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whole number was lost. Notwithstanding", a great 

 tract of land had been cleared and the colony was be- 

 ginning to flourish and yield a profit to both the Greeks 

 and the undertakers when the disturbances between 

 England and the colonies broke out. Misunderstand- 

 ings arose between the Greeks and the undertakers, 

 some of the Greeks ran off from Smyrna to Augustin, 

 and the Governor of Florida, from the complaints 

 made to him, thought himself warranted in releasing 

 the whole of the Greek settlement from their obliga- 

 tions to the undertakers, and refused the undertakers 

 his assistance in bringing the Greek colonists to order 

 by force and compelling them, in accordance with their 

 agreement, to a continued working of the land appor- 

 tioned them. The Governor was the more inclined to 

 support the colonists in their outbreak, because he was 

 at a loss for troops, and many of the Greeks were will- 

 ing to be enlisted. Others resorted to the town, in- 

 tending to carry on trades and crafts whenever they 

 got liberty so to do; only a few remained at New 

 Smyrna, and the whole colony was as good as broken 

 up. Dr. Turnbull, who up to this time had lived among 

 the Greeks at Smyrna as director, and as a share- 

 holder suffered with the other undertakers a con- 

 siderable loss, afterwards retired in disgust to Charles- 

 ton, where I made his acquaintance. + On the ground 

 of his experience he threatened to demand justice in 

 England of the Governor of Florida, Mr. Tonyn. The 

 vines and mulberry-trees, which had been set out by 

 the Greeks, thrived astoundingly. Finding that the 

 grapes, if they hung too near the earth and grew too 

 juicy, were apt to burst, Dr. Turnbull had the vines 



