A new and further discovery of the Islle [sic] of Pines in a letter from Cornelius van Sloetton, a Dutch-man (who first discovered the same in the year 1667) to a friend of his in London : with a relation of his voyage to the East Indies : wherein is declared how he happened to come thither, the scituation of the country, the temperature of the climate, the manners and conditions of the people that inhabit it, their laws, ordinances, and ceremonies, their way of marrying, burying &c, the longitude and latitude of the island, the pleasantness and felicity thereof, with other matters of concern.

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ONe thing concerning the Isle of Pines, I had almost quite forgot, we had with us an Irish man named Dermot Conelly who had formerly been in England, and had learned there to play on the Bagpipes, which he carried to Sea with him; yet so un-Englished he was, that he had quite forgotten your Lan∣guage, but still retained his Art of Bagpipe-playing, in which he took extraordinary delight; being one day on Land in the Isle of Pines, he played on them, but to see the admiration of those naked people concerning them, would have striken you into admiration; long time it was before we could perswade them that it was not a living creature, although they were permitted to touch and feel it, and yet are the people very in∣telligible, retaining a great part of the Ingenuity and Gallan∣try of the English Nation, though they have not that happy means to express themselves; In this respect we may account them fortunate, in that possessing little, they enjoy all things, as being contented with what they have, wanting those alure∣ments to mischief, which our European Countries are enriched with. I shall not dilate any further, no question but time will make this Island known better to the world; all that I shall ever say of it is, that it is a place enriched with Natures abundance, deficient in nothing conducible to the sustentation of mans life, which were it Manured by Agri-culture and Gardening, as o∣ther of our Europian Countries are, no question but it would equal, if not exceed many which now pass for praise worthy.