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3. Whether the neighbouring tribes would be likely 
to be friendly or hostile to the proposed agricultural 
establishment ; and 
4. What force would be necessary for the protection 
of such territory. 
His Lordship further directs, “ You will have carefully 
to weigh, therefore, the practicability, advantages, and 
dangers of acquiring sovereignty for the Crown over a 
considerable territory. You are not to satisfy yourselves v 
that a single chief is willing to sell his dominions, or a 
portion of them, but are to consider the hazard of 
jealousy, and of hostility being excited among neigh- 
bouring chiefs, by the appearance of the British flag, as 
a token of sovereign power in the midst of their pos- 
sessions. You will have to calculate the force that 
would be necessary to maintain and defend the territory 
that might be acquired — the facility or difficulty of 
relief— the extent of territory necessary to protect those 
who might seek shelter and security within its borders, as 
well as the danger of invasion from any European 
power which might have settlements on the coast.” 
The Commissioners took all these points of view 
under their serious consideration, and the only one 
which appeared in an unsatisfactory light, was with 
respect to “ the facility or difficulty of relief” — which 
we could not but see from the experience we had had 
of the fatal climate, and the intricate navigation of the 
river, as well as the shortness of the period during the 
whole year in which it would be open to vessels of our 
