CHAPTER V.

THE ALLOTMENT OF THE LAND.

The Character of the Contracts--The Question of Subdivision--Some of the Difficulties--Matter Placed in the Hands of a Committee of the Colonists--Fair and Feasible Plan Adopted--Gen. Van der Voort's Arrival in La Gloria--His Boat Nearly Wrecked--Delay in Getting Baggage--Colonists Get Their Land Promptly--The Town as Laid Out--Site Well Chosen--Woods Full of Colonists Hunting for Their Plantations--Different Kinds of Soil 73