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it gets by the tide without any trouble to the 

 hufbandman. Thefe fields are croffed by fuch 

 great canals, that during the flood one may 

 go in boats on them. Rice is lowed and reap- 

 ed twice a year. During its growth, it is pull- 

 ed out and planted into Terpentine lines, to ad- 

 mit the water more freely to the roots. Thofe 

 who have not the advantage of the tide, are" 

 forced to carry or lead the water,, or bring it 

 up by machines, of which Mr. William Cha?n- 

 bers made a drawing on a former voyage, and 

 has probably communicated it to the fuperin- 

 tendant Baron Horlemann, 



The high places are likewife employed to 

 great advantage : for there are mountains 

 whofe declivity amounts even to forty degrees j 

 but they are divided into feveral terraces, on 

 which are planted Convolvulus Batatas 1 , Diof- 

 corea u , Gojfypium w , fugar-canes, and many 

 other plants, according to the time of the year, 

 or quality of the foil. When it rains, the rain 

 water is preferved, and conveyed from one 

 flory to another. If it rains too much, a ditch 

 is opened, through which the water may run 

 away freely. The ufe of $ung may be judg- 



r. 

 * S^anijh potatoes, u Yaiks. " Cotton. 



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