BORIQUE, one of the Caribbee islands in North
America, near that of Porto Rico. The English for-
merly had a settlement there, but were driven away by
the Spaniards. It is at present without inhabitants,
tho' agreeable and fertile; the air being wholesome,
and the water good. There are a great number of
land-crabs, whence some have called it Grab-island.
W. Long. 64. 35. N. Lat. 18. 0.