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The Introduction.

tica River, Negro River, Little River, Rio Para Matartiboron River, Cameron's River, Rio Bueno Still River, Bear-Garden River, Langland's River.

Rivers on the North-side are,

St. Anne's Great River, Ochorios or Rivers, White River, Stone-Bridge River, Rio Nuevo River, Rio Sambre Tiabo River, Oro Cabeça River, Six Mile River, Plantain Walk River, Negro River, Puerto Maria River, Crawle River, Water's River, Stony River, Aqua alta, Anotto River, Flinty River, Trunnel's River, Orange River, Ugly River, Ginge's River, Little Tom's River, Fox's River, Sandy River, Plantain Walk River, Church River or Pencarne River, Iterboreale River, Dry River, Haycock River, White River, Buffe Bay River, Spanish River, Devil's River, Swift River, Great Devil's River, Back River, Lousie River, Daniel's River, Rio Grande White River, Fox's River, Sandy River, St. Antonio River, Cameron River, Back River, Annotto River, Guava River, Savanna River, Snaky River, Negro River, Stony River, Annotto River, Porto Antonio River, Turtle Crawle Rivers, Priest Man's River, Mulato River, Manchinil River, Crawle River, Driver's River, White River, Hector's River, Horse-Savanna River, Savage River, Plantain-Garden River, Muddy River, Sulphur River, Clark's River, Coquar-Tree River, Cove River.

The whole Island has one continu'd ridge of Hills running East and West through its middle, which are called generally the blue Mountains, from their appearing of that colour, which comes from the Eyes going through a vast quantity of Æther, or Air, as looking to the Heavens in a clear day. The tops of some are higher than others, one of the highest is called Mount Diablo. Other Hills there are on each side of this Ridge of Mountains; which are lower.

Although this place be situated in the Torrid Zone, yet the Air of it may very well be affirm'd temperate, in that the heat of the days is qualified by the length of the nights, which here is about twelve hours long all the year round; so that the Sun has not that length of time to heat the Atmosphere, as where the days are longer, and the nights shorter, or none at all. 'Tis on the same account that the evenings are much hotter than the mornings, although the Sun be equally distant, and the Rays fall the same way, the heat becoming then extraordinary, because it has been warm'd from morning to that time, by the beams of the Sun, a great many of which continue to act with those coming fresh from the Sun. The Breezes blowing all the year between from North-East to South-East, andrising