Honey. 
Poultry. 
Reptiles. 
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Coss, or Roman Lettuces. 
White Chicory. Sweet & bitter. 
Purslane , which grows abundantly without sowing. 
Parsley. 
Garlic. 
Onions or Shalots. It does not seed ; ’tis plant’d by 
heads or Clove, each of which produces more than a 
hundred of them. These Vegetables grow throughout all 
the year. 
I believe that all the Vegetables which there are in 
France will grow well in the Island, if they bring there 
good seed. 
As also of all sorts of Stone-fruit, Peaches, Apricots, 
Prunes, Cherries, & Nuts. 
All the plants & fruits above have been brought into 
the said Island by the French. 
’Tis five years since they brought Honey-Bees into the 
Isle, which have so multiply’d, that they now find honey in 
the woods when they wish for it. 
The Inhabitants of the island breed some Oxen, a 
quantity of Pigs & Poultry, both Fowls & Ducks. They 
also begin to have Turkeys, of which they have imported 
the breed, & all thrive well. 
There’s not any Reptile or any venomous beast in the 
island, only some small Scorpions ; but the sting of them 
is not venomous. There are also Lizards. 
Cats have nothing to do, there are neither Rats nor 
Mice for them. 
In fact there is nothing unfavourable to man. He can 
eat & drink whatever he wishes ; go to bed out of doors, 
go out in the rain & bad weather, without any apprehen¬ 
sion of being ill. 
Ever since the French have settl’d here, no person has 
dy’d of sickness taken in the Island, & Doctors have 
nothing to do. Surgeons are necessary because of the 
