ΑΝ

HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL

ACCOUNT OF

THE BERMUDAS,

FROM

THEIR DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY

WILLIAM FRITH WILLIAMS.

"Where the remote Bermudas ride,

I' th' Ocean's bosom unespied."

Andrew Marvell

LONDON:

THOMAS CAUTLEY NEWBY, PUBLISHER,

72, MORTIMER STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE.

LONDON:

W. OSTELL, PRINTER, HART STREET, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE.

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HIS EXCELLENCY

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM REID, C.B.,

GOVERNOR

AND

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

OF

THE BERMUDAS,

This Volume,

WHEREIN AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO FURNISH A SUCCINCT HISTORICAL