I go certainly tomorrow, wind & weather permitting, and both have abated considerably. I promised you some sprout Kale seed, which I now send. I do not remember to have seen Salsafia in your garden, & yet it is one of the best roots for the Winter. some call it the oyster plant because fried in batter it can scarcely be distinguished from a fried oyster. I send you some seed. it is to be sowed and managed as carrots & to be taken up at the same time & put away for winter use.

A supplement to your method of weighing Eng. & Portugal gold.

for French & Spanish gold, weigh & calculate as for English, and then deduct a cent & an half from every Dollar.

To calculate interest on Dollars at 6. per cent

Call them cents & multiply by 6. for a years interest.

halve the cents for a month’s interest.

third that half, & call them mills for a day’s interest. for example

			Y M D
required the interest of	246	. D. for	1–1–1.
say	246	cents
Multiply by	6		D	C
gives	14.76	say	14.	76	for 1. year
halve them	123	or	1.	23	for 1 month
third that half	41	or		41.	mills for 1 day	Y M D
			16.	0311	or 16.2 D. 3 Cents 1 mill for	1–1–1