Berande has been long enough on tinned milk.
And Dr. Welshmere has agreed to get me some orange and lime trees from
the mission station at Ulava. He will deliver them the next trip of
the _Apostle_. If the Sydney steamer arrives before I get back, plant
the sweet corn she will bring between the young trees on the high bank
of the Balesuna. The current is eating in against that bank, and you
should do something to save it.
I have ordered some fig-trees and loquats, too, from Sydney. Dr.
Welshmere will bring some mango-seeds. They are big trees and require
plenty of room.
The _Martha_ is registered 110 tons. She is the biggest schooner in
the Solomons, and the best. I saw a little of her lines and guess the
rest. She will sail like a witch. If she hasn't filled with water,
her engine will be all right. The reason she went ashore was because
it was not working. The engineer had disconnected the feed-pipes to
clean out the rust. Poor business, unless at anchor or with plenty of
sea room.
Plant all the trees in the compound, even if you have to clean out the
palms later on.
And don't plant the sweet corn all at once. Let a few days elapse
between plantings.
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