The Bermudas are owned by the Britifh ; they are inhabited
bf about 10,000 people, nearly one half of whom are negroes*

Q. What is the fituation of the Bahamas ?

A. They lie fouch-eaftward of the Carolinas, between
tt and s8 degrees of north latitude, and between 73 and
81 of weft longitude*

Q. What do you obferve concexi^ui^ xVi^ei \

A. "They are io number about 500^TaWK^ ^^^'^^On w
•wr rocks ; /bme of them axe ootAdti^V^ ^»%^ N "^^^^



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all there arc about twelve thoufand iiifaabttants> nearly half
of them negroes. The climate and produAions of thefe
iflands are much like thofe of the Carolinas. New-Provi-
dence is the largeft of the iOanda, and on it b the capital
town call -tNaffau. The inhabitants of thefe iflands condft
of Spaniih and Englifli. The Englifh own the Bahamas.
Q. What are the fituation and extent of die Weft-India
ifland) ?

A. They extend from the Floridas almofl as far fouth as
the mouth of the river Oronoko in South- America. There
are a great number of them> and they belong chiefly to the
Englifh and Spaniards* at prefent ; al£hough the French
formerly were confiderable proprietors* The Dutch own
a few» and the Danes two or three.
Q^ What is the climate of the Weft-Indies ?

A. The climate diffei's but a little in all of them. The
(eafonsare unifomiiy Warm, but fubjedt to mofi violent hur-
ricanes. The trade winds which blow from the fea duriag
the dayt and the land breezes which begin at evening* ren-
der the fituation more agreeable tlian it otherwife would bci
tliough at beft the climate is unhealthy to no][them confti*
tutioDS.
