priated for a Barony. And one skilled in Political Arithmetick may
readily compute what a handsom Income this would amount to with Care in
collecting.

A large Tract of Land claimed by _Virginia_ and _North Carolina_, and
under the Government of neither, rightly called the disputed Bounds, is
a kind of _American Mint_, whither several wicked and profligate Persons
retire, being out of the certain Jurisdiction of either Government,
where they may pursue any immoral or vicious Practices without Censure
and with Impunity. But to end Disputes about it, why might not this be
granted to a Bishop of _Virginia_ and _North Carolina_?

The Occasion of these Disputes about the Bounds depends upon a Mistake
or Difference in two Grants, one fixing the Bounds according to a
certain Latitude, and the other specifying the Bounds (as I take it) to
run Westward from _Roon-oak Inlet_, which proves in a Latitude different
from that before mentioned; so that the List between these Parallels of
Latitude, which is about fifteen Miles broad, and indefinitely long is
disputed, the Governments of _Virginia_ and _North Carolina_ each
pretending a Right to it; but this might easily be settled, either by
finding out the true Meaning of the Grants, or what was the Occasion of
the Error, and then determining the Bounds from thence; or if this (or
what is before-mentioned) cannot be done, the Mathematical Professor, or
some other, should be imployed to split the Difference between them,
rather than have continual Disputes between the two Governments, to the
great Detriment of the Religion and Trade of both of them.

No regular Church Government or Salaries have been yet made for the
Clergy in _North Carolina_; but to bring this about, Representations
should be made to the Proprietors; their Directions obtained to the
Governor and Assembly there for their Assistance for this Purpose, in
Conjunction with the Missions, that, by proper Applications, I presume
may be continued from the Society, especially when they are assured that
Measures will be taken to prevent their pious Endeavours to be any more
frustrated there; and besides this I don't think it impracticable for
them to obtain the Impropriation of the two travelling Fellowships, for
Clergymen of a certain College in _Oxford_, to be confined to their
Government for some Years; since at present they have such great
Necessity for Christian Help of this Sort.

Besides, the continual Progress of suc