There having been a large Account given to the World of several remarkable Adventures which happened lately in the famous _Atalantis_, an Island, which the ingenious Authors found placed in the _Mediterranean_ Sea; the Success of which Accounts, but especially the Usefulness of the Relation, to the Ends for which they were designed, having been very remarkable, I thought it could not be unacceptable to the World, (especially to those who _have been Already so delighted_ with News from that Island) to give a particular Historical Narration of some remarkable Transactions which happened in the Great Island, called, _Atalantis Major_, a famous well known Island, tho' much farther North, lying in the _Ducaledonian_ Ocean, which Island it was my good Fortune to winter at, the last time I returned North about from _China_, by the Streights of _Nassau_ and _Wygates_, and the Eastern Coast of _Grand Tartary_. I have nothing to do to enquire, whether our late Authors mistook or not, in placing the Island _Atalantis_ in the _Mediterranean_ Sea, or, whether they might find some small Island of that Name among the infinite Crowd of Islands of the _Egean_ Sea: But as the mighty Transactions of which my History shall be the faithful Relator, are of too great Consequence in the World to be brought forth on so mean a Stage; so the Place, and the mighty People, and by whom this Revolution of Affairs have been mannaged, are all suitable to the Greatness and Glory of the Actions themselves. As Geographers have no doubt given a full Description of this famous Island, and allowed it due Place in the Globes, where it stands noted for the biggest of the Kind in the Northern World, I need spend none of your Time in the Description of the Place, excepting such as shall fall naturally in my Way, as I come to treat of the People, and historically of their Behaviour. The Island is possest by a brave, generous, powerful and wealthy Nation, truly Great in their natural Gallantry of Spirit, terrible in the Field, rich in the Product of their Lands, more in their general Commerce, most of all in their Manufactures, Industry and Application: They have some few Errors in their Conduct, which seems owing to the Climate, which is cold and moist, or to their Diet, which is strong and luxurious, and particularly to their way of Living, which in Eating and Drinking, is high, to an Excess. This makes them Cholerick, Envious, and above all Contentious, so that the Nation is ever divided into Parties and Factions: They pursue their Feuds with the most eagerness imaginable in their Turns, commit all Kinds of Errors even on both Sides alternately, as they get uppermost.