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It is Easy ro Conceive that the Beans Growing in Jamaica in ihe Woods, .may Fall from the Trees into the Rivers, and bc Convey’d by themintothe Lea; it is likcwise Easy toBelieve, that being got to Lea, and Float-ing in. it in the Neighbourhood of that Ifland, they may be carry’d fromthenceby the Wind ani current which is therc Constantly Eafi, and whichMeeting with a Stop on the Main Continent of’ America is forced through .the Gulf of ttcrida, or Canal of Babama, into the N. American Sca, forthe Lenticula Marina Serratu Foliis, Lob. or Sargajso, Grows on the RocksAooutjamatca, and is carry’d by the Winds and Current (which for themofb part go Imperuoufly the fame way) towards the Coast of Florida, andthence into the Northern American Ocean, where it lies very Thick on theSurface of the Leu,. But how they fhould come the reff of their VoyageI cannot teli, unlels it be thought Reasonable that thesc Beans being broughtNorth by the Current from the Gulf of Florida, are put into the WesterlyWinds Way which generally Blow at least Two parts of Three of the WboleTear, and may be soppos’d by this means at last 10 arrive at Scotland.

By the fame Means that thefe Beans come to Scotland, it is reasonable toBelieve tha the Winds and Currents brought from America thole feveralthings towards the Azores and Porto Santo, which are Rccorded by Fernan. c a p. §. .

Colon , in the Lifeof his Fathrr Ch^ißopher, to be forne of the Reasons thatmov’d thesaid Chriftophir Columbus toattemptthe Discovery osthe West Indies.

VII. Hirta lies front Snod in Skye Ifland, W. b. N. From the nearest cSnefriptionLand to it in th e Heroisch ('trom whence Peop’e ordinarily take Boat) it liesdue West ; and is about yo Mtles from the Nearelt Land. Moray. n. 137.

There are 3 Istands togetber, Hirta, Soa, and Burra ; but Hirta only is p ’ w*Inhabited. The other Two are excellent Paffurage forSheep, every Sbeeptherehaving 2 Lambs every Ycar.

In Burra there is no Landtng, butto the Men of Hirta only, in regard ofthe difficulty thereof- there being but about a Feot broad of Landing place,and that only to be attempted when the Boat Rises. For their ordinaryway is, when they come near the Rock, they Turn their Boat, and fet theside to the Shore, Two Men, one at eachend ofthe Boat, with Two longPoles keeping it off, that the Waves Dafh it not so Violenrly againstthe Rock, when It Rise»; at which Time onfy the Fellow, who is to Land,makes his Attempt. If he Miss his Landtng place he Falls into the Sea,and the red of the People Hale him a-board; hc having before a smallRope faflen’d about bis Middle to Prevent that Tanger. But when hefafely Lands, (which they stldom miß to do) rhe reff of bis Fcllows Landone by one: except so many as they leave to attend their Little Boat,which ordinarily is of 1 6 O.trs.

If there be any Strängen, (as many go from the Ncared Islands in Sum-mer) they must be Ty’d about the Middle with a Strong Rope : and whenthe Men of Hirta have Climb’d up to the Top of the Rock (which äs above

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