ABSTRACT
THe Island of Mevis or Nevis lies in seventeen degrees, and nineteen Minutes North of the Line; It is not above eighteen Miles round, and in the midst there is but one only Mountain, which is very high, and covered with great Trees up to the very top, about which all the Plantations are setled, beginning from the Seaside to the very highest part of it; It hath within it divers Springs of Fresh-water, whereof some are strong enough to make their way into the Sea, one Spring hath the waters so hot and Mineral, that from the force of it there are Baths made, found very beneficial in several Diseases. The English who planted themselves there in 1628. and are still Possessors thereof, being now about three or four Thousand Inhabitants, drive a very handsome Trade with Sugar, Ginger, Tobacco and Cotton, which they exchange for other conveniencies, it is the best governed of any of the Caribee Islands, impartial justice being administred, and all debauchery and immorality severely punished by a Council of the most Eminent and Ancient Inhabitants. There are three Churches erected for the Service of God; And for the security of Vessels in the Road, there is a Fort, wherein are planted several great Guns, that command at a great distance, which likewise secure their Storehouses, into which all the Commodities imported for the use of the Inhabitants are disposed, and from thence distributed to those that have occasion for them; It is indifferent Fruitful, and hath store of Deer, and other Game for Hunting.
