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late Commandant & Mrs Almond by whom
it was formed & encouraged until
their departure. - Considering the
situation of the children in refeerence to
their parents much has been effected
they were clean orderly & had made [indecipherable]
small proficiency in their education -
they are however in want of Books
slates paper etc - For their better religious
instruction I formed a Sunday School and
placed it under the charge of Mr Muir
the warfinger a person (as far as I could
learn) of excellent character -
I frequently visited the hospital &
never saw one in better order the patients
were not numerous being about 28 in &
30 out - The Assistant Surgeon - appears very
attentive to the duties of his office but
complains of the want of Medical com,-
fort such as [wine?] fresh meat he having
only recd Eighteen Bottles of late Commandant & Mrs Almond by whom
it was formed & encouraged until
their departure. - Considering the
situation of the children in refeerence to
their parents much has been effected
they were clean orderly & had made [indecipherable]
small proficiency in their education -
they are however in want of Books
slates paper etc - For their better religious
instruction I formed a Sunday School and
placed it under the charge of Mr Muir
the warfinger a person (as far as I could
learn) of excellent character -
I frequently visited the hospital &
never saw one in better order the patients
were not numerous being about 28 in &
30 out - The Assistant Surgeon - appears very
attentive to the duties of his office but
complains of the want of Medical com,-
fort such as [wine?] fresh meat he having
only recd Eighteen Bottles of [indecipherable] during his
residence there while frequently from the
heat of the climate - salt provisions & other

causes he has had upwards of eighty patients
at a time upon his books -
I also visited the Agricultural Farm
with Mr Parker - [indecipherable] to the settle-
ment do not appear to me likely to be so
fertile or beneficial as those situa-
ted farther up the River [indecipherable]
There is every posi-
bility that the Sugar and Tobacco plantations
will succeed nothing but time [&?] opportunity is wanted to give
it a fair trial.
In my journey
with the Commandant up the River Hastings
I was peculiarly struck with the luxuriousness
of its banks being very superior to any
River I have yet seen both with regard
to soil timber & herbage - The low
lands from the richness of their soils opens
a delightful prospect to the Agriculture
while the forests bid fair to repay
the Grazier & the woods of the country
seem to form a desirable article of
trade for [Merchantizing?]