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me to do it for him v which I am very willing to comply with 
him in ? as far as I am able. But I flwll come ftort in many 
things at prcfent $ but what is wanting now, may be fupply'd 
hereafter. For, the feafon of the 
year will not afford many things , 
which you defir'd in your Letter. * 
By the next opportunity there 
(hall be Roots, Seeds, and Fruits 
provided for you. — — - 
At prefent I (hall informe you, 
that the Water about our Ifland 
does not flow, by any Mans Ob- 
fervacion , above five Foot 5 and 
thai bat at one feafon of the year, 
between Michaelmas and Chrifi* 
mas 5 at other times not above 
three Foot. It is •High-water , 
when :he Moon is about an hour 
high-, and the like after her go- 
ing down. It flowes in from the 
Nerth-Wejl and runs to the South- 
Mdfi neareft , and in that part of 
the Land which lies mod: to the 
North-Weft, there it is High-wa- 
ter fooneft. But the Tyde does not alwayes ebb and flow di- 
re&ly that courfe round about our Coaft^but ? I fuppofe,therea- 
fon is, that fome points of Land, or Sholes, may turn its North- 
Weft and south- £ aft courfe„ 
We have hereabout very many forts of Fiftes. There is a- 
mongft them great ftore of Whales, which in March) Afril and 
May ufe our Coaft. I have my felf killed many of them. 
Their Females have abundance of Milk , which their young 
ones fuck out of the Teats, that grow by their Navell. They 
have no Teeth., but feed on Moffe, growing on the Rocks at the 
bottom during thefe three Moneths, and at no other feafon of 
the Year. When that is confumed and gone, the Whales go 
away alfo. Thefe we kill for their Oyl. But here have been 
Sgerma-Ceti'Whales driven upon the fliore, which Sperma (as 
they 
* The things defired, as to Vegets ■ 
bleSiWCK : i. To gather the filiate 
Fruits, snd dry them in t 'eAir, 2nd 
in the Shade, till they are as dry, at 
Raifins or Figgs are ufually made. 
V To open Fruits of a targer kind y 
and the Stones or Kernels being taken 
our, to dry them. 3. To fend Seeds, 
or Berryes, when they are ready to 
drop ofi, with as much husk or skins 
upon them, as may be. 4. To wrap 
up Roots in Moffe or light Earth, and 
to keep them, as much as is pofsible , 
from any daftung of Sea-water in the 
Voyage. To fet Plants or young 
Trees in halfe Tubs cf Earth, arched 
over with hoops , and cover'd with 
Matts to preferve them from the dafti- 
ing cf Sea-water ; giving them Air 
by all means every day, the weather 
being fair* and watering them with 
frefli water once a day. 6. To fend 
of all the forts of Potatoes in Earth. 
7. To fend all forts of Berries> Graf- 
kSy Grains and Fhrbes, wrapping up 
the Seeds very dry in paper. 
