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great acquisition to them.
It would be extremely desirable were any Ship to be ordered to proceed thither, or to touch there, first to call at Valparaiso on the Coast of Chile and procure the Orange Tree: It is not known either at Pitcairn or at the Marquisas Islands, where I am sure it would grow to great perfection: at these latter Islands we found an Englishman, by the Name of Wilson, who has been settled there these 11 years past, and who has acquired a thorough knowledge of the Indian Language; We planted him some very fine potatoes, and both Sir Thomas Staines and myself left with him Poultry of all descriptions, which I am convinced will in a short time multiply prodigiously; I mention this latter, that in the event of sending any thing for the Comfort of the Pitcairners - The same opportunity might perhaps be seized on