roads to the tops of them, and draining the ſwamps; from which, in a few months, fifteen inches of water was carried off, and it was found that they could be effectually drained; whereby the healthineſs of fort Shirley; which lays between the two Cabrittes, was eſtabliſhed. But on the rumour of a freſh war, expeded between England and France in 1787, the negros ſo granted by the colony were withdrawn from Prince Rupert's Bay by Governor Orde, who employed them on the fortifications of Roſeau, particularly on Demoullen's Hill, the works of which were then firſt began. However, the fortifying the Cabrittes has ſince been re-commenced; and when completed, there is no doubt but that they will be nearly as formidable as the rock of Gibraltar.
At the diſtance of about twelve miles from Roſeau, and nine miles from Prince Rupert's Bay, is the grand Savanna, which alſo might
