RICHARD HAKLUYT'S NOTES ad. 



1578. 

 hours to amitie. And keeping a navy at the setling 

 place, they should find out along the tract of the land 

 to have traffique, and at divers Islands also. And so this 

 first seat might in time become a stapling place of the 

 commodities of many countreys and territories, and in 

 time this place might become of all the provinces round 

 about the only governour. And if the place first chosen 

 should not so well please our people, as some other more 

 lately found out : There might be an easie remove, and 

 that might be rased, or rather kept for others of our 

 nation to avoyd an ill neighbour. 



If the soyles adjoyning to such convenient Haven and 

 setling places be found marshie and boggie, then men [III. 47.] 

 skilful in drayning are to be caryed thither. For arte 

 may worke wonderful effects therein, and make the soyle 

 rich for many uses. 



To plant upon an Island in the mouth of some notable 

 river, or upon the point of the land entring into the 

 river, if no such Island be, were to great end. For if 

 such river were navigable or portable farre into the land, 

 then would arise great hope of planting in fertil soyles, 

 and traffike on the one or on the other side of the river, 

 or on both, or the linking in amitie with one or other 

 pettie king contending there for dominion. 



Such rivers found, both Barges and Boates may be 

 made for the safe passage of such as shall pierce the same. 

 These are to be covered with doubles of course linnen 

 artificially wrought, to defend the arrow or the dart of 

 the savage from the rower. 



Since every soile of the world by arte may be made to 

 yeeld things to feede and to clothe man, bring in your 

 returne a perfect note of the soile without and within, 

 and we shall devise if neede require to amend the same, 

 and to draw it to more perfection. And if you finde not 

 fruites in your planting place to your liking, we shall in 

 five drifats furnish you with such kindes of plants to be 

 carryed thither the winter after your planting, as shall the 

 very next summer following yeeld you some fruite, and 



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