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artificial Grass seeds, as we have not a blade of any other Grass seed, Growing on the Island, than the Canary Grass -
In case of any Accident happening to the Pitt in her circuitous Voyage, I shall send Duplicates of the things already sent, which I have desired Manning to send by the first Opportunity If Mr. Naime goes home in a Dutch Packet he will not be able to take Charge of them.
Respecting the Store Ax which you will find in one of the Boxes, I will not absolutely vouch for the truth of its being found in the place mentioned to me, but the Man who first found some of the Stone hatchets, which Major [indecipherable] carried home, I do not think wd. tell a falsehood;
The Bananas which are now wonderfully multiplied are as good as you in general meet with, & certainly those trees are not indeginous
[The?] rising generation will be much obliged to you if any method can be devised to send the small pox Matter, so as it may inoculate those [young?] Creatures, for I much fear that if it should make its Appearance here in a few Years, that it will sweep off a vast Number of Children; I am certain I have said enough to call forth your [indecipherable] humanity - I have brought to this Island some Guinea Corn which does wonderfully well indeed, & will be a great acquisition to this Island, One kind of Ground sowed with, fifty Grains, has produced 370 very large heads of Corn, which I suppose will produce (from a trial I have made of a few heads) Sixty five pounds of good flour clear of the Bran