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 . egociation, remonftrances, and by open force, to prevent theEnglifh from eitablifhing themfelves in that part of the American continent;but afttr ftruggling againft it for more than a century, the difafters of laft warextorted from the court of Madrid a reluftant confent to tolerate this colony offorcin;ncrs in the heart of its dominions *. In confequence of that humili
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 . egociation, remonftrances, and by open force, to prevent theEnglifh from eitablifhing themfelves in that part of the American continent;but afttr ftruggling againft it for more than a century, the difafters of laft warextorted from the court of Madrid a reluftant confent to tolerate this colony offorcin;ncrs in the heart of its dominions *. In confequence of that humiliating concefTion, the logwood cutters are aii-thorifed to profecute their labours, without fear or interruption, from iJanovcrBay, on the eaft fide of Yucatan, to the bottom of the Bay of Honduras, in-cluding about fifty leagues cf the fhore. They do not, however, form anv re-gular colony, any more than their predeceflbrs, the Buccaneers. But as fo-cicty, not even among robbers, can fubfift wi hout fqme kind of compadl, thelogwood cutters have agreed to certain regulations among themfelves; and theyekd a chief, with the name of king, to lire that thole undulations are obfcrvcd, * Tieay of Pari:-, .A:t. x\iii. thoueh. THE HISTORY OF AMERICA. 389 though they pay little regard to his authority. Like moft cledlive fovereigns, he CHA^. a mere mock-irionarch, and the greateft diforders prevail among his unruly iub-jefls. The Englifh government is therefore obliged to fend judges, occafionally,from Jamaica to Yucatan; and the commander of the kings frigate, whobrings the commiluons, takes care to fee that they have their coinplete execu-tion *. The quantity of wood annually furnifhed by this fettlement has been com-puted at twenty thoufand tons, a very confiderable export; but the trade isfaidto have declined of late years, and fince it obtained a legal fanftion. The caufeof this decline is thus explained. The logwood produced on the well coaft of Yu-catan, where the foil is
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