Reflections on its Situation, Settlements, Inhabitants, Climate, mea fuit femper hâc in re voluntas et fententia, quemvis ut hoc vellem de iis, qui Cic. Orat. in CECILIUM. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. LOWNDES, IN FLEET-STREET. MDCCLXXIV, TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION O F THE ISLAND. JAM CHA P. VII. SECT. I. AMAICA is divided into three counties, Middlesex, Surry, and Cornwall. The county of Middlefex contains about 1305235 acres, and has eight parishes, and fourteen towns and I fhall begin with an account of St. Catharine; which, having been the first-inhabited by the English, is entitled to precedence, more especially as it contains the antient metropolis of St. Jago de la Vega, or, as it is commonly called, Spanish Town, the original name being chiefly used in acts of affembly, proclamations, and other public documents. It is fituated in about 18° 1' North la VOL. II. B titude, |