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<HEAD>An Ab&s;tract, OF A LETTER From a Per&s;on of Eminency and Worth in <HI>Caledonia,</HI> To a Friend at <HI>Bo&s;ton</HI> in <HI>New-England.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have Received your kind Letter of the 26 <HI>December</HI> la&s;t, and Communi|cated it to the Gentlemen of the Council here; to whom your kind Sentiments and Readine&s;s were very acceptable.</P>
<P>Certainly the Work here begun is the mo&s;t Ri'pned, Dige&s;ted, and the be&s;t Founded, as to Priviledges, Place, Time, and other like Advanta|ges, that ever was yet begun in any part of the Trading World. We arrived upon this Coa&s;t the fir&s;t, and took po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion the third of <HI>November:</HI> Our Si|tuation is about two Leagues to the Southward of <HI>Golden I&s;land.</HI> (by the <HI>Spani|ards</HI> called <HI>Guarda</HI>) in one of the be&s;t and mo&s;t de&s;enceable Harbours perhaps in the World. The Country is Healthfull to a wonder; in&s;omuch that our own Sick, which were many when we Arrived, are now generally cuted. The Country is exceeding Fertile, and the Weather Temperate: The Coun|try where we are &s;ettled, is dry, and ri&s;ing Ground. Hills but not high; and on the &s;ides, and quite to the tops, three, four or five foot good fat mould, not a Rock or &s;tone to be &s;een. We have but eight or nine Leagues to a River, where Boats may go into the South Sea. The Natives for fitry Leagues on either &s;ide are in intire Friend&s;hip and Corre&s;pondence with us; and if we will be at the pains, we can gain tho&s;e at the greate&s;t di&s;tance. For our Neighbour <HI>Indians</HI> are willing to be the joyfull Me&s;&s;engers of our settlement, and good Di&s;po&s;ition to their Country men. As to the Innate Riches of the Country, upon the fir&s;t Information, I always believed to be very great: But now find it goes beyond all that ever I thought, or conceived in that matter.</P>
<P>The <HI>Spaniards,</HI> as we can under&s;tand, are very much &s;urp<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ized, and alarm'd and the more that it comes as a Thunder-clap upon them; Having had no notice of us, untill three days after our Arrival. We have written to the Pre&s;ident of <HI>Panama,</HI> giving him account of our good and Peaceable Intenti|ons, and to procure a good Under&s;tanding and Corre&s;pondence; <HI>And</HI> if that is not Conde&s;cended to: we are ready for what el&s;e he plea&s;es. It Merchants &s;hould once Erect Factories here, this place will &s;oon become the be&s;t and &s;ure&s;t Mart in all <HI>America,</HI> both for In-land and Over land Trade. We want here Sloops and Coa&s;ting Ve&s;lels; for want of which, and by rea&s;on we have been all Hands at Work, in Fortifying and fitting our &s;elves, (which is now pretty well over) we had but little Trade as yet: mo&s;t of our Goods Un&s;old. We are here a Thou&s;and one Hundered Men, and expect Supplies every Day. We have been exceeding unhappy in loo&s;ing two Mini&s;ters who came with us from <HI>Scotland;</HI> and if <HI>New-England</HI> could &s;upply us in that, it would be a great and la&s;ting Obligation.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Fort <HI>St.</HI> Andrew, <DATE>April <HI>18</HI>th, <HI>1698, 9.</HI></DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>EDINB&V;RGH,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Reid,</HI> 1699.</P>
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