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 Oy THE SOIL. 169 to obtain Iit© stock also from India. Dundas wrote to ^'®* this effect to PhilUp on the 15th May, 1792,* and followed cattiefrom sp the subject in a despatch of two months' later date, 14th July, 1792,t in which he said: — ^"I have some hopes that you may receive a few sheep or homed cattle, or both, by the Boyal Admiral from the Gape. At the same time, as I observed in my last, it is to Bengal that I chiefly look for an efiScient supply of that nature/' He therefore recommended Phillip to send the transport Daedalus to Gal- ^^ cutta for a shipment of stock. This vessel, as Phillip had been informed by Dundas, in a despatch written in July of the previous year,:t had been sent to the north-west coast of America, to convey stores for the ships Discovery and Chatham, which were pursuing a voyage of exploration and survey, under Captain Vancouver; and after the performance of that service she was to sail for Sydney, where she was expected to arrive early in 1793, her commander. Lieutenant Hanson, having instructions to place himself under the orders of Governor PhilKp, either " for going to Calcutta or else- where for the puipose of procuring supplies." To save time, instructions were g^ven to Vancouver to put some live stock on board the Daedalus at Nootka or the Sandwich Islands.^ For some reason which is not explained, Vancouver did not carry out this arrangement. He proposed to procure breed- ing cattle and sheep from the Spanish ports on the south parts of the coast of New Albion ;|| because that country, stock from like New South Wales, was but " slightly cultivated," and (cwiiornia). the stock reared under those conditions had "succeeded to a very high degree, with scarce the smallest care and attention."!^ '^ Twelve cows and six bulls, with an equal number of male and female sheep," were accordingly shipped on board the Daedalus at Monterey.** With the exception of some hogs, one calf, and four sheep, none of them survived + lb., p. 631. X lb., p. 497. § lb., p. 601. II Now California. f HUtorical Keoopds, toI. i, part 2, p. $67. — lb., p. 680.
 * Historioal lUoords, toI. i, part 2, p. SM.