. The history of America, : from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war. : With an appendix, containing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies. . of fmoke and flame are the fummits of Colopaxi, Tongourargua, and SangaL The greateftpart of the reft have formerly been volcanos, or will probably one day becomeiuch. Hiftory has only preferved to us the a?ra of their eruptions fince the dif-covery of America •, but the pumice (tones, the calcined earths with which theyare ftrewed, and the evident veft
. The history of America, : from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war. : With an appendix, containing an account of the rise and progress of the present unhappy contest between Great Britain and her colonies. . of fmoke and flame are the fummits of Colopaxi, Tongourargua, and SangaL The greateftpart of the reft have formerly been volcanos, or will probably one day becomeiuch. Hiftory has only preferved to us the a?ra of their eruptions fince the dif-covery of America •, but the pumice (tones, the calcined earths with which theyare ftrewed, and the evident veftiges that the flame has left, are authentic tefti-monies of the reality of former eruptions. Their height is prodigious- Cayambour, which is fituated directly under the equator, and Antifona, whichis only five leagues diftant from it to the fouth, are more than eighteen thoufandfeet high, reckoning from the level of the fea •, and Chimborazo, which is twentythoufand, two hundred, and eighty feet high f, iurpaffes more than one thirdthe altitude of the pike of Teneriflfe, the higheft land in the ancient hemifphere*Pkchincha and Carazon, where the French Academicians made mod of thee * Voy. de Ullca, tain, ILa obfervatiofca. THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. 39$ The fea coaft here is fandy, generally low and fwampy, with mangrove CHAP. •, but higher up, among the rivers and lagoons, the foil is more fertile, and *~if* **produces many plantains, coco trees, maize, yams, and other vegetables. Thepaflion for drinking rum has made the colony begin the planting of fugar rivers, as well as the lagoons, are extremely well ftored with fifh, and theforefts are filled with deer and game. On the fhores they catch the fineft turtle,from March to June, and from May to the end of September. Befides thisfifhery, which is very advantagous, the Black River fettlers cut mahogany andzebra wood, and gather a great deal of farfaparilla. A colony fo well fituated,though neglected by gov
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