276 TlMEHRI. 
will write next week to Persik for mules for your planta- 
tion, I am surprised that they could not be got ; it is not 
more than about three weeks since he received 26, and 
since then many others have arrived, but I greatly fear 
their being already sold ; if they are not you may rest 
assured that you will get some, and if they are, I will 
take care that you get from the first that come. 
The correspondence continued until 1766, but as the 
remaining letters only refer to Mr. CLARKE'S claim to a 
portion of the expenses incurred in saving the colony, it 
is not necessary to publish them in full. In 1765 
GEDNEY Clarke, Senr. died, and his son succeeded 
to his estates as well as to his post in Bar- 
bados. It appears that he made the very liberal 
offer of bearing half the expense of the expedi- 
tions, which were undoubtedly the salvation of the 
colony, provided the Government and West India 
Company paid the remainder. This had been after a 
great deal of trouble agreed to, but although he had 
a certificate under the seal of the colony signed by the 
Direttor-General, LAURENS STORM VAN s'GRAVESANDE, 
dated Jan. 6th, 1766, acknowledging the validity of his 
claim, he seems to have despaired of getting anything 
from the Company. Whether the claim was ever settled 
does not appear ; perhaps the Minutes of the Court of 
Policy might throw some light on the matter. 
