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to give room for trees of another sort, to afford him some variety in his food"

In April 1789 Captain Bligh had procured from the natives of Otaheite upwards of a thousand plants of the bread fruit tree which were sent on board the Bounty then at Matarai. Six months were spent at the island of Otaheite in collecting and stowing away the plants. Bligh who had accompanied Captain Cook in his last expedition revisited the South Seas in 1792 and succeeded in effecting the object of his mission: viz that of collecting plants of the Bread fruit tree and other Valuable vegetable productions for the purpose of transplanting these in the West Indies. He carried a large stock of plants of the bread fruit to these Islands, he also persuaded a native of the Sandwich Islands who had accompanied Cook during part of his second voyage to accompany him and to take care of the young plants.
 

 

 

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