are ſaid ſo much to delight themſelves, they cannot boaſt of, having, as I ſaid before, no Trees; but then there are a thouſand agreeable Shades from the Mountains, and every where, except in Towns, the moſt charming Solitude imaginable.
They have alſo one very great Happineſs here, which is, the not being infeſted with Robbers: here are neither Highwaymen, nor Houſebreakers, and a Man may leave his Doors unbarr'd, or travel the Iſland round without the leaſt Danger of loſing his Money or his Life.
Silence, Solitude, and Security, being the Friends of Contemplation, I fancy, if ſome of our great Poets would take a Trip hither ſometimes, they would find their Account in it, and confeſs the Improvements their Genius's would receive in paſſing a few Months in a Place ſo retired, and, at the ſame time, ſo romantick, would very well compenſate for a ſhort Abſence from thoſe noiſy Pleaſures, which rather ſerve to diſtract than any' way to inform the Mind.
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