trjQl' impravemenis in Inata. J5r; 



may be readily come at, as I wifh you to distribute 5ome 

 at every place you touch at, to such persons as will under- 

 take to plant them. 



I have likewise the pleasure to send you nine copies of 

 the publications I have made on the subject. 



Sincerely wilhing you health and a happy voyage, 

 March 7. 1792. I am, i:ec. 



Captain Simpson, to James Anderson, esq. physician general. 



Dear Sir, 

 I HAD the pleasure of receiving your letter, of yesterday's 

 date, with nine sets of each of your publications, accom- 

 panied with a request that I would take charge of sixteen 

 wine balkets filled with three different kinds of nopals, 

 that have been raised in your garden at Madras for the 

 culture of cochineal. 



I most chearfuUy accept the charge, and (hall not fail to 

 distribute a part of each sort, with a set of your publica- 

 tiont, along the Malabar coast, and at Bombay, to such 

 persons as I judge will pay attention to a plant so easily 

 brought forward, and that ultimately may prove so advan- 

 tageous to that side of India. 



I ftiall hereafter have the pleasure of acquainting you ia 

 what situation, and with whom I have placed them, and 

 have not the smallest doubt of their succeeding perfectly 

 to your wifhes. 1 have the honour to be Sir, i^c- 

 Manh 8. 179a. 



Dr James Anderson, to the honourable Sir Charles Oakeley^ 



hart, acting governor and council. 



Honourable Sirs, 

 By captain Simpson, who brought the tallow and lacquer 

 trees in safety from China, I have sent to the Malabar 

 coast five cart loads of nopals, chiefly of the sort that 

 came from Kew garden, and having a perfect reliance on 

 the integrity and attention of this gentleman, I have the 

 honour to inclose the copy of his answer to me, which you 

 will be pleased to transmit to the government at Bombay, 

 with a requisition on your part, that the plants captain 

 Simpson delivers be properly taken care of, as there ca^^ 



