At the bottom of thefe mountains, between the inner one and the main land, is a large piece of ſwampy ground, upwards of one hundred acres in extent; which, if well drained, would paſture many cattle, ſheep, and other ſtock, for the uſe of the garriſon; and the ſtock, feeding under the muzzles of the guns, would be ſecure from being pillaged, or deſtroyed by the enemy.
Soon after the arrival of Colonel Andrew Fraſer, his Majeſty's chief Engineer for that iſland, the Legiſlature of Dominica, wiſhing to teſtify their readineſs to co-operate with government, in the important work of fortifying Prince Rupert's Bay, well knowing that it would be the only effectual means of preſerving the ſovereignty of the country to Great Britain, they paſſed an act, granting to his Majeſty the labour of one hundred negros, for three years, to be paid for by the colony.
The work was accordingly began, by cutting down the trees on the Cabrittes, tracing
