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them up with all possible care & planting them in the places intended for them watering & shading them with the most unremitting c̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶&̶ attention till by the circumstance of their growing you are sure they have taken firm root of which you will from time to time acquaint the Captain; you will also take charge of some plants of the sweet Plantain Called Meia, the apple or
[Avee?] the Root called [Peah?] of which the Islanders make a kind of pudding & the very Large yam which is of a better Kind than any in the West Indies & all such other Fruits or Plants as Capt Bligh shall p̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶g̶e̶ direct you to receive
On your departure from this Island y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶p̶r̶i̶n̶c̶i̶p̶a̶l̶ the most difficult part of your duty will c̶o̶m̶m̶e̶n̶c̶e̶ begin & must be attended to with the most unremitting assiduity; as you have been bred a gardiner & know the Proper proportions of air water
Light Shade warmth Shelter &c that Plants require I shall pass over all such matters & confine myself to the Particulars in which a garden on board a ship requires a c̶ar̶e̶