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 The road of Roeau, for it cannot properly be called an harbour, it being rather an open bay, is very capacious; and from Woodridge's bay, which joins it to the northward, to the bay of Charlotte-ville, contained the French and Spanih fleets, coniting of upwards of four hundred ail of men of war and tranport hips, which lay at anchor for everal days previous to their failing on their intended attack of Jamaica lat war, in 1782. This road is often dangerous in the hurricane months, and has frequently proved fatal to veels, whoe Commanders were o imprudent as to keep them there at anchor, from the end of Augut to October during which time, almot every year, the ea very often tumbles into this road from the outhward in a very frightful manner.

A very dreadful circumlance of this kind happened the lat day of September, 1780; at which time the ea aroe to the amazing height