1766.] TO JOHN BARTRAM. 279 



industrious wife, such as knows how to share the toils, as well 

 as the comforts of a marriage state. He will not settle rightly 

 to business until this is clone ; for then home will be always 

 agreeable to him. If this is not done, he'll fall into the snares 

 of a loose, unlawful way of life, from whence no good can come, 

 but much evil and inconvenience. 



I have read thy Journal over and over, with much entertain- 

 ment ; but observe, by the specimens, that nature seems to have 

 exhausted her stores in the Carolinas, in the variety of the Mag- 

 nolias, Loblolly Bays, Allspice, Stuartias, Red Acacias, Halesias, 

 &c. I think Georgia* affords no new plants equal to any of 

 these. There are, indeed, some pretty things, but they are not 

 striking flowering trees, like the above. 



My dear John, I wonder thou should trouble thyself about the 

 Queen, as she has Young, and everything will be shown him. 

 It cannot be expected he will favour any one's interest but his 

 own. He is now so new modelled, and grown so fine and fashion- 

 able, with his hair curled and tied in a black bag, that my people, 

 who have seen him often, did not know him. I happened not to be 

 at home, so could not inquire what scheme he is upon. 



I shall be glad to hear that thou art safely returned home, and 

 in such good health and spirits as will permit thee to sit down 

 calmly to reflect with thankfulness on the pleasures and dangers 

 past. 



I have sent the three quires of specimens to the King, with the 

 seeds. It was a great disadvantage to the specimens that they 

 had suffered by wet. However, Doctor Solander could discover 

 many new, undescribed articles, amongst them, as well as those 

 from Georgia and Florida. 



Thy short account of St. Augustine was very acceptable, to see 

 the buildings of the Spaniards, and other of their contrivances. 

 Pray, tell me what sort of improvements they have made in the 

 country, for the support of themselves and their cattle ; what sort 

 of fabric was their church, no doubt all the ornaments they carried 

 away ; and further tell me, if there are any true genuine Spa- 

 niards, tempted by their possessions to remain there. I think its 

 situation is pleasant. If no Spaniards are left, it must be a great 

 advantage to the English new settlers to enter on their premises, 

 and possess their improvements, which I suspect, from their native 

 sloth and laziness, are inconsiderable ; for a Spaniard is content 



