one of the Caribbee islands, is 15 miles in length by about 8 in breadth, presenting a very flat surface, covered to a great extent with forests of small trees, in which excellent deer abound. Many varieties of very fine shell and other fish are found on the coast, which is

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1 Barbour, p. 320. 2 Barbour, p. 118. 3 Warton's History of English Poetry, vol. ii, p. 154. 4 Nott's Dissertation on the State of English Poetry before the sixteenth Century (p. exc.), prefixed to the Works of Surrey and Wyatt. 5 Chaucer's Romanaute of the Rose: Worke, f. cxxxviii, edit. Lond. 1542, fol. 6 Barbour, p. 60. 7 Barbour, p. 163. 8 Pinkerton's Preface to Barbour, p. x. also frequented by large flocks of water-fowl. The part of the island cultivated is fertile, but there is no sugar raised, nor are there any plantations of importance. The climate is very salubrious. Pop. about 1000. Long. 61° 46'. W. Lat. 17° 36' N.