Gass l^n X Book P f '^' / A DESCRlPTIOff or THE (^ 3J' PROVINCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DRAWN UP AT CHARLES TOWN, IN SEPTEMBER, 1731. Tranalated from Mr. Purry's Original Treatise, in French, and published in th9 Gentleman's Magazine, for August, September, and October, 1732. WJlSHINGTOX CITT ; FEINTED BY PKTER rOKCK. 1837. •t:?_ DESCRIPTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. THE King of Great Britain having about 3 Years ago purchased this Province of the l^ords Proprietors thereof, has since studied to make Agriculture, Commerce and Navigation, flourish in it. His Majesty immediately nominated Colonel Johnson, a worthy Gentleman, to be Governor thereof; who, at his Departure for Carolina, receiv'd divers Orders and Instructions, but in particular was directed instantly to mark out Places in a proper Situation for building Eleven Towns, viz. Two on the River Alatamaha, Two on the Kiver Savanna, One at the Head of the River Poupon, Two at the River Santee, One at the 1-Jiver of Watery, One at the Black River, One at the River li'acomau, and One at the River Pedee. The District of each of these Towns is to contain the Ex- tent of 20000 Acres of Land, formed into a Square, bordering on the River, and divided into Shares of 50 Acres for each Man, Woman, or Child, of one Family ; which may be augment- ed as the Planters shall be in a Condition to cultivate a larger Quantity of Ground, and every one of them shall have an equal Share of the better and worse Lands, aiid also the same Right on the River. Each Town shall be formed into a Parish, the Extent where- of shall be about 6 Miles round the Town on the same Side of the River ; and as soon cs a Parish shall contain 100 Masters of Families, they may send Two Members to the Assembly of the Province, and enjoy the same Privilege as the other Par- ishes of the Province. The Ground of each Town shall be speedily marked out, and shall belong in common to all the Inhabitants, till it shall he distributed in particular Shares to each of thcin. There are to be 300 Acres of Land near the Town, which shall he com- mon for ever, without being charged with Rent, and vo person shall, by Virtue of any former Grant, take Possession of any Land luithin 6 Miles of each Town. The Rent shall be 4s per Ann. /or every 100 Acres, except thai for the first 10 ^cars the Lands shall be entirely free, and all those that shall stttle in the said Towns shall enjoy the same Alvantages. His Majesty further grants to every European Servant, ivhether Man or Woman, 50 Acres of Land free of all Rents for 10 Years, which shall be distributed to them after having served their Master for the Time agreed on. In consequence of these Instructions M. Furry was permit- ted to go and chuse on the Borders of the River Savanna Land proper to build the Town of Purryshurg upon ; and having found it such as he wish'd, the Government made him a Grant thereof under the Great Seal of the Province, dated the 1st of September 1731, and at the same Time publish'd throughout the whole Country a Prohibition to all Sorts of Persons to go and settle on the said Land which is already called the Swiss (Quarter. In order to facilitate the Execution of this L^ndertaking in the best Manner, the Assembly granted to the said IVL Furry 400/. Ste7'ling, and Provisions sufficient for the Maintenance of 300 Persons for one Year, provided they be all Persons of good Repute, and Siviss Protestants, and that they come to Carolina witliin the Space of 2 Years. The River Savanna is one of the finest in all Carolina, the Water good and stored with excellent Fish: It is about the Largeness of the Rhyne, and there are 2 Forts already built upon it, one of which call'd Fnliaholaas, is 100 Miles from the Mouth thereof, and the other call'd Savanna Town, about 300 Miles ; and altho' there is not usually above 20 Men to garrison the first Fort, and about 40 'in the other, yet the Indiaris have never dared to attack them. The Town of Furrysburg v.ill be situated 30 Miles from the Sea, and about 7 Miles from the highest Tide ; The Land about it is a most delightful Plain, and the greatest Part very good Soil, especially for Pasturage, and the rest yroper enough for some Productions. It was formerly call'd the great Ymassee Port, and is esteem'd by the Inhabitants of the Province the best place in all Carolina, altho' never yet possessed but by the Indians, who were driven from thence by the English several Years ago, and have never dared to return thither. All Sorts of Trees and Plants will grov/ there, as well as can be wish'd, particularly Vines, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Pease, Beans, Hemp, Flax, Cotton, Tobacco, Indico, Olives, Orange Trees and Cit~ ber of Cattle, that a certain Planter had last Spring 200 Calves marked, which he let run in the Woods with other Cattle ; No- body looks after them, or takes any other Care, but to bring them together in the Evening to lie in a Park near the House. At certain times they kill a great many to send the Flesh salted to several other Colonies, where there is little Pasturage, particularly to the Isles of Antilles, and in general to all those of the Torrid Zone. Horses, the best Kind in the World, are so plentiful, that you seldom see any body travel on foot, except Negroes, and they oftner on horseback ; so that when a Taylor, a Shoemaker, or any other Tradesman, is obliged to go but 3 Miles from his House, it would be very extraordinary to see him travel on foot. There is likewise in this Country a prodigious number of Swine, which multiply infinitely, and are kept with very little Charge, because they find almost all the Year Acorns, of which there is 5 or 6 sorts, as also Nuts, Walnuts, Chesnuts, Herbs, Roots, fyc. in the Woods : So that if you give them never so little at home they become fat ; after which you may salt and send great quantities of them to the Isles of Barbadoes, St. Christophers, Jamaica, ^c. which produce very good Returns either in Money or Merchandizes. Of all Animals in that Country, none are a less Charge than Sheep, for they subsist only on what they find in the Fields ; yet are always in good Case, and bring forth their Lambs regu- larly ; and there is a particular sort, whose Wool is not inferiour to the finest Spanish Wool. Flax and Cotton thrive admirably, and Hemp grows to 13 or 14 Foot in height, but as few People know how to order it, there is scarce any cultivated ; besides, they want Dung, which is very necessary for that purj)ose, few Plants weakening Land so much as Hemp does : However, this is one of the Articles which would produce most Profit, because the Parliament has allow'd so much per Ton upon all Hemp which conies from the English Plantations in America, in order that in time of War they may have no need of Hemp from Russia and Poland ; besides this Encouragement, which is to last for 30 Years longer, there is an Exemption from some other Duties on Importation; which joined together, makes an Advantage of about 40 per Cent, over that of Hemp from other Parts. Rice and Indian Corn produce at least an hundred-fold, and would much more, if the Land was better cultivated. The Easiness of procuring such a plenty of Grain, is the Reason that the Planters have or may have at all Times a Court-yard fiU'd with Cocks, Hens, Turkeys, Geese, Ducks, ^c. also a 10 good Pigeon-house, without being at any Expence. There is great plenty of Game of all sons, but especially wild Turkeys, some of which are 30 pound weight, and those who love Fowl- ing may easily take them. With this Indian Corn they make pretty good Bread, for it is much finer and better than in Siviss- erland, or in any other part of Europe, where it is commonly call'd Turkey Corn. Persons may grow rich in Carolina without being at much Expence or Labour, by planting white Mulberry Trees for feeding of Silk-worms, there being perhaps no Country in the World where those Trees grow better, nor where the Silk is finer than in Carolina. They grow so much in so short a Time, that we dare scarce mention it : Capt. Scott has one at the back of his House at Port-Royal, not above 7 or 8 Years old, the Body whereof is above 5 foot round. It would be difficult to believe this, if it was not confirmed by other Mul- berry Trees of 4 or 5 Years old, at Port-Royal, Westmesaa, Gouscrick, and other Plantations, the Trunks whereof are near a foot in Diameter. But as all tlie Planters apply themselves chiefly to the Production of Rice, Pitch, and Tar, there is very little L'se made of them. However, those who have been in Provence and Languedoc know, that the Strippings of a Mul- berry Tree, that is, the Leaves of a Summer, are commonly sold for a Crown, and sometimes two, altho' the Silk of those two Provinces is but very indifferent ; from whence it may be easily conjectur'd, what Riches Carolina would produce, if this Affair was well managed. All other Trees grow there in the same Proportion, and much faster than in Europe, but particu- larly the Peach Tree ; for the 3(| Year it is commonly loaded with Fruit, and is a great Tree the 4th Year. Some perhaps will object, that this Country is feverish and unhealthy, and all the Advantages which might be found in other Respects, would not make Amends for the loss of Health : Besides, that you are plagued there with several sorts of Insects, and especially with great Rattle-Snakes ; so that you are in Danger of your Life every Moment. To this we answer. That if People are sick there, 'tis gen- erally an Effect of their bad Conduct, and not knowing how to regulate themselves suitably to the Country where they live; for 'tis very certain, that those who observe Precautions have as good Health there as they would in other Places. But the bet- ter to understand this Affair ; you must know that the unculti- vated Lands of Carolina, as well as the other adjacent Provinces, which extend much further than Canada, being wholly covered with large Pine Trees, very cold in their Nature, and when the 1 1 Vapours which they have attracted and retained come to be dispers'd by a Northerly Wind, you feel a Cold almost as sharp as in Europe ; so that in one Day you may find a considerable Change of Air : This then, together with the Debauches made by Punch, strong Madera Wines, and the eating unripe Fruits, is the real Source of the Sicknesses there ; for sensual Persons, who have not the Power to deny themselves any thing, when they find that a hot Day is succeeded by a great Coolness towards Evening, expose themselves to it with great pleasure without troubling themselves with the Consequence ; and when this Pleasure is succeeded by Rheumatisms, Fevers, or other Distempers, they never fail of pouring out Curses on the Coun- try, rather than own their Carelesness or Excess. And 'tis very common for those newly arrived, to say, when they have got any Illness, That ^tis a Tribute t/iei/ must pay to the Climate. But such as take care to kec]) their Breasts always warm, to shun the great Transpirations of the Air, to cover themselves well in the Night especially in Summer, and in other Respects live regular- ly, will certainly enjoy as good Health there as in any other Part of the World. There are few Insects in Carolina that can reasonably be complain'd of, except a sort of Gnats, which they call Musca- toes ; and there is scarce any of these except in low Grounds, or near the Rivers ; but if a House is troubled with them, it is easily remedied, by opening the Windows about Sun-setting, and shutting them again a little before the Close of the Twilight, the Muscatocs never failing to quit the House at that Time ; and for better Security, they make fine Gause-work about their Beds, which keeps them ofl'. There are People in Europe, especially in England, that tremble only at the Name of a Rattle-Snake, imagining, that the Country of Carolina is so, full of them, that there is no going into the Woods without Danger of Life : But this is an Error as ill-grounded as the most part of the other Reports pread Abroad to the Disadvantage of this new World. At least, 'tis certain, that this Serpent is very seldom seen, and if they are met, do very little Hurt, except they are provoked to defend themselves : Besides, they never fail of giving you Notice of their Approach by their Rattles, which may be heard at a considerable Distance. 'Tis also said, that the Venom of this Serpent is mortal, and kills in a very short Time, if not prevent- ed by some Antidotes : But those Remedies are well known by every body in the Country. When Mr. Furry went with his small Company to chuse out a Spot of Land on the River Savanna, the People told them before their Departure from Charles Town, that they had great Reason to fear these Rat- 12 tie-Snakes, the Country being full of them; and that they ought to keep a good Guard against them ; however they did not so much as see one of those Serpents, nor of any other sort for 15 Days that they travelled about in the Woods, tho' it was in the Middle of Summer at a time when all Serpents are out of their Holes. It is very seldom that any Person is bitten by ' these Snakes, or by those of other Kinds, which are much more common, that it would be very difficult to find so much as one Person in all Carolina that has ever had this Misfortune. There are also some Crocodiles in the Rivers, but the People fear them no more, than if they were so many Fishes, since it was never known that they have hurt any Person whatsoever. •Those that may have any Desire to go and settle there may further take notice of 3 or 4 observations : 1st, That South Carolina is not only situated in the same Degree of Heat, Fertility, and Temperature of Air, which is about 33 Degrees Latitude, as Barbary, the Isle of Candia, Syria, Persia, MogoUstan, China, and in general all the best Countries in the Universe ; but it is also the only Country of all those the English possess that is situated in that Degree ; and there is all the Reason in the World to believe, that if there be now an Opportunity to have Lands there for nothing, this Advantage will not continue long. At least 'tis very certain that those who shall come first, will have the Choice of Land, as also the Proximity of Rivers, much better than those that shall come afterwards. ^dly, That by means of the Wool, Cotton, Flax and Hemp, it will be easy to procure all Linnen necessary, as also good Cloth and Stuffs for Cloathing, without being forced to purchase them at a very dear rate from the Shops, as most of the Plan- ters are at present. And what is still an Article very consider- able, there will be no Danger of wanting Provisions in a Country so plentiful, unless some Accidents happen, which cannot be foreseen by human Prudence ; we may be assured that Hail- stones will not deprive the Inhabitants thereof. Sdly, That Carolina being of all the Neighboring Provinces which the English possess on the Continent of North Ameri- ca, from 29 to 49 Degrees of Latitude, is not only the largest and most productive of Necessaries, but also the most South- ward, and nearest to Jamaica, Barbadoes, and all the Islands of the Antilles, which have Occasion for salted Provisions, Bread, Wine, Fruits, Roots, and several other Things, we need not hesitate a Moment to prefer it to all the other Colonies on the North side. And besides the great Advantages which may accrue to the Inhabitants by the Fertility of the Land, and the Temperateness of the Climate, the Situation thereof for Trado ron Trees, as also white Mulberry Trees for feeding ol" Silk- worms. The Lands will not be difficult to clear, because there is neither Stones nor Brambles, but only great Trees, which do not grow very thick ; so that more Land may be clear'd there in one Week, than could be done in Swisser!a7id in a Month. The Custom of the Country is, that after having cut down these great Trees, they leave the Stumps for 4 or 5 Years to rot, and afterv.-ards easily root them up, in order to manure the Land. 'Tis very certain, that Carolina is in general an excellent Country. 'Tis true, the Ground is sandy ; but then 'tis a Sand impregnated with Salt and Nitre, so that it brings forth in great Abundance, as the like Soil does in divers Parts of Europe : But what is more particular to Carolina, there are a great Number of Plantations that have been continually cultivated for near 60 Years, which yet still produce great Plenty without ever being manured by the least Dung, for they never lay any on their Grounds ; The Planter only turns up the Superficies of the Earth, and all that he plants and sows therein quickly grows and matures : Those who understand ever so little of Agriculture will be obliged to own, that if the Lands in Europe were not constantly manured, their Strength would be so ex- hausted, that at length the Crops would not pay for the Seed. But a ]\Ian who shall have a little Land in Carolina, and who is not willing to work above 2 or 3 Hours a Day, may very easily live there. Another Consideration deserving our Notice is the Progress of the first Colonies, their sudden Advancement, the Riches of the present Inhabitants, the great Number of publick Expen- ces for which they provide, the great Trade which they carry on at present, and lastly their Misfortunes and Losses ; which are entirely repair'd. The better to comprehend these IMatters, we shall only make the following Observations. 1. That there were no People in Carolina till about 60 Years ago, for the English did not begin to send any thither till the Year 1670. 2. That they had' at first very fatal Beginnings, being afflicted with Sicknesses, and even the Plague, which daily diminish'd the Number of the People, o. That cruel destructive Divisions sprung up among them. 4. That they had a very bad Govern- ment under tlie Lords Proprietors, being almo-^^t without Order, Justice or Discipline. 5. That at a certain Time the Pyrates interrupted their Trade and Navigation. 6. That they have often had ci-eat Droughts. 7. That a terrible Fire consumed almost all Charles Town. 8. That they have been at great Expence in Fortifications, publick Edifices, Churdies, S,-r. 9. That they have often sustaln'd long Wars with the French, Spaniards, and particularly with the Indians, who once united altogether to destroy the whole Province. 10. That notwithstanding all these Misfortunes, the People of Carolina, except those who give themselves up to Debauchery, are all rich, either in Slaves, Furniture, Cloaths, Plate, Jewels, or other Merchandizes, but especially in Cattle ; which shews the Goodness of the Country ihey inhabit. The most Part of those who came first thither were very poor and miserable ; several of those who are most considerable went but as Servants. The Trade of Carolina is now so considerable, that of late Years there has Sail'd from thence annually above 200 Ships, laden with Merchandizes of the Growth of the Country, besides 3 Ships of War, whicli they commonly have for the Security of the Commerce, and last Winter they had constantly 5, the least of which had above 100 Men on Board. It appears by the Customhouse Entries from March 1730, to March 1731, that there sailed within that Time from Charles Toivn 207 Ships most of them for England, which carried among other Goods 41957 Barrels of R'lce about 500 Pound Weight per Barrel, 10754 Barrels of Pitch, 2063 of Tar, and 1159 of Turpentine, of Deer Skins 300 Casks, containing 8 or 900 each ; besides a vast Quantity of Indian Corn, Pease, Beans, &fc. Beef, Pork, and other salted Flesh, Beams, Planks, and Timber for Build- ing, most part of Cedar, Cypress, Sassafras, Oak, Walnut and Pine. They carry on a great Trade with the Indians, from whom they get these great Quantities of Deer Skins, and those of other wild beasts, in Exchange for which they give them only Lead, Powder, coarse Cloth, Vermillion, Iron Ware, and some other Goods, by which they have a very considerable Profit. The great Number of Slaves makes another Part of the Riches of this Province, there being above 40,000 Negroes, which are worth one with another 100 Crowns each. There are between 5 and 600 Houses in Charles Town, the most of which are very costly ; besides 5 handsome Churches, viz. one for those of the Church of England, one for the Presbyterians, one for the Anabaptists, one for the Quakers, and one for the French. If you travel into the Country, you will see stately Buildings, noble Castles, and an infinite Number of all Sorts of Cattle. If it be ask'd what has produced all this ? tlie Answer is, ^Tis only the rich Land of Carolina. There is not the least Appearance but that the Prosperity of this Province will still inci'ease, and, with the Blessing of Hea- ven, in a few Years be the most flourishing of all America ; not only because the King has much at heart the Improvement of this new Country, but because People come thither from all Parts. His Majesty has lately sent thither 74 pieces of heavy Cannon, with Powder, Ball, ^c. and Governor Johnson is set- ting out from Charles Town to mark out the Land, whereon to build two good Forts, one at Port-roi/al, and the other upon the River Alatcimaha, betwixt which is the River Savanna. The People of the Falatinate, those of JSeiv-York, New-England, and other Parts, sell all that they have to come to Carolina : which has raised the Price of Lands within 50 miles about Charles Town to four times the Value in 4 or 5 Years time: It will probably be the same about Purrysburg. However, it is a certain Truth, that the same quantity of Land at Charles Town which might be bought for a Crown about 40 Years ago, cannot at this Time be bought for 200/. Sterling, nor even for 300/. in ti)ose Places whicli are well situated for Trade. The good Dispositions which arc making daily for a regular Administration of Justice, cannot fail of bringing the Country into Reputation, and drawing thither still great numbers of Peo- ple. Artificer? are so scarce at present, that all sorts of Work is very dear ; Taylors, Shoemakers, Smiths, fyc. would be par- ticularly acceptable there. A skilful Carpenter is not ashamed to demand 30 5. j)cr Day besides his Diet; and the common Wages of a ^V'orkman is 20 5, jjer Day, provided he speaks English, without which he cannot be understood, and conse- quently not so useful as others ; and when a Workman has but 10 s. per Day he thinks he labours for almost nothing, tho' he has his Maintenance besides. But this is Carolina Money. Most of their Shoes are brought from England, and generally sell for 40 5. per pair. Not but they have Hides enough, and very cheap, an Ox's Hide being sold for 20 s, neither are they destitute of the Means to tan them ; for tiiey make very good Lime with Oyster-shells, and the Bark of Oak-trees is so plenti- ful, that it costs nothing but the Trouble of gathering: They want therefore only a sufficient number of good Tanners and Shoemakers, 1 might sav the same of Leatlicr dressers, since they send every Year to England above 200,000 Deer-skins undrest. Yet Carolina produces Oker naturally, and good Fish-oyl may be had from Nciv- York or New-England very cheap : So that they might be drest and made up into Breeches in the Coun- try, for which those Skins are very proper, being warm in Win- ter and cool in Summer. There is not one Potter in all the Province, and no Eartlien- ware but what comes from England, nor Glass of any kind : So that a Pot-house and a good Glass-house would succeed perfectly well, not only for Carolina but for all the other Colo- nies in America. There is a kind of Sand and Earth which would be very proper for these Purposes, as also Wood and Fern in abundance, had they but Workmen to make use of them. The woods are full of wild Vines, bearing 5 or 6 sorts of Grapes naturally ; but for want of Vine-dressers, fyc. scarce any Wine is drank there but what comes from Madera, which are indeed cheap, for a Bottle of excellent Wine cost last Winter but 2 s. Carolina Money to those who bought it by the Hogs- head. There is something so singular in these Wines of Madera that we cannot forbear mentioning it; which is, That Heat preserves them, and Cold spoils them : For as in Europe they are obliged to put their Wine in cool Cellars ; these, on the con- trary, must be put into the warmest Places. If they begin to be sour, they are exposed to the greatest Heats of the Sun to be recovered : So that to keep them good, you are to do what you would in other Parts to make Vinegar. This seems to be the greatest Paradox in the World, but nothing is more certain ; and strange as it may seem. Col. Bleelc caused a Vault to be made over his Oven, purposely to keep his Wine in all the Year. The Cattle of Carolina are very fat in Summer, but as lean in Winter, because they can find very little to eat, and have no Cover to shelter them from the cold Rains, Frosts, and Snows, which lasts sometimes 3 or 4 Days : Only the Cattle design'd for the Butchery are fed, and they bad enough, with Potatoes, Straw, and Grain ; but they always lie in the open Field, for there is not one Hovel in all the Country, either for Oxen or Cows. If you object this to the Planters, they answer, that such Houses or Hovels would do very well, but that they have too many other Affairs to think of that. The last Winter being very severe about 10,000 horned Cattle died of Hunger and Cold. Notwithstanding this, the People will not change their Conduct, because they do not understand the manner of order- ing Cattle, nor even know how to mow the Grass, in order to make it into Hay, of which they might have great Plenty for Fodder. Their Ignorance in this respect is very great, which is the Reason that Butter is always dear, being sold last Winter at 7 5. Qd. per Pound, and in January and February last it was sold at Charles Town for 12 s. per Pound: In a word, nothing would be more easy than for Persons who understand Country Affairs to grow ri«h in a little time. There is so great a num- 13 will always draw Ships into its Ports, which there finding at a reasonable price and in good Order, all that the other most distant Provinces can have, will hardly go so far, whilst any thing is to be had in Carolina, 4thhj, and lastly, And what is of the greatest Importance of all is, that there is an entire Liberty of Conscience and Com- merce for all that come thither, without paying any thing for it ; Justice is duly administred to all ; and every body can say that what he possesses lawfully belongs to him in full Propriety. There are no Tenths, Imposts, Tallies, nor Capitation Taxes, nor any of those Burdens which render so many other People unhappy : In a word, you have all the Laws, Liberties, and Priveleges there which are enjoyed in England : Tis the Lower House that has the Disposal of the Money of the Province, and who vote the Taxes necessary for the publick Service, however with the Approbation of the LTpper House, and that of his Ma- jesty, represented by the Governor; and when one of the two Houses would have an Act passed, on any Subject whatsoever, after having examined and debated all the Clauses thereof, it is ingrossed and sent to the other House for their Concurrence. But this Act, or rather projected Act, has at that time only the Name of a Bill, that is to say, properly, an Act proposed. Now if this Bill is passed by the other House, it is carried to the Governor, who may either approve or reject it ; and 'tis not till the Moment the Governor gives his Consent thereto, that it takes the Form of a Law, and has all the Force thereof; for if either of the Houses or Governor rejects the said Bill, it drops of course. Therefore nothing better proves, that the Constitu- tion of the Government of Carolina, as Avell as that of England, is founded on the Union between the King and the People, since they make only one and the same Body, of which his Majesty is always the Head ; from whence it may be concluded and boldly affirmed that the English are the most free and happy People at this Time in the whole World. We whose Names are hereunto subscrib'd, do Attest, that all which is contain'd in this Account of South Carolina, is the real Truth, having been Eye-Witnesses of most part of the Particulars therein mentioned. Done at Charles Town the 23d of Sepember, 173L John Peter Purry, of Neufchatel. James Richard, of Geneva. Abraham Meuron, of St Snlpy in the County of Neufchatel. Henry Raymond, of St Sulpy. Proposals by Mr. Peter Purry, of Newfchatel, for Encour- agement of such Swiss Protestants as should agree to accom- paicy him to Carolina, to settle a New Colony. There are only two Methods, viz : one for Persons to go as Servants, the other to settle on their own Account. 1. Those who are desirous to go as Servants must be Car- penters, Vine-planters, Husbandmen, or good Labourers. 2. They must be such as are not very Poor, but in a Condi- tion to carry with them what is sufficient to support their common Necessity. 3. They must have at least 3 or 4 good Shirts, and a Suit of Cloathes each. 4. They are to have each for their Wages 100 Livres yearly^ which make 50 Crowns of the Money of Newfchatel in Siviss- erland, but their Wages are not to commence till the Day of their arrival in Carolina. 5. Expert Carpenters shall have suitable Encouragement. 6. The time of their Contract shall be 3 Years, reckoning from the Day of their arrival in that Country. 7. They shall be supply'd in part of their Wages with Money to come from Swisserland, till they imbark for Carolina. 8. Their Wages shall be paid them regularly at the end of every Year ; for seciunty whereof they shall have the Fruits of their Labour, and generally all that can be procured for them, whether Moveables or Imoveables. 9. Victuals and Lodging from the Day of their Imbarkation shall not be put to their account, nor their Passage by Sea. 10. They shall have what Money they want advanced during the Term of their Service in part of their Wages to buy Lin- nen, Clothes, and all other Necessaries. 11. If they happen to fall Sick they shall be lodg'd and nourish'd Gratis, but their Wages shall not go on during their Illness, or that they are not able to Work. 12. They shall serve after Recovery, the time they had lost during their Sickness. J6 13. What goes to pay Physicians or Surgeons, shall be put to their Accompt. As to those who go to settle on their own Account, they must have at least 50 Crowns each, because their Passage by Sea, and Victuals, will cost from 20 to 25 Crowns, and the rest of the Money shall go to procure divers things which will be abso- lutely necessary for the Voyage- It may not be disagreable in this Place to inform our Readers, that Mr. Purry, on his Return to Swisserland, with this Account of Carolina, soon prevail'd on many industrious Persons and their Families to the Number of about 400, to go with him. On the Uth of this Month [August, 1732,] they embarked at Calais in France, on Board two English Ships, which arrived off Dover the next Day, and are now sailed on their Voyage. Mr. Bignion their Minister came to London, and received Episcopal Ordination: So that the Reflections which some have cast on the Religion of thesa People, are unjustly founded. Lb N '10