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 however, has, of late years, been eldom the cae, on account of the difficulties to which American veels are ubject in their trading with this iland, everal of them having been repeatedly refued admittance into the port with only that loading.

This has often greatly ditreed the inhabitants of Dominica, who having few cattle of their own, and thee few being neceary for the ervice of their plantations, it would have been highly imprudent to have ued them for the purpoe of upplying the market; as it would have impoverihed their etates of thofe ueful animals, without the leat probability of getting them replaced by purchaing others: for the Americans, from having been o often refued admittance to dipoe of their cargos of cattle, took o great a digut againt the inhabitants of the country, that even when they have had permiion to trade thither, they have actually refued. Nor