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Rh firt on the ubject, the author hopes it may meet with a favourable reception.

It falls not within the compas of this work to enter into details of ads of the legilature, the conduct of governors, or of individuals of that iland; thefe he leaves for a more extenive work, or for abler pens to record; and if what is here ubmitted to public perual erve in the leat to promote the welfare of the preent and future inhabitants of Dominica, and thereby the interets of the Britih nation at large, the purpoe of the author by this publication will be fully anwered.

London, May 1791.