ABSTRACT
Anguilla, sometimes called Snake Island from its Shape, is a long Tract of Land of about Thirty mile, and nine mile broad, winding almost about neer St. Martins Island, whence it is very plainly perceived; There is not any Mountain in it, the ground lying low and even; Where it is broadest there is a Pond, about which some English have setled themselves in number two or three hundred, and where they plant Tobacco, which is highly esteemed by those who are good Judges in that Commodity. The Island lyes in Eighteen Degrees and Twenty Minutes on this side the Equinoctial. Before the discovery of America, there were not to be found in these parts any Horses, Kine, 39 Oxen, Sheep, Goats, Swine, or Dogs, but for the better conveniency of their Navigations and supply of their Ships in case of necessity they left some of these Creatures in several parts of this New found World, where they have since multiplyed so exceedingly, that now they are more common, as well on the Continent as the Caribees, than in any part of Europe.
