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each other, and appear very incommodious and unſightly. They are, however, moſtly well paved, are in general from forty to fifty feet wide, and the town is very pleaſantly ſituated.
Previous to the capture of the iſland by the French, this town contained upwards of one thouſand good houſes; but the fire which happened there, as before-mentioned, conſumed the major part of them; and the ruins ſtill remain, as a memorial of that unfortunate event.
The public buildings in Roſeau are, the Government-houſe, Court-houſe, Secretary's, Regiſter's, and Provoſt Marſhal's offices, the church, market-houſe, and gaol.
The Government-houſe is ſituated in Charlotte-ville, which joins to Roſeau, or is rather
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