I Wrote to you from Jamaica , giving account of the Shameful Desertion of Caledonia : I doubt not but long ere now , the Company is sensible of the true Cause , and hath taken Care to prevent the like for the Future : It seems strange , that Persons of known Integrity , Courage , and Experience , could not be sent and Commissionat for the Management of a Concern of so Great Importance . Whatever may be the Discourse of their want of Provisions , I know very well we have such Friends in the English Plantations , as contrary to any Proclamation or Prohibition , would have supplyed and may yet supply , the said Colony , with all necessar Provisions , if they have timely Notice and Encouragement from the Company .

One of the two Ships that were sent with a Supply of 300 Men , hath been at Caledonia , and is come to Jamaica : We long to hear of the Recruits expected with the Rising-Sun : And hope when they Arrive , they may Re-settle the Place . It s also hoped for , and thought necessar , that the Company do not give over , as if no more were requisit for securing the Colony ( It s well known the Spanish , French , and Others , will use all their Art , Fraud , and Force , to Hinder , Undermine , and Ruin it ) but that they continue their Supplies of Men , Arms , &c : untill they be Certified their Colony is beyond Danger from all their Enemies .

We hope the great Loss sustained , shall not Discourage nor abate the Zeal of any Concerned : Such undertakings do not presently Ripen and Enrich the Adventurers : What tho the Company see no Return for Seven Years ? The Place is worth Ten times the Charge : And in time will fully re-imburse them , if Mountains of Gold , or being the Staple of Trade for both sides of America , can do it ; Besides the Blessing of Heaven , which we may expect to the Messengers of the glad Tidings of Salvation to People in Darkness .