A LETTER FROM A Gentleman in AMERICA, to his Friend in SCOTLAND.  
BOLSTON November 8th. 1699. SIR,  
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 supplied and may yet supply, the said Colony, with all  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 , that the Company do not give over, as if no more were requisite 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: until 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 undertake do not presently Ripen and Enrich the Adventurers: What though 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.