A P P E N D I X .
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A c * ! ! fe#i,r#tj E E ih|tlie*W^est Indies will moEe r^f^dl^dinpyQye) whenever*;
ttie^pErefital governments shall resalve «toe appoint some qualified
pel-sons in eve®^ oblOny,- to ; make their observations, and to send every
ydsry reports1 ipgspeeting the <mlbui>e. of the?settlements wheretthey reside;<j
which repo'rfeldheuld be published in a- eollefcdtet&rittiio Eiteppe, and
then%efct eltehKitf thC-'Colowiesy! for* the*respectivev publiedibwies, o r>
whfetethereare none-'yet established, then to be deposited in the:town'
hdhi#%he#o every planter who wished to- readtthe®»*,might bje admittedj;
or in deavi'rig a proportionate value, be allowed to take’ th ebonk home
with; hirai^b;a fixed time*: * many of the planters svoold.lollow. a practicable
example^ if they were accuratelyiri formed of wliat had already been
done*with profit* in :other1-colonies, ■particula^y'-wberi: the local circum*
stances' of vthi& country where the improvement had * been ?, made, was<
exactly? described and stated, so as -to shew jhow the methods used could
be adopted in the part whete they reside.
- A like important effect would be obtained, if partieulajr rewards were ,
offered to those medical men who, during their long residence? in the ,
colony, have made some new discoveries in the.nature and cure of tropical
diseases; which reports of facts should in like manner be printed in a
periodical publication tor the use of the West Indies. Had such a plan,
been formed at an earlier period, many valuable.discoveries, which ar,e now
lost, might at present have been pursued to the most beneficial consequences..
For example, there was some years ago at Surinam, a Dr. Schilling, of,