“[Settlers to Carolina] have Potatoes, and the other Roots and Herbs. . . . They have Indico [indigo], Tobacco very good, and Cotton-wool; Lime-trees, Orange, Lemon, and other Fruit-Trees. . . . They have two Crops of Indian-Corn in one year, and great increase every Crop; Apples, Pears, and other English fruit, grow there out of the planted Kernels: The Marshes and Meadows are very large from 1500 to 3000 Acres. . . are excellent food for Cattle, and will bear any Grain being prepared; . . .Hogs find so much Mast [acorns, fruit, and nuts] and other Food in the Woods, that they want no other care than a Swine-herd to keep them from running wild.”
—from A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina, by Robert Horne, 1666
This excerpt is from an advertising pamphlet written to persuade people to settle in Carolina. Considering the purpose of the pamphlet, what can you infer about the source?