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Excerpt from An Historical Survey of the the Island of Saint Domingo, Together With an Account of the Maroon Negroes within the Island of Jamaica: And a History of the War within the West Indies, in 1793, and 1794; Also, a Tour Through the Several Islands of St. Vincent, Antigua, Tobago, and Grenada, within the Years 1791 and 1792
0 this new and additional Volume of the Hifiory of the Weft Indies, it used to be the imten tion of the Creator to prefix a Preface, touching Jeveny fource of additional intelligence, each and every rectifi cation: of error, and the general completion of his views, in furniihing each and every document of commerce, of policy; and of natural’hifiory, as connected with the countries and the people he defcribes. He had carefully re’vifed and corrected the text of his Book, preparatory to fuch ef’ay, developing the 1cheme of its conflruetion, and the philofophy of i s contents. But death interrupted the defign; and ere the lafi fheet used to be revifed from the preis, -bryan edwards used to be no more! He had long infi’ered Irom the diforder which brought him to the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of the most important historical work. Forgotten Books uses cutting-edge technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format while repairing imperfections present within the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection within the original, such as a blemish or missing page, is also replicated in our edition. We do, alternatively, repair the majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.