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into the Places from whence the breadfruit & other Plants have been taken & attended with the same care & exactness. You are during your stay at St. Vincents to inspect the [indcipherable] in the best manner you are able in the manner of cultivating the Plants & seeds that shall be deliverd to him p̶r̶o̶p̶e̶r̶l̶y̶ & also in the modes of preparing their Produce for food and in the countries from whence they have been brought.
The Commanding officer will next proceed to Jamaica where the
Remainder of your Cargo intended for the benefit of the Leeward Islands is to be deposited in the hands of such Person as the Governor & Council shall Please to direct except that in all Cases where the number of any species of Plant is sufficiently Large to secure its success in the Island altho one or two individuals are spard they are to be reservd for his majestys Botanic Garden at Kew
There is Good reason to