A VOYAGE T -O 
growing fpontaneoiifly on the iiland : as likewife to the 
cultivation of cotton, corn, and other plants, with the 
feeds of which you are furniilied, and which you are to 
regard as public ftock, and of the increafe of which you 
are to fend me an account, that I may know what quan- 
tity may be drawn from the ifland for public ufe, or 
what fupplies it may be neceffary to fend hereafter. It 
is left to your difcretion to ufe fuch part of the corn 
that is raifed as may be found necelTary ; but this you 
are to do with the greateft ceconomy ; and as the corn, 
flax, cotton, and other grains are the property of the 
Crown, and as fuch are to be accounted for, you are to 
keep an exa6l account of the increafe, and you will in 
future receive diredtions for the difpofal thereof. 
You are to inform yourfelf of the nature of the foil, 
what proportion of land you find proper for the cultiva- 
tion of corn, flax, and cotton, as likewife what quantity 
of cattle may be bred on the ifland, and the number of 
people you judge necelTary for the above purpofe. You 
will likewife obferve what are the prevailing winds in the 
different feafons of the year, the beft anchorage accord- 
ing to the feafon, the rife and fall of the tides, likewife 
when the dry and rainy feafons begin and end. 
You will be furnifhed with a four oared boat, and 
you are not on any confideration to buildj or to permit 
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