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 rings of gold and ilver, to a coniderable value. Their entertaiments, on thee occaions, are alo very expenive, their guets being treated with every thing of the bet. Thee meetings ometimes lat for two or three days together, during which they dance the whole time almot; but it eldom happens that their balls conclude without broken heads, bloody noes, or ome piece of perfect.

The Indians, natives of Dominica, are decended from the ancient inhabitants, who were found there when this iland was firt dicovered by Europeans, and are the people properly called "Caribbes." Of thee there are not more than twenty or thirty families, who have their dwellings on the eat part of the iland, at a great ditance from Roeau, where they are eldom een. They