Duplicate' of a letter received by Banks from George Suttor,29 August 1800 (Series 19.40) - No. 0002

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consult with him about taking Plants from this place it was His advice that I should leave such Plants as I conceived would not live to the end of the voyage accordingly I left with His Excellency 1 olive 2 carrobs  1 Filbert  1 English oak   1 ash these are plants they had not in this Colony. I have moreover alive 2 Winter Bonehocton pears  1 [indecipherable] St German do   1 Colmar do  2 Quinces  2 peaches  2 quince apples  1 olive  1 carrob  several vines for walnuts  2 black mulberrys  some Chily strawberrys-   I shall take from this place Tokay  vines black and white Fontenac Raison  Muscat  do  Constantia do    Muscadine do   black and white mulberrys  willows tea plants  Chesnuts  oakes  Pines  oranges  Limes  Citrons  Lemons  Pomgranits  Sage  Mint Sorrel and Rue though Hops have been here several years they have never attended to the Cultivation of them & I have been creditably informed they have never Flowered with them. I have two plants on Board which I obtained here but they are such bad ones that I am doubtful of taking them to New South Wales indeed I brought two alive to this place but they died after we had been here a week -

I am sorry very sorry to intrude on your private feelings but your goodness to me induces me to hope you will be pleased to pardon the liberty I take in acquainting you that during our passage from England hither I experienced many severe hardships in which it was painful to behold my wife & child ample partakers my cabbin had nearly all the way out from one to four inches of water in it indeed I often dispaired of ever seeing the end of the voyage and though we were so uncomfortable situated all our troubles were agrevated a thousand fold by the unfeeling behavour of Mr Scott the commander who showed no concern for us or did any thing to remove