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M R. I a considerable planter of Gre-nada, touched at this istand on his waythither; anil, in the course of his intelligence, having made me acquainteit With your patrioticessoris for encoharaging the groWth and produce of the infant colonies lately ceded to iis by France; and being very destro is of throwing in my mite tomariis forwarding your very laudabielabo ars, I have theres ore talien the liberty offutting on board the ship Neptune, Edmund
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properly spe aliing, milli that is scalded) andas ter their dinner they common ly drink a cup of Coifee without milli ; and they have in generalexcellent health, and a fine flow of spiriis, forthis part of the worid: whereas the Englissi sub jecis, whom it is dissiculi to wean frona pr U- dices, stili persist in the use of Tea; and, thoughthey e oy a good state of health, do not appe arto have half the vivaci ty or livet iness with thes rench in the fame istand with us. I am tolli, that in England they stam p a valueuposa Cossee in proportion to the smalines s and preennesse of the gratia ; here they regarii nei ther the fige nor colour of it for their own hase, butesteem it in proportion to the time it has been gathered, and for having been hept in a dry warmplace, and exposed to the air three or four timesa year; and the greater number of years it is
hept in this manner, the better it is, they say. They also ascribe a great deal of iis excelle iaceto the method of preparing it sor use : is it is overroasted, it has a flat, bitter, and buriat iaste; and
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the gravet. The Turks also set the highest valuetapon good Comee, on account of iis exhilaratingqualities, and brightening the animal spiriis. Surely then it must be preserable to Tea, whichlias qui te contrary essedis in most sh apes What ever ; and it must, in my humble opinion, beone of the best breal fasis in the worid sor thehonest brave people of the soggy issand of Great Britain, Where sicli a multitude os melancholyaccidenis happen from a lownesse of spiriis. Butwhat effects Cossee or Tea have iapon the bodyor mind, you, Sir, must be the best judge, asit is your principat study and profession to knowthe oeconomy of the human Danae ; mine having
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P. S. The method os curing Cossee throughthe west Indies is, by passing it through a mill
after it is ripe and gathered; and after this operation it is put into cisterias, and covered with mater sor ten, or twelve hours, untii the pulphecomes loose, When it is Washed, and the Cof see, being in iis hucis, is thrown in heaps to eat, and that the water may drain off, for two Or three days more, When it is spre ad abroad and
made aster it is passed through the mili, an dmust, in my opinion, be infinitely preserable tosoaking it in Mater, and drying it in the sin, whicli certainly must extract abundance of iis Viriues; particularly that fine flavour good Cosse e
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cured above ten monilis ; and is there Wasenough of it to keep sor three or four years, Iimagine it would be persectiy excellent; for this method must certain ly be the best, and Ι have endemoured to persuade many of the plantersto come into it ; but the great expence they mustbe at to erect bulldings to cover it Dom the sunand rain while it would be curing, the greatlabour and time it talies to cure it aster themanner of Arabia, and the smali price it bearsat present, Will not as yet permit them to come
into it; though I am fully persuaded that the Cove of this istand is fuli as good, when pulled
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WHETHER Gose Gho haῬe acquired Enowle e Θ much labour and the exertion V great talenis, are apt to fel too high a Calve on theb ocondi coUeries; or that studious men, by mising Idis mitis the communi at large, are Dys habitualed to unre ferved conversation; it has osten been lamenteri that ibo rareb descend to familiar communications mitis fuch as are but emering upon 'the fame arduous pur- fuit. The late Peter Collisson, ho ever, amorded apte sing exception to this remar e Bis di position masnaturalidi sociat and cheamul; and his instructions mere cono ed in that familiar and amabis manner, os both fuited the capaci , and excited the ardour,
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wis hed sor leisure, and the talent of biography, more than at present: I could employ both these in a manner that Would be pleasing to my-self, and perhaps at the fame time useful to the public, in placing besore it an example Worthy of being recorded, because highly worthy os imitation. The satisfaction arising Dom the view of .a lise continuatly employed in commendabie pursu iis, and in acts of lasting and extensive utili ty, is not a smali one; me participate afressi in every sociat action of the friend whom we loved whilitiiving, and pay that tribute to his name whichlove and friendmip demand-a gratesul and ho-
The just esteem Which my honoured friendPeter Collinson had acquired, not only among the clites promoters of natural history in most paris of the world where these studies are culti valed, but amongst men os understanding in generat in every part os uses ut science, Will, Ia persuade
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persuade mystic render any apology unnecessarysor attempting to exhibit some account of thelise of this very eminent Person. Our acquaintance commenced about the year I7 O ; he was then considered amongst the number of those who were best acquainted with botany and natural history in England; his collection in most branches of natural history WasVery large, and the specimens weli chosen ; his bolanic garden contained many cUri OUS Planis,not at that time to be Het with in any other; and the number of such kept increasing to thelast period of his lisse.
I owe much of my intimacy with the severat branches of natural history, to my deceased friend: scarcely any thing gave him more pleas ure thanto promote an inclination for such studies, so faras vias consistent With his acquaintances siluation;
for being in busines s himself, he knew the value
for sicli rese arches, where probably it must have been gratiited at the expence of discretion, and of thos e liours wllicli ought to have been devoted to more necessary employment.