ſhips of war been ſtationed at Prince Rupert's bay, they would have effectually ſtopped all intercourſe of the French ſettlements with each other; as not a veſſel could have paſſed or repaired, but would have been liable to capture by the Britiſh cruizers off that bay, and to windward of the iſland.
The iſland of Saint Lucia, that burying-place of thouſands of brave Engliſhmen, would then, it is probable, have remained in the deſolate ſtate it was in before its ſurrender, as of no importance to the French. And it is moſt certain, that had Dominica been retained, at half the expence of men and money which it coſt Great Britain to reduce the other, the loſs of moft of the Engliſh ſettlements in the Weſt Indies would have been prevented, and the French would then have had ſufficient employment in ſecuring their own.
