Should any of them fall sick, the rest are bound to assist the sick person two days in a month, provided the sickness lasts not longer than two months; four days labour in each year, from every person, being all that he is entitled to.

To give protection to this settlement, a corporal and two soldiers are encamped in the centre of the farms, as the natives once attacked the settlers and burnt one of their houses.

These guards are, however, inevitably at such a distance from some of the farms as to be unable to afford them any assistance in case of another attack.
With all these people I conversed and inspected their labours.

Some I found tranquil and determined to persevere, provided encouragement should be given.

Others were in a state of despondency, and predicted that they should starve unless the period of eighteen months during which they are to be clothed and fed, should be extended to three years.