Island of Dominica.
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eſpecially, that people who reſide there are obliged to uſe woollen coverings on their beds, in the ſame quantity as in winter time in England.[1]
The climate is, however, reckoned very wholeſome, eſpecially in thoſe places where invalids uſually go for the recovery of their health, which is frequently re-eſtabliſhed by a few weeks reſidence there, Beſides, a good breeze generally blows from the mountains moſt part of the day, which greatly moderates the heat on the ſea coaſt; and perſons who live there temperately are ſeldom afflicted with the diſorders, incident to moſt other Weſt India iſlands.
- ↑ In the interior parts of this iſland, it is impoſſible to preſerve ſalt in its proper ſtate; for as ſoon as it is brought thither, it diſſolves into a thick liquid, from the remarkable dampneſs of the air. This dampneſs is alſo prejudicial to articles of furniture that are glued, which frequently, after a long ſucceſſion of rain, will fall to pieces.
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