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THE TRAVELS OF


ment of Monſieur Chevalier, but now in poſſeſſion of their Engliſh. The Governor's houſe, which takes it name from the place about it, was a ſuperb manſion, tiling in all the pride of architecture, Over the margin of the Canoes, and decorated inſide in a ſtyle of unrivalled elegance: part of the funiture was covered with a rich embroidered ſattin, and the very purdoes of the windows were of ſcarlet quilted ſattin. The avenue to this grand edifice was ſhaded on both ſides: with rows of emobwering trees; and the beauty, the fragrance of his gardens, which perfumed the wanton air, raviſhed the ſenſes: his fiſh-ponds, caſcades, and groves; heightened the imagery of the va-

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