A Description of the island of Jamaica with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related ... : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places : illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.

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A Description of the island of Jamaica with the other isles and territories in America, to which the English are related ... : taken from the notes of Sr. Thomas Linch, Knight, governour of Jamaica, and other experienced persons in the said places : illustrated with maps / published by Richard Blome.
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London :: Printed by T. Milbourn, and sold by the book-sellers of London and Westminster,
1672.
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Their Rivers, Fish, and Fowl.

The Countrey is very well wa∣tered with Rivers, there being between Cape-Carteret, and Port-Rasal, which is not above 60 miles, 5 or 6 great Navigable Rivers, which discharge themselves into the Sea, besides several others of less Remark. And these Rivers are

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plentifully stored with excellent Fish of sundry sorts, which being the same as are found in Virginia, which comes next to be treated of, I shall omit the nameing of them here.

Here are also great plenty of Wild-Fowl, as Geese, Cranes, Swans, Herons, Curlews, Heath-Cocks, Oxeys, Brants, Dotterels, Widgeons, Teals, and Duck, and Mallard in an undestroyable quan∣tity.

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