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590.
Some account of St. Helena

Crueltys were excercisd by my countrey men over these unfortunate people than even their neighbours the dutch  fam'd for inhumanity are guilty of   one rule however they strictly observe which is never to Punish when ships are there

Nature has blessd this Island with very few Productions either usefull for the Support or conducive to the Luxury of Mankind  Partriges & Doves are the only animals except possibly rats & mice  much more probably brought here by Ships  Among vegetables Purslain, Celery, Water Cresses, wild mint & Tobacco, tho now common among the rocks  I doubt much whether they were so before people came here as none except the Last are found in Paralel latitudes  the first indeed is found on ascention & many Parts equly unlikely to have originaly producd it  but that accounted for by the ancient custom of the Portugese who finding this herb particularly beneficial in complaints contracted in long voyages made a point of sewing it wherever they went

 

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