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fig-trees, two pomegranates, and a quince, 

 planted by them, which had thriven very well; 

 but it appeared to us, that among the young 

 plants which they had committed to this foil, 

 one had already perifhed ; for tlie following in- 

 fcription, which we found on a large neigh- 

 bourinsc trunk, announced {^\q.\\ of them : 



Near this treCy Cap lain WiUiam Bligh planted 

 >] fruit -trees y 1792; Me(frs.S. and TV. botanijis. 



The other infcriptions were conceived nearly 

 in the fame terms. In thefe I obferved that the 

 fame marks of deference were paid by theEnglifli 

 botanifts to the commander of their fhip, by 

 putting only the initial letters of their names, 

 and recording that the Captain had himfelf 

 fown and planted thefe different vegetable pro- 

 ductions which he had brought from Europe : 

 I doubt much whether Bligh was very fenfible 

 of the honours which thefe botanifts thought 

 proper to pay him. 



We found, towards the fouth-eaft, at a fmall 

 dlftance from the fliore, an apple-tree, the 

 trunk of which was near two meters in height, 

 and one dcmi-decimeter in girth. It did not 

 appear to us ever to have been grafted. 



Our fiiliermcn were tolerably fuccefoful at 

 this anchorage. The fires which they kindled 

 on the beach during the night, attracted a 

 great number of fillies to their nets. This 



practice 



