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the wild favanna— the heavy forefts ; in fhort 

 all that meets the eye conveys the idea of a 

 country juft emerging from its original wild* 

 nefs, into cultivation. 



Since my arrival in this colony my hours 

 have been bufily occupied in attending the 

 Tick, and eftabiifhing regulations and arrange- 

 ments for their accommodation. We have a 

 garrifon-hofpital, built by the Dutch, which is 

 tolerably commodious, and, with a few altera- 

 tions^ may probably ferve for the prefent gar- 

 rifon. The Hollanders, without any regard 

 to climate, had preferved their European cuf- 

 tom of placing the fiek, two or three together, 

 in a fpecies of box, with high enclofed fides,, 

 inftead of keeping them feparated, and giving 

 them the advantages of air and cleanlinefs, by 

 placing them upon bedfieads, 



I have directed that all thefe confined and 

 offenfive bed-boxes mould be removed, and 

 have given orders to have fome bedfteads made 

 upon a new conftruclion, which I truft will 

 prove both convenient and comfortable. They 

 will confift merely of four ihort ports, thofe 

 at the top a little longer than thofe at the hot- 



