238 BESCRIPTION OF the

place of anchorage, by being situated toOfar to windward.

These natural inconveniences of theisland would be fully compensated to thevessels and fleets that touch here, if theplace in itself afforded more ample meansof supplying their wants. That its interiorconveniences and resources, with respectto shipping, might be considerably aug-mented, and that it might be altogethermuch improved and beautified, there canbe no doubt. This indeed is evident,from what has been done already ; bywhich the place has become a more com-modious and comfortable abode than itwas before, to those who either dwell orsojourn in it. But with whatever furtherconveniences it may be enriched, or withwhatever improvements its surface maybe decorated, its great advantages aredependent on sources which are neverlikely to fail, as they are derived fromthe order of the demerits and seasons.

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