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the ſpot, with ſilent awe and admiration, at viewing ſo vaſt a body of water collected at ſuch a height.

Dominica is likewiſe well ſupplied with excellent ſea-fiſh; and the inhabitants have the advantage of procuring their fiſh almoſt as ſoon as caught, and often buy them alive in the market. Among the chief of the ſea-fiſh are, groupers, cavallies, ſnappers, ſilks, baracutas, king-fiſh, Spaniſh mackrel, jacks, and ſprats; the ſhell-fiſh are, lobſters, conks, wilks, and crabs; all which are fo well known, as to render any deſcription of them needleſs. Some few turtles are alſo caught at the windward part of the iſland; but this article is moſtly brought hither from the Spaniſh iſlands.

This iſland is alſo remarkable for land-crabs, of which there are three ſorts, white, black, and red. The firſt are diſtinguiſhable only for their poiſonous quality,

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