided mto 16 Sipopricks 
 
 (2)ioceffes or Sees) and thefe again into ^o JrcJb^'Ik^; 
 cmriei: and thefe inioHural fDeaj?nes Th«?rcire 
 ffbSb 2<r^DciapK;of Collegiate and Cathedral Churchei 
 544Prebciid|irie«*- lAnd^ahout 9913 fi.e(Sors* ^ndb 
 Yicars, bcfides Curates. The Clergy ire reckoned 
 (iaiail) i^andiE^ooi /rv ; ' -k 
 
 , The R^veneaof the Ghurclx, are oft (kid to b^ 
 much : lefif n^w, r' th an before th e Reformatioii f 
 bu* tijcfe who aflert this, included under thatDe"-^ 
 Domtnation; Monks, Friars, and Kuiv?, who had 
 190 great Houfes ; ("befides fmall Priories) the 
 Revenues of which, / amounted r to 2S 5 ,000 1. p. 
 Anl ! and nii^ht (as Hands have rofe fince) have 
 bced worth, ileveral times that Sum i Where;>4 
 thofe that are propeidy the Clergy, and ha^ve ;be. 
 Care>t)f Souls, rare much better provided for now^ 
 tjian they .were in Times of Popery j for the Im- 
 
 Sopriations cGipplaia!d o£, were never dn their 
 ands J but only feizM from the lazy Regulars ^ 
 thai hadohegg'd. aijd jBngrols'd tl^m aU long 
 before* .,:•..•; ; r- .^r-.-, .. ., • 
 
 T^here is a Cmvccatiqn in each of thelc Provin- 
 ces :t wMdi. confifts of Upperiand Lower Houfes ?I 
 rv^\ ' in 
 
 nfiuc 
 
 t.'. 
 
mim 
 
 pcrHoule: ai Dcans^'fo ArcK-Deacons, i^riQQr 
 torilfcr tfeeCfcaptef, aftd 4VProaprtifQ^th9 Clergy» 
 makoth© £,0^ Hou^. Thefej arc f whdntver tlie 
 K.- pleai[c6 to eail them together* ) tcrroirfiddr Bjccl^r' 
 ^fti(&al AfiSiifis t' but *if late they i^vc had lihleti 
 do, and have fcidom fat. l T 
 
 Aii the Englifh Birtiops are-?5m CfThe!ResCffir; 
 madetryjthp K. oily^wm^fends dowa hil Conge^ 
 4* J^J^rhX^r _le4v6 to eleftji td the; Dian, &c. 
 10 de^ the Perfcjn |ie' nominates, to thi vacant 
 S^eh Every Biffeop fweans Aljeehftcei ^d does 
 Homage to his Maj^fty» ^r^hJi ^'eni^on lity, ,or 
 Sarony 5 as an Acknowledgemeni. t^at he holds 
 itoftheK. ' • i -f - > "'^ ' I ■'■ 
 
 The Archbifbopof Canterbury- has; theJHonoiif 
 atidiPoWr to hold JC^iirts, and grint Licences, ^d 
 iMfpenfationsi ffajfs C4?^«^^r/^^>««e} in all Cafes 
 heretofore fu6d for. in the Court of Rome \ not k- 
 p\>gnaht tothcK's Pre^gativc, &c, ts nojt thi,» !as 
 nfiudh as to fayi that he is art >EiigUCb ;?-pie, ft^f^f 
 as^ our tonftitutiOn admits ofl ^ f" i^? 
 11 ^ ; ?^: His Titles are thefe.^* ^ ^ - 
 yIiisG^a(f€ tjoe Moft Reverend., Father in Gcd^ 
 iJf^i-y jfy^cif-iBifipf ofCamerlmry^ 'Primate of all 
 
 ifie »t«£cs Piacc of alUSubjejdfc, CBccept the Roy- 
 
 at'*a*a oii l y > ■«--^-.-. .-#-«.«— m»*,w. — «^».,m> ...w^.^., »«>.i,aM»ir.w, . — ^ , .. ,,^^_ 
 
 Th(f Titles of a Biffiop are, 7^/&^ Right Rever-- 
 end taiToer^^n God Lord 'Bijhop cf: . 
 
 •fThe f^lowing Table fhews the Names of the 
 Kfli<ipri<S.«^ :Their Content*. The Number of 
 PSriffeesfif e;^^h See, :M its Aoniial . V^lue, in 
 t|B K;'s. p^kof temi \ 2xA alfo^he ir^prof'ed 
 \fi^k of i^any jof them from Chaml^eVlay nq. '' * 
 
 i.' 1 .i 
 
 *i 
 

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 'f- 
 
 
 J 
 
 o o o o 
 
 o 
 
 ^ v* '«*• O OO ° 
 
 •^ o o o o o 
 
 pg'8 *? S : 
 
 '^ "I J . '■! . r , f . 
 
 £• »«• Ok ^ ikf c . m ■ m ■ *^ 
 
 
 
 M li 
 
 iij 
 
 J2 
 
 U JC 5 p , B 2i r- -^ 
 
 CONtENrj^ 
 
 V3 
 
 o 
 
 
8i 
 
 HI 
 O. 
 
 iii|iprov*4! 
 
 Valae. 
 
 Value 
 
 ^mm 
 
 t 
 
 i 
 
 o o 
 
 9 
 
 55 ^ J? ^ *^'o "^ N n» 
 
 •4 fr ST* •:?:<• •^w*^^ ^ 
 Q o o o o o o u 5 
 
 8 
 
 o 
 
 * p- 
 
 o o o o o o 
 
 o 
 
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 o 
 
 o 
 
 00 t^ 
 •-• O c> 
 
 58 " 
 
 I 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 ill 
 
 J5 •^^^ S m 
 
 
 U^ 
 
 ^ «^ 
 
 4^ 
 
 if -^il^-^'l ^ 
 
 eS « «^ 
 
 iIirK 
 
 
 -, 6 »[ 
 
 HI 
 
 ■I 
 
 e 
 
 m ou u 
 
 idly.. 
 
 f '■■ ■»! j 
 
 -I 
 
adljr. England and W^es aj^ ^md^£\^6 
 
 52Countres or^hires^_ ;! — , . f" ' T, --. 
 
 1^. •Hb^^.ii's of'tI!^6<igBMf «flpabt%j 
 £*. Tfe^Circifinfetie^ jDr Mije;^ n?u«d. ' '^ 
 
 ^■' *" * ■■** . -.^ t^ ^-* : * i w^i f- 
 
 |. The Number iof-Zfacies fti baic|;C6unty. 
 
 57. 5rhc caxfiRUted Jiundier tf Houfds. 
 
 9. f te .cc^i^t^d NiJmt^r if S6ifs ih fome 
 
 f. ^TbeMum.heii<f |^ifti$J^ 
 fo.Tatie Sfoitet T^vrns, 1 ,. ^ , ^ i 
 %j .TTheXrapltaTof eicfe County. j 
 ili.TheDiftancei^f AeCapitils fronxLondon. 
 
 
 H, *, %*i-„? 5 ^^i? 
 
 13. t^he?:itu|tiofiX)feil:|6fi)|«|t^Lpnddn. 
 
 Names 
 
■HHPRMM 
 
 
 
 J -^ IK. 
 
 
 t.' 
 
 f 
 
 K**"' 
 
 > 
 
 ■-■■'■'H 
 
 in' 
 
 
 
 
 ^ ^ 
 
 i ■ 
 
 ■. :|..| . 
 
 - ! 
 
 i 
 
 i ■• 
 
 it loci 
 
 
 
 ^bc. 
 
 » f 
 
 
 
 I 1 
 
 
 
 > 1 
 
 - 
 
 < 1 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 
Names. 
 
 Produfts. 
 
 Rivers. 
 
 Acres'. 
 
 Houfes. 
 
 Sauls. 
 
 BedfordOi. 
 
 Berkfliire. 
 
 Buckingham. 
 
 Cambridgefh 
 
 Cheihire. 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Cumberland 
 
 Derby (hire. 
 
 Devon (hire 
 
 Dorferfhire. 
 
 Durham. 
 
 EfTex. 
 
 Glouceftcrfli. 
 
 Hamp(hire. 
 
 Hertford(h. 
 
 Hereford (h. 
 
 Huntingdon. 
 
 Kent. 
 
 Lanca(hir©. 
 
 Leicefterfliire 
 
 Lincoln(hire 
 
 Middiefex. 
 
 Monmouth (h 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Northampton 
 
 North umbld 
 
 Nottingham. 
 
 Oxfordfhlre. 
 
 Kutlandfliire 
 
 Shropililie. 
 
 Somerfetfhire 
 
 Stafford (hire. 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Surrey. 
 
 Suflex. 
 
 Warwick. 
 
 Weftmoreld. 
 
 Wiltfhire. 
 
 Worcefter. 
 
 Yorkftiire. 
 
 Anglefey 
 
 Brecknock. 
 
 Cardi^. 
 
 Caermarthen 
 
 Caernarvon. 
 
 Denbigh. 
 
 Flint. 
 
 Glamorgan. 
 
 Merkmeth. 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 PeTibrokefli. 
 
 4 
 
 9 
 
 H 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 44 
 6 
 
 4 
 a6 
 
 »o 
 
 4 
 8 
 
 8 
 
 i6 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 10 
 
 4 
 12 
 
 8 
 
 3 
 12 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 8 
 9 
 
 12 
 
 18 
 10 
 16 
 
 »4 
 20 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 34 
 
 9 
 30 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 2 
 * 
 2 
 2 
 I 
 
 £ 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 Butter Checfe 
 Corn, Cattle 
 Wood, Sheep 
 Corn, Fifli 
 Cheefe, Salt 
 Com, Copper 
 Ditto 
 
 Coal, Lead 
 Corn, Cattle 
 Ditto 
 Coal 
 
 Corn, Cattle 
 Corn, Cheefe 
 Corn & Cattle 
 Corn 
 
 Cyder, Corn 
 Corn 
 Ditto 
 
 Coal, Cattle 
 Corn, 
 
 Hops, Wool 
 Corn, Cattle 
 Ditto 
 
 Corn, Wool 
 Corn, Cattle 
 Coal, Lead 
 Corn, Wood 
 Corn, Fruit 
 Corn, Cattle 
 Ditto 
 Corn, Cattle 
 
 Oufe, Ivel 
 Thames, Kennet 
 Tame, Oulc 
 Oufe, Cam 
 Dee, Weaver 
 Tame, Camel 
 Eden, Derwent 
 Prent, Derwent 
 Turridg.Terrier 
 Stowre, Frome 
 Tine, Ware 
 Thames, Stowre 
 Severn, Avon 
 Ditto 
 Coin, Lea 
 VVey, Arrow 
 Oufe 
 
 Thames, Medw 
 Merfcy, Ribble 
 Soar, Reek 
 Witham, Trent 
 Thames, Coin 
 
 Oufe, Yare 
 Nen, Oufe 
 Tine, Tweed 
 Trent, Idle 
 Tame, Charwel 
 Weyland, Afli 
 Severn, Culm 
 I Severn, Avon 
 
 Coal, CopperlTrent, Dove 
 Butter, Cheefe I Stowre, Blithe ^65 
 
 73 
 120 
 .38 
 130 
 
 (12 
 130 
 168 
 130 
 
 ZOO 
 
 150 
 
 107 
 146 
 
 I3S 
 
 100 
 
 130 
 
 102 
 
 66 
 
 162 
 
 170 
 
 96I 
 
 i8o 
 
 81 
 
 80 
 
 140 
 
 120 
 
 90 
 
 130 
 
 40 
 
 »34 
 150 
 
 141 
 
 Corn 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Ditto 
 
 Cloths 
 
 Sheep 
 
 Cyder, Cheefe 
 
 Corn, Cattle 
 
 Corn, Cattle 
 Ditto 
 Lead 
 
 Com, Cattle 
 Fowl, Cattle 
 Goats, Sheep 
 Coals, Cattle 
 Com, Cattle 
 FilR, Sheep 
 Horfes,Goatf 
 Coal, Fifli 
 CheefeHorfes 
 
 Thames, Mole 
 Arun 
 Avon 
 Eden, Can 
 Kennet, Avon 
 Severn, A>'on 
 Humber, Oufe 
 
 112 
 
 158 
 no 
 no 
 128 
 130 
 360 
 
 60 
 106 
 
 94 
 
 lOZ 
 
 95 
 116 
 
 40 
 
 1 12 
 
 108 
 
 94 
 93 
 SO 
 
 i 60000 
 527000 
 
 441 ODO 
 570000 
 726000 
 960000 
 
 1040000 
 680000 
 
 1920000 
 772000 
 610000 
 
 I 240000 
 800000 
 
 I 312500 
 
 45 1000 
 660000 
 140000 
 
 1 248000 
 
 1 1 5000.? 
 5600C0 
 
 1 746000 
 24^000 
 340000 
 
 1 148000 
 55C000 
 
 1370000 
 560000 
 534000 
 1 1 0000 
 890000 
 
 1075000 
 810000 
 995000 
 591000 
 
 1 140000 
 670000 
 510000 
 876000 
 540000 
 
 3770000 
 
 200000 
 610000 
 520000 
 700000 
 370000 
 410000 
 160000 
 540000 
 500000 
 560000 
 420000 
 310000 
 
 21 170 
 16906 
 18390 
 
 '7347 
 24054 
 
 25374 
 14825 
 
 21155 
 
 56310 
 
 2194^ 
 
 15984 
 
 34834 
 26764 
 
 26851 
 
 16569 
 
 15000 
 
 82 7 
 
 39242 
 40202 
 18700 
 40590 
 I 00000 
 6490 
 47780 
 24808 
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 326 
 
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 Cambridge 
 
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 Derby 
 
 Exeter 
 
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 Durham 
 
 Colchefter 
 
 Gloucefler 
 
 Southampton 
 
 Hartford 
 
 Hereford 
 
 Huntingdon 
 
 Canterbury 
 
 Lancafter 
 
 Liecefter 
 
 Lincoln 
 
 London 
 
 Monmouth 
 
 Norwich 
 
 Northampto. 
 
 Newcaftle 
 
 Nottingham 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Oakham 
 
 Shrewsbury 
 
 Priftol 
 
 Stafford 
 
 Ipfwich 
 
 Southwark 
 
 Chichciler 
 
 Coventry 
 
 Kendall 
 
 Salisbury 
 
 Worcefter 
 
 York 
 
 Beaumaris 
 
 Brecknock 
 
 Cardigan 
 
 Caermarthen 
 
 Caernarvon 
 
 T> L-. i_ 
 
 St. Afa^h 
 
 LlandaiF 
 
 Harleck 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 Pembroke 
 
 Radnor 
 
 38 
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 441 W. 
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 70! W. 
 
 230 
 
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 184 
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 195 
 
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 as is all 
 
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 Nation) ahf 2kom-r» f^p" "'•"^ P«'"of the 
 
 . yqfm reckon'd ehat there we« J ^ l*^ ". ' 
 
 in Spain; In ftttuxV^"^ 7 ,'^°'°°° ^oub 
 
 ».ooi,ooo : In gre^B;,°«fn °/, 'l* '."'^ ""'* '»• 
 
 »**«ia and Hungary ,'ooo^„ '," °f"»«»y. 
 400,000: J„ Swede^anH v^°' I" 0«»wwk 
 
 And (/^.^rCw >£yTo& 
 
 in Mofcovy ; j, e ^d r^nr^L- ^^^) 3>ooo,ooo 
 
 "»» think 'hU;;dd'^n^ca"jTPt/'*i *^ 
 
 amount to 100,000,000 *'"*"*"'* An,a«»Jt,wiU 
 
 But he reckon* that Afi* will rifr i.:™u ' " * i ' 
 
 «W iooooo,odo Ghinf/" SfhS WheV*^' 
 
 <^^. "^"P^T. "*' *« Soul. «po„ E«th .„ 
 J«>i0co,o«)0. He" adds thur !»»,/• ^arra to 
 
 Square, aiio^^ eaeh "a F^t lo^S^'"" ^«"« 
 W- It^:^?'^,?'^"^ contain ali the .h«S 
 
 n 
 
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 4 <fJt-v; .i)5fyv,(^^, 
 
 in' 
 
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 In Moftovy, Sic 
 In Scandinavia ._ 
 in the 17 Province^ — - 
 In Germany and Bohemia 
 
 Jn Itafy and Is. . - 
 
 in France, &c* ^ - 
 
 In Spain aad Portugal; 
 
 In Great Britain and Ireland 
 
 Total 
 
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 - 5>OOO,og0 
 
 - aO,O0o,OCO 
 
 1 1 ,000,000 
 
 ao,ooo,ooo 
 
 tf,poo,ooo 
 
 P,00,OOQQ 
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 England and WaJw, are rtckbn'd about 
 
 1 IhaJl now proceed to give a more particular^ 
 
 Accoumcf the principal Ts. I«. in feveralof thcfe 
 
 Counties from f«me modem Authors. """"*='* 
 
 K^*.^erf>^^;>e abundance of Lace of all Sorts 
 and Pnccs is woven. 
 
 R*o1^^ the Cpl i. call'd an old clean T. ^ 
 
 th?^if%!' ' '««' "".^ populousT. famous for ' 
 
 Sr!- » -^ uT'^'?*^ '•"" »« •»•<•« here ; Ifo 
 Spring ,s,o be found about it} but there are4»r«,r 
 
 t?e" •;&* " '"^ "'^ '»« J &ft 5 ami , at.s,ch of.. 
 
 In Serkfi,itr are fevcral confiderable Tfc Read- 
 r»pB a populous and thri,i,- pjace *«, , C 
 riih« : Itu feated o, «he RTkennct. ,T ' ** . 
 o^fi^"^%l*>?Ty iargeand handfoiw T. 
 fjl'lbr^b - ?' ^«* « «"«C«f, ; ,rtd fevte.1 
 """" '"■"""■""" "eet in the M«rket-Plicc ! 
 
 It 
 
 WliKU 
 
*t ftands upon the- Tu 
 
 come to T. Here is one of ,f, "i* ^t'"^ '''« ^^"^ 
 •"/h« Km. bull Z^i^f'lfM.rk.tJio,^^, 
 Hail over it are iept the To Jn a''/'"^''" J" ''«= 
 the County are hel§ at Re.T ^'^i''^' 5 ^''>«''e for 
 
 Jjwated near the Thames °'^^°"''°" ) « charmin.-W 
 % Ground, that over^aUr '^^ T°P "fa R*^ 
 Here ., a large Caftle calli t/''-'*'^"^Countrv 
 njadeaPalac! ofWta^ '.^•'- ^^arflU' 
 Order of the Garlek ^ '"'*"'""'« ^»^ Ae fat.^ 
 
 ^heJtheri'^'-^^P-ks.theone^M.r.and 
 I'??t£l:re"3;iarge._ and „e« Built T 
 
 uuie : The Buijdinp.s are oU " , ^"^ h the R 
 Rwns.- The 2 MemL rl> ^"^ the Caftle I,,' 
 
 Coun^:^^Tf*'flL?*.'""8^'* an'l heft T .•„ U'^ 
 
 ■l-^'n SrS r ^^^- °S-a''B^d"^^ ,' 
 'hefir/schooi n £„^f "/''"''"» ColLe. J,?.? 
 
 ?""• ""=*. '» Servant,,:' "u-%''»^«, « ^J 
 
 "'-«nt., t"=«ufe.t.hereareV5-ra^v'r" ''^^'^ '.• 
 
 H ^ '^^'y^gr^-Jtijw'- 
 
 
C 146 ] 
 ny Schokre (feMom Jefi than 500) and of the .ft 
 Rank >n the K,«. All or wo'l of the P«fl be- 
 leng.„g to thi« School, have fettled Sakricrand A «- 
 commodat ons: There are lakewife T, "dTcriDia 
 Men wlK, have their Maintenance here. ^ 
 
 '^■'^ ' " " very low and watery. 
 411 WmJ' ^t'^^^"^irf j'in'ls on the R. Cam. It i, 
 
 Jargenefe ot its Univerfity, and Magnificence of 
 itis Buildings, make amends for allf Here a^ 
 i<f Colleges, founded at diffet^nt Times, by kZ 
 
 and April ) confifls but of one Street, yet has Ac- 
 commodations for a great deal of Quality that 
 •Iwjjs attend the Races. v^-^'y '"at 
 
 Chmr\, a large old C. «-ith a Caflle ; it flands 
 on the R. Dee. Here are p Churches and 1 
 great Streets. Jtjs . Ms. r. cncompaffed ' with \ 
 Wall, upon whtch is a very pleafant Walk, tho' 
 
 xrilk^'V ^^r"*'',,. ^'^ Nantwieh, Middlewkh. 
 Kerthwich, &c, Ts. famous for their Brine-Pks 
 from whence abundance of Salt is conffantly made 
 Ccrnr^M takes in the utmofl S. W. Part of twi 
 
 t^ftle of i^endemni which is one of the laraefi 
 ih England 5 where is conftantly kept a GarrifM 
 
 J^mncejlon is a populous trading T. ffandinc 
 upon the Afcent of an Hifl. . """"'"g 
 
 St, Ives is a rich and neat T- 
 
 About 
 
[ H7 ] 
 
 About z6 Ms. N. "W from Lajids-End, (the mo.l 
 S. W. Point in the Km.) lie the Is. of Scilly, in 
 Number 140: St. Mark is the largeft; It is 6 
 Ms. 1. and 3 b. Here is an Harbour, Caftlc, &c. 
 Some of thefe Is. are good for Tillage, and others 
 for Patturage 5 but^moft of them are only Rocks, 
 commonly cover'd at high Water. 
 
 Carlijle is an old, but well built, rich, and po- 
 Ipulous G. It ftands pleafantly j and is well wa- 
 tered by feveral Rs. Here is a Caftle and ftrong 
 Wall, thro' which there are 3 Gates. It confifts 
 of only 2 Parifhes, 
 
 Cockermotith is a populous T. with a ftron<» 
 Caftle : It ftands at the Conflux of two Rs. whicfi 
 almoft furround it. 
 
 The greateft R. in fDerbyJbire is the Trent 5 It 
 comes out of Stafford/hire 5 receives firft the 
 ''Tame^ then the ^ove^ and below the Tiermmt 
 Soar^ &c. and at laft falls into the Humhcr* 
 
 The moft confiderabie Bridge ri this Part of 
 the Nation is over, this R. at Swarkefloue : It is 
 called a M. 1. but the greater Part of it is rather 
 a rais'd Caufeway (with a Wall on each Side) be- 
 tween 2 Meadows. 
 
 !Derby ftands on the S. W. Side of the Der- 
 went, which is now navigable to the T. 
 
 Here are 5 Churches. The chief (^Allhallom^ 
 is one of the moft beautiful Towers in the Nation, 
 about 60 Yards high. 
 
 The moft remarkable Thing in this T. is the 
 late Sir Thomas Lombe's famous Engine, for 
 working &c. of Silk 5 (commonly calKd the 'silk- 
 Miils.) It is a lar^e and handfome Buildine • 
 It ftands upon Piles, in the R. There are in \t[ 
 
. 
 
 i\ 
 
 i H8] 
 
 20,58^ Wheels,- and 97,546 Movements; which 
 work 75,7i<^ Yards of Silk, every Time the Wa- 
 ter Wheel goes round, which is thrice in a Mi- 
 nute, and 518,594,9^0 Yards in 24 Hours. One 
 Water Wheel moves the Whole 5 one Pire Engine 
 warms if, one Regulator governs it. and yet any 
 Part may at Pleafure, be ftopt fepe'rateiy : It or- 
 <^inarily employs about 2 or $00 Women and 
 Children. 
 
 Chefierficld is the. ad T. in this County. It 
 ftands upon the Rifing Ground,^ and is pretty 
 large, tho' it has only one Church with a Spire 
 Steeple, composed of a France of Wood, and co- 
 vered with Lead: It appears to Spe6lators to 
 ftand awry. This T. has a Mayor and Aldermen, 
 yet it's no Borough. 
 
 IVirlifwcrth is a confiderable populous T. 
 (landing jn a Part of the County that abounds 
 with Xead 5 there have been Groves or Mines in 
 the T. Street, yea in Houfes. 
 
 JJkbotirn is very noted for many great Fairs 
 for Horfes, &c. 
 
 The N. Part of this County ^call'd the 'Peak ) 
 is very rough and mountainous, the Air is very 
 cold, out healthful. 
 
 But it is moft remarkable for 7 Wonders (as 
 they are caird) viz. 
 
 1. C^<3'/'/aorr/?, the Duke of Devonfhire's noble 
 Pilace, upon the Derwent : It's composed of a 
 grand Square ^ in which are many State Rooms 
 ^^c. The Gardens are alfo adorned with exqui- 
 fite W^ater Works. 
 
 2. Maimar 5 a great Hill which is almoft per- 
 petually fhivering down Earth and Stones, with 
 
 3' Eden 
 
 ' 
 
 ' 
 
' 
 
 [ 149 3 
 
 5. Edeji or Elden Hole ; a terrible Chafm, r^ 
 lards 1. and 7 b. it couid never be fatKomcd^ 
 and is therefore call'd bottomlefs: The Water 
 that drops down prefently conaeals into likles. 
 
 4. 'Buxton Medicinal IVells ^ where there's an 
 hot, and a cold Spring, very near each other ; 
 which form a Bath of a temperate Heat: It is en- 
 closM with an handfome Stone Building ; which 
 is much frequented in the Seafon ; as likewifcis 
 the Bath at Matlock near Wirkfworth. 
 
 5. "Tidefivell IVell^ which ebbs and flows irre- 
 gularly 5 Quarters of a Yard j it makes a very 
 iiranee Noife when it ebbs : It is about a Yard 
 deep, and a Yard b. 
 
 5. ^GoVi Role 5 a Cave at the Foot of a great 
 Mtn. The Entranci is (hallow ; but thofe who 
 have crept in* fay that it opens to a prodigious 
 height ; That there are many furprizing Rcpr^- 
 fentations, both of Art and Nature 5 produc'd by 
 the petrifying Water, continually dropping down. 
 
 7. That which goes by the odd, and indecenc 
 Name of the 'DeviPs j^rfe : It is an aftonifliinfr- 
 Cavern, under an Hiil j wide at the Entiance, 
 but narrow within 5 and is very dark and liippe- 
 ry, by reafbn of a Current of Water under Foot. 
 And the Rock hangs fo low that a Man can't go 
 upright. Having pafTed this, and a. Current, 
 ( which fometimes can't be forded ) the Arch o- 
 pens again j and there is a 2d Current, with great 
 Banks of Sand : And after this a 3d Current ; 
 which is unpayable j and then the Rock clofes. 
 
 Devonjhire is famous for the Manufacture of 
 Serges, Sec. 
 
 Exeter ( the Cpl. ) flands upon a Hill, yet is 
 well waterM with Springs : It is a fine C a Ms. 
 
 ii 3 
 
 '&k 
 
 

 li 
 
 [ »50 ] 
 
 ar.a a half r. It confifts of 4 great Streets, that 
 meet in the Center : Here are 6 Gates through 
 an oia Wall that encompafles the T. Its Sea 
 Port is I'opjham, near to which is Torbay, where 
 K. William landeH. 
 
 ^limouth is a famous Magazine fc^ the Sea Ser- 
 vice; it lies upon its own Bay, which is a very 
 rend one : It is commanded by a Caftje, whicH 
 lias 5 regular Baftions, on which arc 2 or ?oo 
 nuns mounted : It has conilantly a pretty firong 
 Garrifon : The T. is regularly built, very popu- 
 lous, and the largcft in the County. To it was 
 brought freih Water 7 Ms. by Sir Francis 7)rake 
 a Kativc of this Place. 
 
 Siddeford is an ancient Port, of confiderable 
 Trade : lt*s Bridge over the 7'oivridge, for Num- 
 ber, Length, and Height of the Arches, exceeds 
 all in the Km. 
 
 Okehamptcn is a noted T. for Serge Weavers. 
 
 2?^r/wo//r^isaconfiderablePort: It has a fine 
 JIaven, into which runs the R. 2)^rf. 
 
 JDorcbefter flands on an Afcent from the R. 
 Frc7'/7e, where it opens to the Downs: Here arc 
 5 wide neat Streets, and 3 Churches. 
 
 Lyme-Regis is another good Port : Part of it 
 flands fo near the Sea, that the Houfes are fome* 
 times waflh'd by it, 10 or 12 Feet high. The 
 HiJrbour is defended with a Fort. 
 
 Weymouth or Melccmb- Regis, for (as the Author 
 of a Journey through England tells us ) they make 
 but one T. and yet from hence go 4 Members to 
 Parliament, and from no other Place except Lon- 
 don : It ftands on the R. Wey ( which is navigable) 
 and is guarded with 2 Caftle^. 
 
 • Tool 
 
 ' 
 
 . 
 
 n 
 
' 
 
 [ 151 ] 
 
 g>ool is a fmall but rich and populous T. land- 
 ing upon a Peninfula. In this Harbour there are 4 
 Tides a Day ^ 2 of which are occafioned by a 
 larpe IQand in the Mouth of the Harbour, which. 
 obllruaing the Water, as it runs out ^ caufcs it 
 to flow back into all Parts of the Harbour ^ this is 
 caird the zd Flood. , 
 
 Shaft shury is an old T. on an Hill, ill water d. 
 Shcrbcm {\^ndi on the Side of. an Hill, with a 
 R. running throuoh it: Tho' it is no Corporation, 
 it is 5 Times as ^ big (fays our Author) as iomo 
 that are, and fo populous, that it*s reckon d to, 
 cont^iin 9 or io,ooo Souls. 
 
 A Blackfmith's Shop in this County was al^out 
 58 Years ago fir'd by Lightning : At that Tune 
 all the Fi^les, &c, attain'd a magnctick Virtue 5 
 which they ilili retain without any feniible Dimi- 
 
 nution. , . . . 1 , ^ 
 
 "Durhm is a CoUnty Tahtine j it is commonly 
 
 caird the ^ijhopricL 
 
 The C. of "Durham "s old, but pretty large, 
 and populous 5 it Hands very pleafantly, on a ri- 
 fms Ground, in a Peninfula, form'd by the 
 Ware: Here are 6 Churches befides the Cathe- 
 dral, which is one of the moft beautiful in Eng- 
 land. The R. Dcrwent which runs througli this 
 County fpreads itfelf into a great Lake, beyond 
 Hay-Caftle in Cumberland. About 2 M^. trom 
 Durham, is a moft remark .ble Spring; ( f H ^ 
 
 Salt 
 the 
 
 " 
 
 Water Haugh) it bubbles up in the Mulft ol 
 w.^ Ware, for 40 Yards in Leng^th, and 10 in 
 Breadth; It is fo Salt (in Summer; that it makes 
 the whole Stream bracking, for 100 Yards below: 
 The Water when boii'd makes good Bay Salt j 
 but in Winter it is loft among the Frelhes. 
 
 H J. Ten 
 
I i f ag«ilaii ' Bi ^ 2S 5 .i ''S LZ^ 
 
 I I 
 
 f 
 
 confiderable T w.th a good Harbour, a fine new 
 
 Mo her IS ra,d tohave been born here. The Oi- 
 
 Tht t"-^'"" Tc ""'"^ '^^ ^^ '" •''«-■ Worid 
 «i,-k I. v^' ""*'""■■ -2'4.w, Says, &c. with 
 whKh the Nuns, &c. are cloathed ,he Manu- 
 Uaarc employs all the adjacent Country : The 
 
 To^iritir "^ '"''' '"""''^ '■"" ^«»«'- 
 
 a deHoffi'pli-""''^ '■y ^"--^ '»•= CplO fiands in 
 
 fpacou FoT'' *^'>/8i"gt-- "ftand, in a 
 
 ZforTO/V^ is a foair, but clean and populous T. 
 Cm a Peninfi.la)confifiingof ; Strms^ Niph to 
 
 Walks m the Km. At the Foot of this Hill is a 
 Well, that turns Wood into Metal, of which 
 Coperas IS made. . » "' "'"S'» 
 
 ™v u^ ^ 9'"':tP'' ft«nd« upon the Seven, 
 whKh r.fes m Montgomerylhii, runs 70 M 
 hro Shropfhire. and Worcefterfhire, and 40 thro' 
 this County, t .s navigable up to Shrewsbury, 
 and ,n fome Places i or 3 Ms. over ; and emptie, 
 u felf mto St George's Channel between Mon- 
 mouthflnre and Cornwall. 
 
 In 
 
. [ 153 ] 
 
 In this R. as well as in the Hitmher, is oft a 
 violent and fudden Tide, (callM llygra licor, or 
 Eager ) which rolls in at once with an Head of 
 Water 5 or 4 Foot high j making a prodigious 
 
 Ivoife. * 
 
 Gloucefler is a pretty Urge old C. \vith 6 
 
 Churches. . 
 
 Partly in this and partly in SomerfetOiire is the 
 C. . SrJftol: It ftands on both Sides of the R. 
 Avon 'y over which is a Bridge, with Houfes upon 
 it as on London Bridge. It's a very near, rich 
 and populous C and one of the Urged in 
 England, It contains about 5000 Houfes.^ It*s 
 reckonM next to London for Commerce : It's alfo 
 famous for the Woollen Manufafturc : It's Mart 
 or Fair is one of the greateft in all the Km. 
 
 There are feveral confiderable Ts. and Ports in 
 Sottthamptonjbire or Hampjhire, as 
 
 Tarmouth, in the I. of Wight, 
 
 (Portfmcuth (^ 3i\mo(k over againfl the I.) is the 
 only T. in England that is regularly fortiryM. It 
 has a good Ditch, and 4 Platforms of Cannons, 
 &c. It's called the Key of England, and has ai 
 famous Harbour. Without the Walls is a very 
 fine Dock ; on which are employ'd 1,200 Work- 
 men in a Time of Peace. 
 
 N. B. The Channel between this and the L 
 of Wight is caird Spith^d, the ulual Rendez- 
 vous of the Fleet. 
 
 Near to this T. is Sotithampton ; wMch ftands 
 . at the Bottom of an Arm of tie Sea. Here is one 
 Street the longed and broadeft in the Km. 
 
 Winchefier^ ( by fome call'd the Cpl. of the 
 County ) is an ancient C. about 9 Ms. r. It con- 
 iiils chiefly of one Street 5 it's lurrounded' with 
 
 H 5 Quik 
 
[ iS4- ] 
 
 Hmfoi'd is not larce, it has onlv , rk l 
 
 h^\'vfwTil' % ^"^ ^V^" "T- ^'^""Sf" t" have the 
 helt Wheat Marketm Eneland. Its Turifdiflion « 
 tends to , 5 Keishho,..ing1>arifhes. •'""*'"^'"'" "* 
 
 rinffc f^' "f°" *''*= R- Wye. It's but a 
 
 Churches. The common Drink h^ro is Cvil^r 
 i^h.ch ,s very cheap and good. ^^'^"' 
 
 mKti,;gdon \% a populous tho* not large T. It 
 iU\ ds upon the R. Ou^e, ^ 
 
 St. Jra is a pretty T.'on the fame R. 
 
 Hilt' f^ia VMrvA 1 1 t .»_. . . . 
 
 ': '] 
 
 \ 
 
 i, I, .k;,, " ""o^^uury, in ail the Km. The 
 
 i ; Jhf ■' r""" ^r-" ^- V'^ 70 Teams and 
 
 : T-va^ T'^'' 'l"" Corporation, confifling 
 
 tt 2 Baihftsand X2 AfliHants. ^ 
 
 Camnbury ftands in a pjeafant fertile Country • 
 5t^nnak«rutani„diffirent Figure: It's about 
 J ^'f- r- It ccr,f,tls of 4 Streets which meet at St. 
 /uiiis Church (in the Centre) befides which there 
 
 arc I ; Churches. 
 
 15 Ms. N. P. cf this C. is Thanet IJle: It has 
 
 'h« W. It s 10 Ms. 1. and 8 b. The Inhabitants 
 Eie n-oi!ly Marirersand la.l-.ers. 
 
 MaidpiM U a ccnfidcrablc T. ftandina in a de- 
 iicicus Spol-5 there arc Gentlemen living within 10 
 J^is. of ir, whole Eiiatcs amount to 50,000 i. p. 
 Annum. V,.„/,.,vL 
 
It 
 
 t ^ss ] 
 
 7wihnd^e lies between a Hills, which abound 
 with Houfes and Gardens, for the Entertainment 
 of the Quality, that come from London, &c. tc 
 take the Pleafures and Divcrfions ot the Place, 
 and diink the celebrated Waters. ^ ^, ^ , 
 
 "Dover is a famous Sea Port, the Caftle ftands 
 on an high Rock * Ms. r. It is now turnVi into a 
 Prifon^ at the Bottom of the HilHUnds the 1. 
 which is pretty large and has a Churches. But 
 our Author fays that it*s ill pav*d and that the 
 Houfes are very poor. This T. is right over 
 aeainft Calais in Trance j at tb^ Di dance of about 
 30 M. tho fome make it much more, and othere 
 
 i)over is one of the Cinque Ports : But Eachard 
 makes them 5, viz. 'Dover, R^p, Hytbe, Rmney, 
 Sandwich (in this County) and Haftwgs in but- 
 rev: The Members from thefe Ts.have the litie 
 of mrom of the Cinque 'Ports. They fupport the 
 Royal Canopies at Coronations, and have them 
 for their Fees: But mod of them are callM poor 
 mifcrable Boroughs. , .> t j » 
 
 Rochefter is a C. noted for its fine Cathedral, 
 
 and Scone Bridge. r^ ^ > ^^ xr '' 
 
 Chatham is one of the beft Docks in the h^m. 
 Greenwich ( 5 Ms. from London ) is famous, for 
 its grand Hofpital for infirm Seamen : The Pen- 
 fioncrs arc about 500. l^hey have 6 Nurfes, who 
 have each 6l per An. befulcs Perquifites 5 or 4 
 Ms. below this is PVoohvich 5 it\s a confiaerable 
 1\ with a large Magazine for the Navy. Here is 
 alio a Rcyal Palace. ^ 
 
 , Gravejhid T^o Ms. from London) is a little con^ 
 fuf.^d T. always full of Seamen. 
 
 H 6 
 
ion, 
 Thames 
 
 Zrfwa/fr (lands upon the R T^„ , , 
 convenient Jfarbour • It's «„ ^Tj l "* = '* •'»« » 
 «ifh only one Chllrch '''' ''"* "^"^'"g T. 
 
 Mamheftcr Hands upon a fionv Hill • r,- 
 
 Manufaiiures. ^ "'^ ^""""^n «n<f Cotton 
 
 our Plantations: It ha" a fi^e 'n ^Z' ^""^^ '» 
 containing 70 or 80 ShL ' ^'^^ capable of 
 
 «p^Zi:i et7a^t?t/""'<' ^r 
 
 ■ Si 
 
 « very good Marl=« b'l f '^ ^ f«« = It i. 
 1= Ms. S. ofitifw^"! '■.^'"" ""-l ^^tt'e. 
 Loughborcvzh bo h ^TrVl:^ «"'^ « Ms. K. 
 
 n^tely Ca.hedraf and Cam. 1^ '* ^''"^'^''^•'. * 
 T. It Oami, .,n the Side f t.T'''°°'" 'he 
 ?/7r^*/«, ; which isher^^ 'J i" "'"' "P°n 'he 
 <n.er which thl are t^tp'^- J'"" '' Channels . 
 Parr of the C "'"y ^"''Ses in the lower 
 
 chSf :i?,:,;?:^ ^;^ p°pious T. with. 
 
 the FootWwhich °nl ,t,' ,^/,"" Hi'Wat 
 'hi^C.-ntyandt'ttirkSa^S''^'^^-'" 
 
 ^^■^'^"^^^^'"yS-dPo" /it has the fined 
 
 unci 
 
C 157 ] 
 
 and hlghcft Tower in England, 2«o Feet high 
 Near this Place come up fuch S\io&h o£ Stfck/e'- 
 tacks in Winter, (if the Weather be mild,) that 
 that in 173^, one Boat caught in 4 Tides la 
 Chaldrons : There has been made in one Seafon 
 100 Tun. of Oil from them : it is worth about 
 10 1. p. Tun. The Fifli are caught by hanaing 
 out a large Ket on each Side the Boat 1 which i! 
 iometimes fiUd, as faft as it can be heav'd up and 
 emptied. ^ 
 
 Gaimhorough ftands upon the R. Trent; it U a 
 well built, trading T. and one of the chief in the 
 County. 
 
 ^ Grantham is a very old T. the Church has a 
 Spire Steeple, 275 Feet high. 
 
 Crouiai;d is a fmall Market T. in the Fens, on 
 ly acceffible on the N. E. Side 5 the Inhabitants 
 oft go in Boats to milk their Cows. 
 
 Z^don is the Cpl. of Middlefex and indeed of 
 the Km. It IS partlyjn this County and partly 
 in Surrey ; it is one of the largely faireft, moft 
 populous, and famous Cs. for Trade in all the 
 
 ^5' u^^/Vt ^' ^'' ^"^ ^ ^^l^<^f Lat. and 18 
 and a halt of Lon. It is about (Jo Ms. from Sea . 
 It ftands upon the gentle rifm^. Banks of the fine 
 R. Thames (on the N. Side ) which runs for fe- 
 veral Ms clofe by it. Zo^^cu is Z70 Ms. almoft 
 
 a^^ ^^"'.^n . '50 S. E. of Dublin. 208 al- 
 moft N. W. of Pans. 210 almoft W. of Amftcr- 
 dam. 580 S. W. of Copenhagen. 750 almoft 
 W. of Vienna 7^0 N. E. of Madrid. 850 W. 
 of Cracow. 840 N. VV. of Rome. 880 S. W. of 
 Stockholm. ICON. E. of Lisbon. 1570 almoft 
 W. ot Conltantinopie. And 1570 almoft W. of 
 
 Thi 
 
 IS 
 
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 C 158 3 
 
 This cclehrated C. is encompafi'd with a Wall 
 which is 3 or 4 Ma. ir. thro* tbi» Wall there are 
 II Gates into t^ e C. But the ^J^^^r^j are feve- 
 rtl Times as big as the C. and Yearly encrealihg. 
 On the S. Side the R. is the Borough of S4uth^ 
 '^^ark^ which is very large and populous 5 reck- 
 on'd to contain 10,000 Houfes. It is johi'd to 
 Ixmdon by the Bridge, which ftands upon i^ 
 wide Arches : It is 400 Yards L and 20 Feet b. 
 between the Houfes on each Side, which make an 
 entire Street. This Bridge was 33 Years in build- 
 ing 5 it was finifh*d liop. 
 
 On the W. of London, in this County is the C. 
 Weftmhtfier-^ which was formerly at a M's Dift- 
 ance from it, but is now contiguous. Here ftand 
 the old Royal Palace of St, James, (the ufual 
 Refidence of the K.) the Houfes of Lords and. 
 Cemmons 5 the Abbey, &c 
 
 London ( With Wefiminfter and Southwark ) 
 was many Years ago above 7 Ms. 1. and 5 b. 16 
 or 17 r. and rekon'd to take up 2287 Acres? 
 T« contain above 5000 Streets, Lanes and Alleys j 
 fibout 150 Churches and Chappels 5 100 Meeting 
 Houfes 5 irOjOooHoutes 5 700,000 Souls. There 
 were long fmce 22 Markets^ 21 Prifons 5 253 
 Conftables; 2 x 5 Scavengers ; 1,100 Watchmen. 
 
 In 1666^ there happened a molt dreadful Fire, 
 which continued for the Space of 3 Days ^ in 
 which it burnt down fbefides many ftately Edi- 
 fices) 6 Chappies, St. Paul's, and 87 Parifh 
 Churches 5 13,200 Houfes j 400 Streets 5 15 of 
 the 16 Wards- and /liatter'd 8 more ; yet there 
 were only 8 Perfons burnt 5 the whole Lofs was 
 computed to io,ooo,oool. But in 4 Years time 
 
 lo.ocn 
 
io>ooc Houfes were rebuilt. It would be endlefs 
 to take Notice of all the grand and magnificent 
 Buildings in this prodigious C. fuch as the Pala- 
 ces, the Halls, the Churches, the OMces, the 
 Arfenals, the Schools, the Hofpitak, the The- 
 aters, the Prifons, &c. 
 
 The Tower of London in the E. End of it, 
 may rather be callM a T. than a Citadel, for it 
 contains feveral Streets, It is furrounded by an 
 high Wall and b. Ditch : In one Part, are kept 
 the Regalia, in another, the Mint ; in a 3d, the 
 Archives or Records of the Km^ Here is alfo a 
 Magazine for Land, and Sea Service 5 in which 
 (fays the Author of a Journey, &c.) are feveral 
 Pieces of Curiofity, e. g. 6 Mortars, each of 
 which will throw a Bomb, ( of 500 Pounds 
 Weight) 2 Ms. and one that throws 9 Shells at 
 once: The Tower is likewife a Prifon for State 
 Criminals, who are fometimes convey*d hither by 
 Water : Here are alfo kept feveral Wild Beafls. 
 
 The RoyMl Ex!cbaj2geis an handfome oblong 
 Building J 2j3 Feet 1. 171 h. and 5(5" high 5 ther« 
 are above Stairs 200 Shops j which have let for 
 50ooi. p. An. befldes Warehoufes, &c. below. 
 In the Center is a Marble Stature of K. Charles 
 This Place is :he Rendezvous of Merchants trad- 
 ing into all Parts of the World. . 
 
 Guildhall or T. Houfe of London ( fays our Au- 
 thorj is a vaft, but ancient, Pile 5 the great Hall 
 is i6q Foot 1. near 50 b. and 55 high. 
 
 The Monument (^eredlcd in Commemoration 
 of the Fire ) is built of Free-Stone. It is 202 Foot 
 high 5 the Steps up it are 34.5. There are feve- 
 ral Infcriptions upon it 5 that upon the Bafe of 
 the Pedattai is to this Purpole, I'he late dreadful 
 
 fire 
 

 
 [ i«o ] 
 
 Fire was begun and carried on by the Trearti,.™ 
 and Malice of the Popi/h Faflion/in ord« to ca7 
 ry on their horrid Plot for extirpating the Protef 
 tant Re igion and old Engli/h^Libfrty and he 
 
 KTeifntf ^-Sj;- '"' ''«'^" -'y '-^ 
 
 Ura.u-'^^^'i "'i^'- ^''*^*' " Prodigioufly 
 large : It is j 70 Foot 1. 31, b. and 340 hiph A 
 
 good way up the Steeple, is a Gallery Really- 
 
 tW.^.„^^ Gallery /i to Foot DiarneTeV. 
 
 Tills grand C. is divided into zg Parts called 
 
 mr^s: As each of thefe is governM by "s Al 
 
 derman fo the Whole is gover^'d by a loUMfy. 
 
 <;tf>^ra Vintner; when Mayor, had the Honour 
 to dine 4 Ks. at his Table, viz 'the King of S. 
 la^d, th^ K. of Scot!,„d, theK, ofPrl^ a^' 
 the K. of Cy/m; and falling to Game afer 
 
 The ^///>/tf of this e. confifls of 4 F epimerts 
 of Foot, making about p.ooo Men befides I of the 
 Tower «7«/m, and i of Soutii'n'ark, which 
 tnalte above joo. ' "'"'■" 
 
 To London is brought by exquifite Art. and at 
 vaft Expence a R. (call'd the' Ne^ R.) ^o Ms 
 out of Hertfordrhire. It runs in fome Places zo 
 Foot under Ground ; and in others !!^^ abo e 
 Ground, in open Troughs ; there ate about 8co 
 xjnages over it. ^" 
 
 In this County is Nam/„n Court ( about . j Ms 
 frcm London.) it was bailr by Cardinal WodrZ. 
 the R. Thames runs half roi.nd it ; the Park and 
 Gardens, are 3 Ms. in Circumference, 
 
 Chelfea 
 
 i 
 
 ssssfsa 
 
in 
 
 * 
 
 Chelfea 4 Ms. up the R. is a large Village, not- 
 ed for its fine and curious Gardens, ^nd alio for 
 its famous College, or Hofpital for old, and Je- 
 crepid Sea Men. 
 
 The C. Norwich i^and upon the R. Tare : 
 It is a very great, rich, and populous Place 5 
 about 3 Ms. r: Here are 12 Gates, z6 Churches, 
 7,000 Houfes, and about 30,000 Souls. 
 
 This C. is fo famous for the Woollen Manu- 
 failure, that 100,000 1. worth of Stufife, Crapes, 
 &c. are reckoned to be yearly made here. 
 
 Great Tarmouth is a pretty clean T. furrounded 
 by an old Wall : It lies between its Harbour and 
 the Sea, in a f()rt of a Peninfula : It is a good 
 Port, has a very large Key which makes a fine 
 Street. 
 
 Lynn Regis lies upon the Oufe, near its Mouth. 
 It is a large T. and confiderable Port. 
 
 Northamptonfhire is faid to have more Noble^ 
 men's Seats than any County in England. 
 
 Northampton is reckoned to be about the Cen- 
 ter of the Km. It is one of the prettieft Inland Ts, 
 in it. The Market Place is a large fine uniform 
 Square. The Walls are 2120 Paces in Compafs. 
 This T. ftands upon a fmall R. which has its 
 Name from the T. 
 
 In the N. E. of this County, upon the Borders 
 of Himtingdonjhire is the C. Peterborough^ upon 
 the R. Ne7i : The Dean and Chapter f i. e. d 
 Prebends) are Lords of the Mannor. 
 
 Northumberland tabes in all the K. Part of 
 England to the R. Tweed. The W. Part is very 
 rough and hilly. 
 
 Ne-wcafile iifon T*yne is a very large, well built, 
 rich and populous T. It is divided into 8 Piirim- 
 
 ct. 
 
iy'd to t'nd ° •^° "^^'''^■^"'^ "- "early car- 
 ^5Hi<n£!5;f "> 3° S'^il'ej i. e. about 
 ( c^'d^aLfjj^ .the Ti„e i, ,^ g^^^^j, 
 Bridge ^^^ntiU°'i^ *° '■'^ "T- ''y a »°We 
 SiclefPart^f the u^ '''"'^ ?"= "«'^" "" both 
 aB Iron Gate! ihichLe'^K '"'^^''"' ^"'^g^" 
 
 -SSharthe"Bridgf ''• '" *Wch Ships come up 
 f^m the Eafletn to ttf (vS^ s^t'/lt:^ 
 
 Loading fo thaf fl?.r ?rM ^''="' *^ '" *ei«- 
 Port ?or the Coal Trfde ' ^'"'^ ^"' 8=°'*'"S 
 
 counted with ^/nn^ ?, ^ TfjeSST ' H '" 
 boui- and Mouth of the R But Pm Jnf ''^^^t'" 
 it is nnu, ;„ „ u J >. ■ "' 't" inform d that 
 of theR ,1, ''^'^ C"n''ition: Croft the Mouth 
 ot the R. there runs a Sand Bed, (call'd the sT) 
 
 where 
 
 S' 
 
C l«3 ] 
 
 deep when tbife. 
 
 where the Water is but 7 Fc 
 
 Tide's out. There is alfo a Fort, call'd Cliffords^ * 
 
 that efieftually fecures the Mouth of the Tine, &c. 
 
 In the very N. Point is Sarwick 5 a ftrong, 
 dnd pretty large T. but lefs than formerly : It is 
 encompafled on 5 Sides by the Sea, and the R. 
 Tweed 5 over which is a noble and beautiful 
 Bridge of 1 5 Arches 5 to this Bridge fmall Ships 
 may come fafely. 
 
 A famous Range of Mtns. (caird Cheviot Hills) 
 feperate this County from Scotland ; Snow lie? 
 upon feme of the Cliffs, till Midfununer. 
 * -About 8 Ms. from Barwick, upon the Coaff, 
 lies Holy I, encompafled ( ^t high Water ) with 
 Sea : Here is a fmall T. ftrong Fort, and a 4 good 
 Harbours. 
 
 7 Ms. S. E. of this are the Farm Is, and 17 far- 
 ther the Coket I. but thefeare of fmall note. 
 
 Nottingham is one of the moft ancient Ts. iti 
 the Km. It ilands upon a Hill, near the Conflux 
 bftke Rs. Trent and Lin 5 about half a M. from 
 the former, and upon the latter, from which the 
 T. isfupply*d with Water; which by an Engine 
 is thrown up into a large Ciftern, ( containing 
 10,000 Hogmeads ) on the Top of an Hill 5 from 
 whence it is carried thro' Lead Pipes, into almoft 
 all Parts of the T. Upon this Hill (W. of the 
 T. ) (lands the Caftle 5 which belongs to the 
 Duke of Newcajlle: Nottingham is a County of 
 itfelf : It is a large and populous T. of conside- 
 rable Trade ; It has 3 neat Churches. In this T- 
 i^ a Cellar 4^ Foot deep 5 and in it a Cask that 
 holds 1,440 Gallons. 
 
 The C, Oxford ftands on a Flat, at the Conflux 
 nf % Rs, It makes a fine Appearance, with its 
 
 Steeples, 
 
 i 4 
 
f 
 
 f 
 
 e%es. and 7 Halls ^u^T'^'^' "^ '7 Col- 
 
 tile Plain by he R rf°''°"§'' •' '' «"'«'* '" » <"«'- 
 bulk for' Jh^T nt otMl^^'n'" """^-^ ^ 
 
 Nobleman Lr "t'?'"? '"'''" T. that if any 
 cinar/o talToff"" ^^°'/\i'*^fc ''ithin it. pre'^ 
 
 Money i„°,i^Hf if. rve^Il HoS' "'°"' -7 
 ed UDon thf^ n^^ I- ocvcrai liorle-Shoes are nail- 
 
 the K's Bench • ■"" /""'oT «"" ' «"'' ov" 
 half 1 * *"'''' " * '5"= SSoe, , Foot and a 
 
 vern fe i '' " ^'™°ft fi^rrounded by thrSe- 
 
 /^{^/r" I'j* ''"^'■'" 'on'^dsrable Ts. in 5i>««.r. 
 
 I' ^^l-IeL'^.tf '°"'Pe^ ^- "'* 3 Churches. 
 Account of Iv.? '" )°' ^^«'"*> «^^- on *e 
 
r i6s ] 
 
 ,n^' ^r "■'^'^ "'4 C- J <° Mlled from the manv 
 Wells that fpring up in it. ° 
 
 1. ??''fl^"'''p," * 'f 8" y- *"'' ^ Churches. 
 It IS a famous Place for the Woollen Manufac- 
 
 Petfons. Itftandsupon theR.VL, which is 
 
 rbifLre. ''' ''• ""'• °^'' ^•'^^'' '» * -^ 
 
 Port i The Freemen of this Place, are free in all 
 Parts of England, except London. 
 
 In this County liv'd and died (11^34) one 'Parr 
 in the 1 5 5d Year of his Age. 
 
 Litchfield ^m Staffordfhire) is a long flraggline 
 C. with 4 Churches bcfides the Cathedral j ^hicf 
 IS a fine Pile of Building, (450 Footl. / with j 
 iotty Spires. ^ * 
 
 Ne^cafile under Line, and the adjacent Country 
 are famous for Earthen Ware, which is fent all 
 t)ver the Km. and out of it. 
 
 I'miwrth is a cloathing T. Thefe 2 are Bo- 
 roughs. 
 
 ^MTtm ftands upon Trent, over which there is 
 a fine Bridge of $5 Arches. This T. is noted for 
 good Ale I a great' deal is yearly fent by Sea to 
 London. ' 
 
 Embury is a fmall Market T. in this County 
 
 where there is annually a very rude and odd Di! 
 
 verfion, calld the Sull^run?ung. They take a 
 
 BulJ cut off Part of his Tail, of his Ears, and of 
 
 his Horns ^ they foap him all over, blow Pepper 
 
 up his Nofe, and then leave him for a while. 
 
 A great Number of Fidlers,&c. meet at an Inn. 
 where fhev \\f\\A a r*/^ii««. « 1 .i-../v »^_ ^ ^v- r * 
 
 the next Year j the Man that is raised to this Dig- 
 
" '^ "P " "^ » **«»iiiiiiii m i jw ' " I 
 
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 nity, has ^ Chain of Silver put about his Neck, to 
 which hangs a Coat of Arms, upon a Silver Plate • 
 when this is done, the Proceffion begins: Firft the 
 Conftablc with his Staff 5 after him I2 Halbert 
 Men, and then the K. who is followM with the 
 Muficians playing 5 on each Side are 5 Men' with 
 white Wands : They walk to the Church, where 
 fome Prayers are read ; then they go to an old 
 ruinous Caftle j where the Court is opened again 
 and a comical Oath given the Fidlers; Then they 
 return to a plentiful Dinner at their Inn j after 
 which, they fmoak and drink till about 4 a* 
 Clock 3 then go to the Bull : He is brought ( with 
 Ropes about his Head ) into the Street, where all 
 are chargM to ftand upon their Defence, and to 
 Iceej) 40 Feet from the Bull, which 5s then turn'd 
 ioofe: Immediately begins a furious Conteft be- 
 tween the Men of Staflordfhire and thofe of Dcrby- 
 Jhire: Each party ftrives with the utmoft Fury, to 
 drive him into their refpedive County, and to mark 
 him there, by cutting oflf a Piece of an Ear : The 
 Marker receives 3 s. 4 d. of the K. after the Bull 
 has been baited with Dogs, he is fold, and the 
 Money given to the K. There is always a vaft 
 Concourfe of People at this foolifh Revel 5 many 
 Heads, and fometimes Bones are broken : Yet a 
 valuable Chartsr is held by it. 
 
 N. B. 60 or 70 Houfes fell Ale on this Day. 
 miverbampon, Waljhall, ^vAmiCon, are con- 
 fiderable growing Ts. all employed in the Iron 
 Manufacture. 
 
 Sury ei St, Bdmimdshury ( in Suffolk ) ftands 
 on the rifmg Ground in a very good Air : It is a 
 pretty large T. Here are a Churches, and an 
 
 annual Fair, that lafls 10 Davs. 
 
 # — 
 
eck, to 
 ' Plate 5 
 irft the 
 Halbert 
 ith the 
 ;n with 
 
 where 
 an old 
 
 again, 
 n they 
 i after 
 t 4 a' 
 ( with 
 ere all 
 and to 
 turn*d 
 ft ■ be- 
 )crby- 
 iry, to 
 
 mark 
 : The 
 5 Bull 
 d the 
 L vaft 
 many 
 ^et a 
 
 Day. 
 ^con- 
 Iron 
 
 tands 
 t is a 
 I an 
 
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 Iffijuicb IS a great but not populous T. It has a 
 R. running through it : It is divided into 12 Parifh- 
 es, (fays the Author, See) which give Names to the 
 feveral Parts of the T. 
 
 Through Surrey runs the R. Mole, in one Place 
 it runs 2 Ms. under Ground. 
 
 Guilford is a mighty neat and beautiful T. 
 
 £pfom is a charming Place : The T is femicir- 
 cular 5 I M. and a half 1. It has a Church at one 
 End, and a Palace at the other. Here are very 
 pleafant Gardens, and Trees before the Doors : It 
 is much frequented for its healthful Air, and Mine- 
 ral Waters 5 from which is extraflied a Salt for the 
 Apothecaries call*d Effomfalt. 
 
 Ricimtwd {ca\Vd 8 Ms. from London) is a confi- 
 derable T. Mere the K. has a Palace, and feveral 
 Perfons of Quality have their feats in, or near it. 
 And to this joins the celebrated Kew. 
 
 Kenfington was a fmall Village, but it is now 
 become a great T. K. William bought it of the 
 Earl of hottifigham: The Gardens and Houfes are 
 very fine, fit for the Entertainment of the greateft 
 princes. 
 
 Ckichefier in SulTex, in a very pretty C. It is 
 fituated on a Flat, 3 Ms. from Sea. It is walled 
 round. It flands in the Form of a Crofs, confift- 
 ing chiefly of 4 Streets, at the End of each is a 
 Gate. 
 
 Lewes has a fmall R. runniiig through it. Kear 
 this T. is an Hill, from which is a fine Profpeft 30 
 Ms. E. and 40 W. 
 
 Arundel^ Shcrekam^ Steynwg^ and jB amber y are 
 caird (by the Author, &c.) poor miferable Ts, 
 However, each of them fends 2 Members to Par- 
 
 iiiuiicnc. 
 
 Warijoick 
 
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 tncK. ftvon: Here is a famous Caftle a,hVh 
 
 overlooks all the adjacent Country. ' ''"'' 
 
 Covmtrjy is a County of itfdf ; it is a oreaf »„J 
 
 populous C The chief Bufi'nefs is ^4' Inf 
 
 S; Herfi*'- -H'\^"y"°y' " MuItimr"of 
 wands. Here IS one of the fineft Croflis in Fn» 
 
 Jand 5 adorn'd with the Statues of Ks &c tho"!,' 
 
 " now going to Decay. There is annua Hv i„ 
 
 th:s C. a very odd Cavalcade. A G rl Hdes ,Lo" 
 
 It in an uncommon Drefs attended with the C^ 
 
 poration feveral Companies &c In^ rv.!; 
 
 In Edward the Confefl-or's Reign, Wr/fTkarl 
 of Coventry, havins ODnreft ,u ' cv y"^* *■.*" 
 heavy Taxes. engagVl ZKltit L '" *'* 
 
 t-''Affk'' I "^'"8 -""«' t^ugh'Prhe C 
 
 grcfi'd and was hang'd f^'^j . ","; ^an t«nf- 
 5s to this Day peeping Lata Window. «^ 
 
 Ma^uKr,?i: r,a"rgS u°' '"^ /- 
 
 and^wingT. C .^. . J^^li^f^^^^ 
 
 In 1 700, there were in it -r> <!f~-.. 
 Courts, and Alleys. ijo^Wes ,. 'c' \°° 
 I Church J I Chappel • t Srv!!!i ' ^f ^ \ ^°"'' i 
 Houfes. 'in the TfeL next '"f •' ^^"'"« 
 I75r there wasLi^^,':^^: ifZlcSt 
 Courts, andA evs- 122 c w,^.,/:. -'jorreetsj jo 
 I Chur'ch ; X Chajji] and f M^i^^J^ r^°"'' » 
 
 Place of great SrSi^rLKi- ^ 
 
 mi 
 
 1 Ac 
 
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 T 13 C . Salisbury ( in mituire } ftands on the 
 Avon, in the midll of a Plain. It has 3 good 
 Churches, befidesthc Cathearal, which is the im- 
 eft in all the l^rtion ; It has (fay fomeUs many 
 Doors as Months, vVinao^^s as Days, and Pill us a* 
 Hours in the Year. Ihe Spire is the higheft in 
 England : It is 410 Foot high\ twice as high as the 
 Monument. This C. confiUs of many rpacyrus 
 Streets with a Rivulet running thro each. Ihc 
 Market- Place where the Streets meet, is very Ip*- 
 ci(iUS, and well pavM. j. 
 
 Salisbury Tlain is a Chalky Down, extendmg 
 ( fays our Author j 2 5 Ms. E. to Winchefler ; and 
 14 to Shaft sbury i without £0 much as one Houlc 
 or even a tree to be feen. But the Earl of 'Pem^ 
 broke has planted a Tree ^t every M*s. end to 
 Shaftsbury, which are very fcrviceable to Tra- 
 
 V *llers 
 
 "upon this Plain is the greateft Wonder, Curi- 
 ofity, and Piece of Antiquity throughout the 
 Kation( commonly called Stone Henge)v\z, A. 
 circular Hurdle of larse Stones, upon the rifing 
 Ground furrounded with a deep Ditch, over which 
 there are 3 Paflages, at each of which, on the 
 outfide, are 2 great Stones, and 2 lefs withinf: 
 Beyond the Ditch is an Afcent, of ^^ }^^tds, to 
 the main Work, which confids of 4 Circles ot 
 StOBes: The outmoft Circle is 300 Foot r* the 
 Stones are 4 Yards high, 2 b. ani i thick. Two 
 Yards within this is a Row of letter Stones 5 and 
 " Yards farther is the chief Part of the Work, 
 (called the C^//} made up of 1 irregular Rows of 
 Stones. Thofe of the outer are 20 Foot high, a 
 K and I thick, l^iefe are coupled at Top by 
 nreat tranfomc Stones, 7 foot 1. and 3 and a half 
 ^ thick: 
 
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 thick r witLin this is another Row of Stones, <J 
 Foot high. It is cominonJy faid that no Man can 
 count thefe Stones; or give any fatifaaory Ac- 
 count of them, and the rather becaufe there are no 
 luch Stones near this Place. 
 
 Mabmhury is an old but neat T. of confiderable 
 Trade. 
 
 Old Sarum is a mean Village, yet it fends 2 
 Members to Pariiament, chofin by 10 Elef^ors 
 faj^sour Author, tho' fomefay, it*8 in the Hands 
 of one Gentleman. 
 
 The chief Employment in fcveral Parts of this 
 <>?umy is tj)e WooJien Manufaaure. 
 
 Wcrceficr is a large, pleafant, and populous G. 
 with 12 Oiurches. The Trade of this Place alfb 
 is the Woollen Manufafture. This C. Oands up- 
 on the Severn 5 at rhc Gates of it was fought the 
 lad Battle between K. Charles II. and Oliver Crom- 
 "jceil y which prov'd fatal to the K. 
 Stourbridge is noted for its Iron and Glafs 
 
 ,. DroiP-Joich is remarkable for its Salt Springs. 
 
 ^crklxire is by far the largeft County in Eng- 
 land: It is divided into 3 great Parts (called Rid- 
 7;;^5 )' E. ,K. and W. j j; 
 
 Tork isthe 2d C. in the Km. Ittfands on a Flat • 
 the R. Oufe runs thro' it : It's very ancient and 
 large but rot populous : It is divided into 28 Par- 
 ish ^ ^ the Mayor has the title of Lord, What 
 was the Caftle, now makes the pleafanteft and 
 Eneft Prifon in the Nation. 
 
 H(tUifax\s a confiderable and populous T. the 
 Patifh is fo large that there arc in it 22 Clmrches, 
 Chappels, nij^ Meeting-Houfes of various Deno-* 
 mii^|iuonf. * * 
 
 Wakefield 
 
 f 
 
tones, 6 
 Vlun can 
 Dry Ac- 
 e are no 
 
 iderable 
 
 fends 2 
 
 Electors 
 
 Hands 
 
 of this 
 
 lous C. 
 ice Mo 
 ^ds up- 
 ^ht the 
 Crom- 
 
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 ngs. 
 > £ng- 
 
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 »t and 
 8 Par- 
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 t and 
 
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 rches, 
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 Wakefield .^nd Leeds are alio confiderahle Ts. 
 This Part of the County is chiefly employed in 
 weaving Cloth, both Broad, and Karrow. 
 
 Rippon ftands upon the Oufe. It*s a large and 
 populous Borrough. Here's a Collegiate Church 
 with 9 lofty Spires. 
 
 Sheffield ftands on the R . 7)o7i : This T. is vaft- 
 ly populous ; thoufands are here emplov'd in the 
 Iron Manufai^ure. t\ >\ ''t * v A ^ \ 
 
 Hull or Kingfton upon' HuU\ ftands at the Con- 
 flux of the Hull and Humber 5 in the Shape of lin 
 half Moon. It is one of the ftrongeft Forti*efles^in 
 all the I. Its Caftle is rcckonM impregnable by 
 its Situation Hull is a T. ofvaft Trade 5 the 
 Cuftoms are laid to amount to 35 or 40tOOjL 
 p^ Annum. 
 
 Scarborough is a pretty large T. on the Side W 
 an Hill. The Caftle ftands upon a Rock that ad- 
 vances into the Sea. This Place has for fbme 
 Years I>een prodigioufly crowded on Account of 
 its Mineral Waters ; but in 1737, an unheard of 
 Cataftrophe befell it : Part of the Hill behind the 
 Well funkc down gradually, which rais*d it, and 
 the adjacent Ground, confiderably, and thrul^ h 
 nearer to the Sea j but it is nowfaid to be re- 
 cover'd. 
 
 Near Sorovghhridge is a curious Monument of 
 Antiquity, viz. 4 great Piramidical Stones ftand- 
 ing on an end 5 ( callM the jD€vil*s j^rr<yves f 
 
 The N. W. part of this Counry is calj'd Rich^ 
 niondjhire 5 the Cpl. is Ri€hmondoa the R. Swaje 
 an old T. with 2 Churches. 
 
 In this County llv*4 And dy'd 1671, lEmy 
 yi?«A/« 168 Years old. And in James 1. Reign 
 
 I * the 
 
:l!l||«)l<)l 11 I I 
 
 <i HRHIiHIJHIJ 
 
 ifiW 
 
 there livM in one Parifli, 8 Perfons whofe ige* 
 together ^unouxitcd to 8oo. 
 
 
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 RE/IT'S RI'TJI^ ( tho' but fmall) 
 is a very eonfiderablc. and powerful > ation : 
 }n the Civti fVars, it was rtckc n'd to maintain 
 40c,ooo t^KJt and 50,000 Horic : And it ha* the 
 llrongeli i-iecr of any Km. upon Earth ., of which 
 the tallowing i& a brief Account* 
 
 Th« Rcyal Navy confifls of Ship* of 6 difffcreht 
 Hates. 
 
 There are of the firft Rate 6, which carry ico 
 Gurs, and 780 Men each 5 befides the Royal 
 So^reign , the Dimcniions of which are as tol- 
 low. 
 
 The Length of the Tafiaril i» ^^:n> 2 10 Feet* 
 
 ■.4.*;!'.; i '-:.<?, "ii; J>->t \y -^ ■' • ' 
 
 The Guns -^ i^t)i ^ * 
 
 The Complement of Men — ■ — 1250. 
 
 The full Tread — ^ 158. Feet. 
 
 ,4 1 c Breadth 50 Feet. 
 
 ^Thc Tuns 
 
 - 2000. 
 
 TKe Draupht of Water 
 
 22. Feet. 
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 10,544 Yards. T, 
 - 19 Ft. & half 
 
 In Depth — - ,"~ — "^ 
 
 The Main Maft in Length — — 93 ^^"^^^ 
 
 The Diameter of Ditto ■ ^ 3^ ^^^^ • «^' 
 
 The Weight of the Anchor S2 C. i qtr. H^<>- 
 Tbeloigtho? the Cable — ^So Fathom. 
 The Diameter of Ditto ^2. Inches. 
 
 There are of the id Rate 13 Ships, which car- 
 ry 680 Men and 90 Guns. 40 ^^ tlie 5^^ Kate 
 which cafry from 400 to.50oM:.n, ^rom 70 to 
 80 Gatis. ^57 of the 4th, that carey fron^ 2^,0, 
 to %6.% Men, and from 50 to 5o Gms. ^^ 
 the^th that carry. ^rom^tV to 190 Men, f^o.n 
 ^o tt> 40 Guns. 24 of the 5th, whicn carry 
 ?5 Men a.d 20 Guns. B.fv.^cs 4 Fire.h.as ; 1 4 
 Yatches, Bomb VcrTcls tVt. 1^7 Men of War, 
 ana 115 incki^im; Yatches, ^€. - j^ ^ ! 
 
 The failowia^g is an A^couut pf the Charges of 
 
 the Fleet. s » . p. • >r nn-^f r 
 
 The AdmirarandCommanAerm O^i^t under 
 
 the Commiainnefs, has 1,825 L P; ^n. m . 
 Admirals of the White, Blue, and Red, have 
 each 127 5 I. The Vice Admirals ot each, have 
 gi2l each. Ttie Rear Admiral. 65^1. each. 
 Tnls Table (hev^'s the Pay 'and Kumber of the 
 Oificers, 3ic. qn board each of the 6 Rates. 
 
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 The following of the la Rate, have i I. 4 s. o<?. 
 p. Month,, viz. Ordinary Cooks, Coxfwains, 
 Mates, Yeoman of the BoatfwainV Store-Room, 
 Swabber, Cooper, able Seamen, &c. Thefe have 
 only 19 s. p. Month, viz. Shifter, Barber, Gun- 
 ners, ordinary Seamen, Taylors, &c. 
 
 The chief Admiral is allowed 50 Servants. An 
 Admiral 30. A Vice Admiral 20. A Rear Ad- 
 iTiiral 15. A Captain 1 for every hundred Men. 
 
 Genleral and StkfF-Ofiicers Pay p. An. 
 
 /. s. d^ 
 
 Captain General 
 
 2 Aidsde Camp - 
 JHis Secretary — 
 5 GeneniJs — 
 
 Their Secretary — 
 € Lieutenant Generals 
 6 Major GtneraJs — 
 II Brigadiers — — 
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 Secretary to the Forces . 
 
 A Commiflary's Deputy, &c. 
 2 ComptroJiers of Accounts 
 Their Secretary — — 
 
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 Quartci-mafler General 
 
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 Quarter-mafler General for Scotland 
 Judge Advocate General 
 
 Clerk of the Court MartiaV'in Scotland 
 
 Phyijcian General 
 
 burgeon General 
 
 Apothecary General — • — . 
 
 Contingencies upon A ccouRt 1 0,000 
 
 '5^50 CO 
 
 " — 3'^5 00 
 
 — — 182 10 
 
 7- ~ $6qo 00 
 
 — — 182 10 
 
 5800 00 
 
 2pl0 00 
 4015 00 
 
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 300 00 
 
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 182 10 
 
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 *vQfficers)t:onri(W^ j '8i 
 
 The id, ^dj ^^^ 4*^ of ditto 54^ 
 
 The ift Trwip of Grenadier Guards lyS' 
 
 The id of ditto i7<J 
 
 Royal ReoimentsofHorfe Guards, Blue 310 
 
 Ditto of Red • • ' 
 
 2 of the Princcff*s • — ^ 
 
 2 Royal Regiments- of Dragoons 
 
 1 Regiment Foot Guards — — — 
 
 2 of ditto, Cx)ld Streamer 
 
 3 of ditto — — .-— 
 
 310 
 392. 
 414. 
 1669 
 
 1072 
 io7i 
 
 6%li 
 
 Total 
 
 The AH;hole Army is now C at\d t li^ooo 
 generally ) about $" 
 
 N. B. Tho' thefe T.rm^ battalion and Srjfia^ 
 dron, do not alway fignify the fame l^umber, yefc 
 a 'Batallion is caird 800,, and a Squadron 1.50: 
 Men. ^^ 
 
 c A Table of the Pay p. Day of tl^e Officers,^&c.. 
 of the Horfe, Foot, and Granadier Guards j troin» 
 the ^refent State of the Srittjh Court. 
 
 A Captain & Colonel 
 Lieut. & Lieut. Captain 
 Major and Captain 
 A Ciptain 
 Lieutenant 
 
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 02 6 
 
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 Sub Lieutenaiit 
 
 ChapliHn 
 
 Ailjurant 
 
 Surgeon ; 
 
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 Trumpeter 
 
 Drum Major. 
 
 Serjeant 
 
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 Miirtjal or Ijfepirty 
 Private GentleiSian 
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 01 6 00 08 
 
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 Sal. 2000 1 p. An. 
 
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 Ordnance 
 
 Lieutenant General 
 
 1 1 00 
 
 Surveyor General 
 
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 Clerk of the Ordnance 
 
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 Store-Keeper 
 
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 Clerk of Deliveries 
 
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 ll'reafurer 
 
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 Secretary 
 
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 ^pHE Kinf,dotn of England is an hereditaiy 
 " limited Monarchy 5 or ( as fome have caU d 
 it) a Compound of Monarchy, Aiiftocracy, and 
 Democracy. 
 
 The K's Title is, l?Y the Grace of Gd of Gnat* 
 Britain, France, and Ireland, Kiiig Defender QJ 
 the Faith, ^c. 
 
 He ha^ Power to pardon Crimes; to remit Pe- 
 nalties; to make (by his Letters 'Patents-, new " 
 Boroughs, Univerficies, Fairs, &c. to create 
 Peers, &c. He may deny his Affent to any. Bill. 
 He difpofes of all Pofts civil and military 3 nay he 
 
 i 0, . ^'iii 
 
- pm ■"■- 
 
 [ i8o ] 
 
 ctn make Peace or War with any Foreiiin Prince? 
 or States 5 but ho caniK.t make new Laws 1 or 
 railc Monty without his P.^.rlia'nent. 
 
 The K\s. cidcd Sou is born Di/ke of Corn val^ 
 ird gei^erally foon createil "^Prince of IVales. 
 
 All his Childrtn are born Princes and have the 
 Title id\ ILy^/oi^Js, 
 
 The 'Priu.um Mcbili 0^ all civil Oovfrnmenr 
 in Great Sritain, i« the K's. Privy Council 5. 
 which confi[i>s of a Number of Lords and Gentle- 
 men, who confMlt about Mutcrs of the highcft 
 Karure^ iiTue our ProclaiDations, 8ir. In alfDc- 
 bates the Jowefl gives his Opinion fidt,. and the 
 K. lalf fjjves his Juf^gmcnr, which derermines the 
 Matter in Debate. So that this is a very Au^uft and 
 Honourable AfTcfmbly. As upon the Ks. withdrawing 
 from the Board, the Council is broke up j fo if he. 
 btr abfcnt, it's only n Committee of the ConnciL 
 
 The hifrhed Court in the Kation is the 'Parlia- 
 me^r, which confids of 2 Houfes, that of LordSy 
 and that of Ccmmcns whiih are fummon'd to 
 to JVepr.inller-IIrM.b)' the K's ATr/V, ( or /hort 
 I>ctter; fent to every 'Peer: And at the fame 
 7'ime, Writs arcalH) fcntto the <9^fT/j^ (?/C6un•■ 
 ties j y|/^();6n, &c.of Boroughs to chufe, and return. 
 (wUhin 50 1)ays)rheir RepreYentatives ro Parliament., 
 The Hoife of Lords confills of i.q<^ Englifh, and 
 >d Scotch Peers, which arc (according to the Union)^ 
 Hehofeii liy, and out of, the Body of Scotch Peer«. 
 . Theie 2^2 Lords are of feveral Ranks or De- 
 f;r:ees, ( befides Bifhops; viz. 51 Diikcs i which 
 have the Titie a^ Grace. 2 Marquiffks-^ whofe 
 Tnh is Mojt I^ol?/e. 85, Earls j 15 Vifjounts 5 
 and <J3 Barons ^ the Title of the 3 hi\ is Riqht 
 I{Q7:ouraWe, Thefe with the 16 Bifhops. make the 
 Upper Huufe : But of this Huaibcr. there are 
 
 About 
 
 
[ I«1 1 
 
 about 5c that fit not in the Houf«, becaufe they 
 arc ^Papifts, The Lords, fit in their Robes, ac- 
 cording to their Dignity, and Order of* Creation, 
 except the MiniOers ot Stare, who take Place of* 
 even 7)ukes : The youngeft Peer vote* firll : The 
 ji^eftion here is, Content, or not Content j but in 
 the Lower Houfe Tea or N^j?. ^ 
 
 . The Lords admit Proxies, but the Commons da 
 
 got. The Judges fit in the Upper Houfe but 
 ave no Vote?*. 
 
 As to the Number of the Commons, K. Henry 
 VUK found 29<^l he added 32. Ed^voard ^\^ 
 22. Queen Mciry 12. Queefi Elizabeth 51. K.. 
 James J. 31, There were at the Union 5155 
 to which the 45 from Scotland being added, made 
 the prefcnt Number, viz. 558, 
 
 The Commons wear no Robes, except the Sfen^ 
 her and Clerks, They fit promifcuouHy^ only the 
 Speaker has his Chair : To him all Speeches are 
 direfted : But among the Lords, to the whole Houfe; 
 
 Every Parliament now fits 7 Years, and in that 
 Time has 7 SefTions : At the beginning and end 
 of each the K. comes in State to the Houfe of 
 Lords 5 and fends the Gentleman UJhcr of tloQ 
 Slack Rod C by whom all MufTages are fent from 
 the Lords to the Commons, as thofe. from the 
 Commons to the Lords are fent by a Serjeant at 
 Arms) to command the Commons to give their 
 Attendance. To them and the Lords his Majelty 
 makes his Speech from the Throne. 
 ' The Chancellor is always Chairman in the Houfe 
 of Lords. But the Commons at the beginning of 
 every Paliament chufe them a Speaker, 
 
 Any Member ftands up and moves for leave to 
 bring in fuch a Bill j which (if allow'd) he and 
 others prepare, and bring in. It*s read the fir^ 
 
 A., i US V 
 
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 Time, i^nd ordcrM to He upon the Table, to be 
 perufed by the Membet^. Some time after, it's 
 iJiov*d that it be read a 2d Time and com^nitted j 
 ( i. e. keferr'd to a certain Number of Members 
 to be examin'd, &c.) and then there are gene- 
 rally the warmeit Debates* if the Motion be czt» 
 ry'd, after it has gone through the Comnnfte^ ft's 
 read again, and it's mov*d that it be engrofs'd s: 
 ( i. e. written fair over on Parchment ) When 
 this is done, it is fent up to the Lords for theic 
 Concurrence : V/hen ir has pafiCd them alfo, i« 
 lies for the Royal AlTcnt ^ after which it becomes 
 2l La''^', ^K AEi of Parliament, 
 
 N. B. Bills for a Ge7ieral ^ardoUy or uiB of 
 Grace, are read but once, and can't be altef'd. 
 
 N. B. All Money Bills begin with the Com- 
 mons, who allow not the Lords to have a Power 
 of rejefting, or altering of them. Every QuelHon 
 is determin'd in both Houfes by a Majority. Each 
 Houfe adjourns itfelf at Pieafure: But the K. 
 frorrgues 5 ( i. e. puts an end to the Scfiion ) and 
 diffclves 5 (i. e. breaks up that Parliament, in cy- 
 der for a new one ) The KV Death uHd to dif- 
 fclve the Parliament, but it isother'viie now. 
 
 The H!gh Oouri of Chancery is the lit in the 
 Km. it's defign'd to modern; te the Rigour o^Com*- 
 mon Law 5 to judge according to Equity, G)nf 
 Science and P eafcn. Here is but one Judge, viz, 
 the Lord Chancellor 5 whofe Sentence is definitive, 
 withovtt a Jury ^ and only to be reverfed by the 
 iiouL of Lords. He has 12 Affiilants 5 cali'd 
 Ma fieri of Chancery j the 1 ft of which is the 
 AUfer of the Rolls: A Place of great Dignity, 
 «rd Power; for this Gentleman holds G>urrs 5 
 
 
 there are fo many OiScers in this Courts, that 
 rendt^rs Suits very chargeable^ and tedious. The 
 
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 The Kiffg's Se7xh is the higheft Court at Com- 
 mon Law : Wa PoWer and Jurifdidlion are very 
 preat aW England overj in it are hantlkd all the 
 Pleas ot the Crown, Treafuns, Felonies, &c. to* 
 this Court belong i chief and 3 other Judges. 
 
 In the Court of Common ^leaSy are debated Cau- 
 fes or Pleas, between Subjeft and Subjeft ; Here- 
 aifo is I chief and 3 inferior Judges : Kone but Ser- 
 jeants at Law are allowM to plead in this Court. 
 
 In the Exchequer^ are tryed ail Caufes relating 
 to the K\s. Revenues, Cuftoms, Fines, &c. 
 There are 4 Judges belonging to this Court, who 
 are caJl'd Barons ; and the firit of them, Chief So- 
 ronof the Exchequer. 
 
 As to the Civil Government of England, next 
 to the Princes of the Blood,, are. the Mimfters of 
 State i^ ot great Officers of the Crown. 
 
 The iftis Lord High St coward-. But he is now 
 only created pro >^ac Vice, at Coronations, Ar- 
 raignments ot Peers, &c. which are no fooner 
 over but his Commiffion ends. 
 
 The 2d is the Lord High Chancellor : His Office 
 is- to keep the Broad Ssal of Great Britain: Hi*^ 
 Kace k laid to be worth 10,000 J. p. Ano N. B. 
 If a Commoner enjoys this Office, he is only callU 
 Lord Keeper. There are many Officers under thi< 
 Lord, whole Silaries amount to a large Sum. 
 ^ ^ The 3d is the Lord treafurer ;■ he has the 
 Charge of the publick Money; He fixes the Of- 
 ficers of tha Cuttoms in all the Ports thro* out the 
 Km. Ho Leafes Crown Lands, &c. but this Poft 
 is now in the Hands of 5 Perfons, called Com- 
 miffioners of the Treafury ^ who have each 
 idool. p. An. and thofe under them, have i or 
 ijOool. p An. amcnglt them. 
 
 The 4th is Lord Trefide?2t of the Council i this 
 
 Office 
 
 i 
 
 /N4, 
 
Office is more HonoraMe tlian ProfitaWe. 
 
 The 5th U the Lord ^r%^£-^/: j^e pafles all 
 Grants Charters, &c. that don't pafs the great 
 Seal : his Salary is called but i 50U 1. p. Anffeut 
 It IS worth a groat deal more. 
 
 The tfrb ifc Lord Chamherlam ; he ( at Corona- 
 tions ) prr fent^ the K. with his Robes 5 drefles 
 and uncfreffes him, and has 40 EJ]s of CrimfoiY 
 Velvet ^>r himfclf : He has alfo the Government 
 ct the K s. Palaces 5 provides all Things for the 
 Ji'^^dc ot Lords5 fixes pub] ick Mournings ; dif- 
 pofes of the Sword of State 5 walks on the K's» 
 Right Hand. Under thisLord arethe Gentleman 
 W>ercf the mack Rod i 15 Gentlemen of the 
 ^cd Chamber, who have each 1,000 1. p. An ) 
 %^Gm?ns 5 the Mafter of tjoe Rohes ; ihe Vice 
 Chamherlam 5 the Groom "Porter, who have about 
 500 1. p. An. each: The Mafter of the Cfr^wo- 
 «/^j 5 who has about 300 1. 
 
 The Salaries of thefe and other Officers under 
 this Lord are reckoned to amount to near 40,000 !. 
 p. An. His own fixt Salary is but 1200I. p. Am 
 but it is much mended by the Fees paid by Arch- 
 bifhops, Bi/hops and Barons, when they pay their 
 Homage to his Majefty. ^ 
 
 T^^^r^^ Officer is the Earl Marfhul of Eng- 
 land ; This Place is Hereditary to the Houfe of 
 Ncrfolkv but that being Popifn, it is executed by 
 a Proteftant Lord 5 who determines all Difputes 
 about '3e€ds of Arms -, and Afatters of War 
 (within the Realm.) But this Lord*s Power is 
 now very fmall to what it has been. 
 
 The 8th is the Lord Highj^dmralofEnoland 
 Ho \ as the M anagementof all Maritime Affairs, the 
 G( vt rnmt nt of the Xavies, &c. He has a Power 
 
 uf commimonina Vicp. Arintifoic 1?—-. aj_? -1 
 ^ "" o ' — ' »*-«««««M.joj xvwAi xiiiKijrais, 
 
 &C.. 
 
IS 
 
 I 
 
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 err. To Tiim alfo belong Wreclcs, &c. yea a 
 Power of Life and Death is lodg'd in his Hands. 
 
 But inftead of this Officer there are now 7 
 Zor^s Commifftonen of the Admiralty, who have 
 ^^^"^>oool. p. An. Their Secretary has 800 1. 
 1 he Clerk and Afliftants 400 1 p. An. each. The 
 Treafiirer of the Navy has locol. p. An. 5 
 Comptrollers of the Viflualling Office, 500 1, each- 
 The 9th Officer is Steward of the K's Hottfiold 5 
 who has about 1503!. p. An. The Trcafurer,. 
 arid Comptroller of ditto 1200 1, each. The Cof^. ' 
 ferer and 6 Clerks of the Green Cloth 500 1, ' 
 each. The tord ^/«/o«^r C who difpofes of the 
 K s Alms ) has 2 or 500 1. p. An. ' 
 
 There are befides thefe fcveral other Officers, . 
 whofe Salaries together amount to 5 or 6000 L p. An, ^ 
 
 Araongft the Prime Miniflers muft be reckon'd 
 the Secretaries of State 5 for they tranfaft the moft ' 
 important Aftairs of the Nation, keep the Signet^ • 
 ^. There are 3 "Principal Secretaries 1 2 for 
 England, and i for Scotland. The Salary and 
 Perqui/ites of one of thefe are call'd 8,oqo 1. p. An. 
 and the Under Secretaries have handfome Salaries. 
 Another great Officer is the Afafter of the 
 Horfes his Salary is callM only 800 I. p. An. but 
 It IS reckoned to be worth 6 or 7000 K and the Offi- 
 cers under him have 8,400 1. p. An. befides i,uool. 
 to thole who take Care of the K s Race Horfes. • 
 
 The Captain of the Teoman of the Guard, has 
 1,000 1. p. An: his Lieutenant 800 1. an Enfign 
 500 1. 4 Corporals 150I. each ^ 8 Ufhers 50 I. 
 100 Veoman 40 1. each. 
 
 Tht Captain of the ^ai7d of Gentlemen "PenrioU" . 
 ^ri has i,oool.p. An. the Standard Bearer 500 1. 
 M -^xvxn. x*^ i. aiivi i^o vjeniKTsic^n iqo i. each. 
 
 'iy\^ Alafter of the Wardri)i?e has 2,000 J. and 
 bis Deputy 300 J^ Tiie 
 
I^ lis ] 
 
 worth 4 or J.000 Ld Th ' i i?' •'* 'A '*=«*«"'«> 
 very handfome Su^ ^°"''"'*' ^*'«*»i'» « 
 
 A^td^SLlto^X ctr'T'- P- 
 
 ?ool. » others 1 50 1. each ^fh^ M.fl o ^ngmeer 
 .he W.«k„ of Z Mint d*^l!'£rw''°J-' 
 
 5ooh theEflay Mafter 400I ^he'SS^^*? 
 
 rhe Govemours of bis Maie«v'« r,/?i j'i° '• 
 
 rifons hive about 5.000 I^tn *^''*'" ^"*' Ga*- 
 
 of J.i. JSy* pSa--^^ 2f ''w '^^ taking Care 
 per Annum, "• ^'- ''"* ? « 4000I 
 
 _ The 8 Coftmiffioner* forT>.ae ani^iuflt^tioa* 
 
 .or 7,0*0 l''°°"^- ^"- ""^ '■""^'^ »"«^ them u 
 
 The 7 Commiffibners for the Cuaoms have 
 
 1.000 1. p. An each and their Secretary haTspoT 
 
 The Comptrollers and H.ecei.er4Gencr»J,&c of th^ 
 Cuftoms have about 12.000 1 d An nm^„ <i .i. 
 
 ^ &^ at :?!,toT^ ^"^^^ '' ^ '■ "^" ^' 
 The G)mmiflioners for l\ir#»nO*c k,^ l 
 
 800 I. and tboft under them 700 h" '' •"'''* 
 The 6 Commiflloners of Taxes hnv^ .^^ i 
 
 each .and thofe under theo. abour:40, ' 
 
 '•°o°J-. l:nt:I'!i .Pffi«" »«dcr them 5 or 
 
 »»v6»ool.p.Ao.cachi zQoSuprvifm, 100 1. 
 
 each 
 
 ^ 
 
 
'U 
 
 : I 
 
 [ 187 ] 
 cacli 5 and 4,560 Excifemen^ 50 I,each 5 ^oCletki 
 4c I each I fa Supefnumer^ries 2 jil. each. Total 
 of Salaries 1 58,200 1. which is recJ^on'd a i^th 
 Part of the Produce of the Excife. The Salaries of 
 tl^e OAqers for the inward and outward Bufine& 
 of the Port, arife to about 1 5,000 L p. An. . 
 
 Befides all thefe there are a great many Officcis, 
 whofe Salaries I can't learn j however from thafe 
 I have mentioned, one may be able in fomc Mea- 
 fure to anfN^er a common Queillon, viz, fi^h»t 
 becomes oj the Money raife4 every' Tear in E^land 
 It has been remarkt, th^t the Monarchial foro) ef 
 Government is very ejqpenfive. But as diii^ is a 
 mixt one confifiing of K. Lords and Commom^ 
 the laft of which are the Reprefentatives of the 
 good People of England, fo it^s our peculiar Hap- ^ 
 pinefi, that we are under no Laws, but ijich a» 
 may be faid to be of our own making. And it's 
 a further Ilappinefs, that we have now a Wncp 
 '^f(^ tr?^ inrctn-r, wbo incws no Dciife of any 
 Power but that of protefting his fubjeasj conti- 
 nuing and enfuring to them, all their juft Rights 
 and Liberties; and in a Word of making them a 
 great, flourifhing and happy People, rll there- 
 fore conclude with a brief Account of our Prefcnt. 
 Sovereign, and his Royal Family. Tof»ether with a 
 JJW of all the Sovereij^n Families in Europe. 
 
 King George 11. was the only Son of his Ute Majefty, K 
 George I who was eldefl Son of the lateElc<Slorof5r««/ 
 w/Vi.&c. by his Royal Confort the Princefs Sophia ; who. 
 was Daughter to theK of 5tf>&m/<? h\o married Elizabeth 
 (Daughter to K James i) and thereior. Ihe was Niece to 
 K. Charles I. and Coufin German to K. Charles II. and K 
 James 11. ox* 
 
 His preffenjkMajefty (whoafcended the Throne oFKis Roy- 
 al Anceitors^ the nth of June, 1727) was b©rn 0€t. 30th 
 1683 ; and in 1705 he married the Illuftrious Princefs of 
 Brundenburg Anjfa^ky w^o died ( univerfelly lamented^ 
 
Nov. ^th 1737 : By whom he h^d 2 Prince 
 
 ccfks 
 
 VIZ 
 
 . Frede 
 
 « and 5 Pfin- 
 rick Lewis, born Jan. 20th 1 706- 7 • K»fc^ «,-«-• j: 
 
 he has . Jjaughteran/. Sons. viz. Pri„«fT;ir^" 
 >Iy 31ft 1737 ; Priiic-e G«,-«, born Ma» 7.ri. . » 
 
 2. Princcfs^««^bornOa 2zA i-rnn ^«^ .V ^' 
 
 to his Serene Highnefs the "„"„ Jf^ll ^ ^ '^^*' 
 3.Pmceft^;»Aa born May joth I;'!,. 
 4- Pnncefs Canhn, born May 30th , 7 , 3, 
 .5. Prn.ce »^//r«« bom April ,j,h tyzl 
 9. Pnncefs M,^ born Feb. ^zji, ^J.^.j. 
 ,7. Prmcefs Z««> born Dec. 7th 1724. 
 
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 0&. J685 
 
 CharJesEmp-e^Germanyvytt. loss 
 Anae&c.Emps.o/'MofeoTX June 1603 
 Mbhammed Sultan Sep. 1606 
 Jjw;!- King of France Feb. 17 10 
 Philip King«/2p»in Dec. 1683 
 
 Frederick K^??w^^^^^^^ 
 
 Frederick K 0/ Sweden/Apri] 1676 1720 IMrica •rBavaria KIchu 
 
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 CharesS/Af;^^^^^^ '7»2 7740 ofBevcrn. 
 
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 171 ijEJiabeth o/Bninfwick 1691 
 1730 ' . 
 
 17301 W^ ' 
 
 1715 Mary o/Pohnd I170, 
 
 lyoqElizabeth e/" Parma 1692 
 'Z°^l?**f? 0/ Auftria (1683 
 
 168S 
 1699 
 
 Stanislaus Duke of Lorra n 
 Francis Duke of Tufcany 
 Charles Eleftor of Bavaria 
 Charles Eleaor of Palatine 
 Philip^ Eleaor of M entz 
 Francis Eleftor of Treves 
 Clement Eledor of Cologn 
 
 A Lift of the Royal Families 
 Germany. 
 Mary Arch Dutchefs of Auftria born Vay 
 
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 born Oaober J677 
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 born Auguft 1697 
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 France. 
 
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 6th Daughter 
 ytii Daughier 
 
 ti89 3 
 
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 T» J? Spain. 
 
 . Doa Ferdinand Prince of Afturias 
 'Don Carlos King of Naples 
 
 Don Philip Infant 
 Mary Infanta 
 
 Don Lenuis Arch Bilhop of Toledo 
 
 and Cardina 
 
 J ntonietta Infenta 
 
 ^rv *»>,*». Portugal. 
 
 .Don jofeph Prmce of Brazil 
 
 Don ^idro hiidiXiX,' 
 
 .Donna Marin 
 
 Donna Anm 
 
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 bom July 
 bom November 
 
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 Frederick Prince Royal 
 Ifluija ^ 
 
 Denmark. 
 
 born June 
 bora July 
 born Dectinbet 
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 born March 
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 Sophia e^Hannover Queen Dowager 
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 :Wi//iam Prince . . • 
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 Frederick Prince Koyal 
 
 Jlnne Princefs of {jaxony 
 
 Augujius Prince of Saxony 
 
 Caroline Princefs of Saxony 
 
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 Af^iry Princefs of Saxony 
 Elizabeth Princefs of Saxony 
 Albert Prince of Saxony 
 
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 Ethiopia — *-— i 
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 127 
 
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 Granada — — . 
 ■Greece . ». 
 
 Greenland — — '■ — 
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 <jroenland — —^ 
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 Hifpaniola 
 
 Holland 
 
 Hottentots 
 
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 Java-^ «- 
 
 India 
 
 Inquiiition 
 Ireland — 
 Ifpahan 
 Italy 
 Judea — — — 
 Jutland » ' 
 
 L 
 Ladrone Is -^ 
 Lapland ^ 
 
 Lisbon _— . 
 Lithuania — — ^ 
 London -— : — - 
 Loretto ■« 
 
 M 
 Madagafcarl. • 
 
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 70 
 
 Minorca ■■ ' ' 
 
 105 Modena 
 
 103 More ceo - — «-— 
 
 26 ' Mofcovy ^ 
 
 132! Mofcow — — 
 
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 41 Nigritia ■ 
 
 114 Norway 
 52 Nova Zembb- 
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 S 
 
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