Tliis aforesaid Hendrick Clu-istiaensz, after he had dissolved pai-tnership with Adiiaen Block, made ten voyages thither, in virtue of a grant from the Lords States, wlio granted Mm that privilege for tlie first establishment of the place. On the expiration of that privilege, this country was granted to the West India company, to draw their profits thence ; as lias already been done, and sliall still further increase from the products which are manifest there, whereof furtlier detail will be given in the next, as much depends on success.

Good care having been taken by the directors of the W^est India company, in the spring to provide every tiling for the colony in Virginia, near the Maykans on tlie river

New Nether. Mauritius^ by us called New Netherland, special atten

1625, Sequel of the New Netherland Colony.

ti(m was- tlirected this month, (April,) to reinlbrce it, as follows :

As the country is well adapted for agriculture and tl^e raising

of every thing that is produced here, the aforesaid tt«Vofti«'^'' Lords resolved to take advantage of tlie circumsUince, ^riiu7ta«.'^ and to provide the place with many necessaries, through the Honi^i«. Pieter Evertseu HuLst, who undertook to ship thither, at his risk whatever was retjuisite, to wit ; one hundred

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breeding and multiplying, besides all the bogs and sheep that might be thought expedient to send thither ; and to distribute these in two ships of one hundred and forty lasts, in such a manner that they should be well foddered and attended to. Each animal had its own stall, with a floor of tliree feet of sand ; fixed as comfortably as any stall here. Each animal had its respective servant who attended to it and knew its wants, so as to preserve its health, together with all suitable forage, such as oats, hay and straw, &c.