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Letter from Christopher Smith to Matthew Flinders (FLI01) Page 11


under my own care, and after having
planted and put them them to rights
there, to allow me (once more) to
proceed to the Moluccas, for the purpose
of procuring all the rare & useful
plants of these Islands, with which they
abound.
      His Lordship in Council sanc-
-tion'd these propositions, and on the
17th October I sailed from Calcutta
for P.W. Island with 10,000 plants,
on the 20th we experienced a tremendous
Gale of wind & rain in the bay of
Bengal, which lasted 24 hours with
-out intermiƒsion, we lost all our Ma-
-sts, and was almost become a perfect
wreck, expecting any moment to founder
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Vessels
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Words and phrases
Nutmeg and cloves
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