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the Crown informed of all that is required for the good and 

 for the increase of the settlements. 



"16. They should take care that solid and commodious 

 houses be built, for which they should furnish plans. Lime 

 can be made in the country, and it is possible to make bricks, 

 tiles, and pottery. 



"These means, and many others known to those who are 

 more experienced than I, are able to render the settlements 

 on the Labrador very considerable in a short time and with- 

 out any expense to the King, and to attract there numbers 

 of vessels which will bring all that is required, and take back 

 fish, oils, and other produce. This will maintain a great 

 commerce, will enrich the country and the merchants, and 

 be very useful to the State. 



"If it is possible to keep bees one can make hydromel, 

 as in Muscovy and Poland, where quantities of bees are kept, 

 although they are more northern countries than Labrador. 



"The wool from the sheep will furnish clothes. Also 

 clothes may be made from the sheep skins, as is the custom 

 in many places, and of seal skins like the Eskimos, who are 

 very properly clad. 



"The ships can bring them wine and other commodities 

 which the country is not able to furnish, and in exchange the 

 inhabitants will give fish, oils, etc., which the country pro- 

 duces in such quantities that they will be able to buy all the 

 commodities of France and Canada they have need of, and 

 the colony will become a rich and powerful State. 



"The colony of Placentia is a place more sterile than 

 Labrador. This barrenness occasions the colonists to apply 

 themselves entirely to the codfishery, which furnishes the 

 means to supply them with all that is necessary and even to 

 grow rich. 



"It is possible, perhaps, that it will be more advantage- 

 ous for the colonists of Labrador and for the State that they 

 should apply themselves entirely to the fishery which pro- 

 duces such immense profits. 



"Two diificulties are still made. 



