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 23 and Swan and Canning Rivers, promises plenty of fish for the table—also, oil for use. Tea will not cost more than 2s.6d. per pound through Java; from whence stock of cattle, poultry and pigs can be added of the best quality.

There is no intention in these remarks to show the extent of production of which the soil and climate are capable; time and prosperity will be requisite to bring forward all their capabilities. Nothing, therefore, has been said of the articles grown in similar latitudes in Asia, and carried to Smyrna and other Turkish Ports at immense distances, for export to England, France and Holland. There is, however, no reason for supposing that silk, (equal to that of Brussa,) opium, madder roots, goats wool, senna, gums, currants, raisins, and the highly esteemed Turkish tobacco, and various other productions, may not be cultivated to advantage half a century hence. But, in the commencement, it is sufficient to look to early, certain, and profitable returns; without calculating upon chances of wealth, which may not be realized in the lifetime of the present Adventurers.