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has not for a day or two been foaked in the 

 wate* of a dunghill, or in lime water. 



Yams, which they call ootaiv, are planted 

 like potatoes; but the ground fuitable to them 

 mull be different : for thefe roots are fet in 

 fwampy wet places which are unfit for other 

 life, and fometimes on a rice-field which has 

 already been cropped, and which is not worth 

 lowing again with rice the fame year. The 

 longer the roots Hand in the ground, the larger 

 they grow ; they are generally taken up in 

 November, 



The roots of the fugar-cane cut into pieces, 

 (each of which had a fhoot or two) were 

 planted more than half a foot deep into the 

 ground ; and two feet fpace was left between 

 every two rows. They planted them both on 

 the highefl terraces, and in the loweft places. 

 In March and April thefe roots were planted 

 in the low places, and in the rainy feafon on 

 the hills, which occafioned two different crops. 

 Thefe canes were by no means tender ; for 

 they throve in (hade and funfhine, wet and dry, 

 heat and cold. When the canes began to grow 

 yellow, they were cut ; for when they flood 

 longer, they grew mouldy at the root. They 



grow 



