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consequently bears a very differ- 

 ent proportion. 



The cutting of logwood is not 

 so important or extensive an un- 

 dertaking as that of mahogany. 

 It does not require, in the first 

 instance, any thing hke the same 

 number of slaves and cattle ; nor, 

 in the second, so great an expense 

 in various articles of machinery, 

 tools, provisions, &c. &c. The 

 persons who embark in it are 

 usually beginners in life, and fre- 

 quently possess little other capital 

 to carry it on but their industry. 

 Though an inferior, it may in 

 some shape be viewed as a neces- 

 sary occupation to the other, as 

 large quantities of logwood are 

 continually required by the ship- 

 pers of mahogany for the purpose 

 of securely stowing their vessels; 

 and who find an advantage in 

 purchasing it, rather than in de- 

 taching their own labourers in 

 search of it. 



It does not often occur that 

 logwood and mahogany are found 

 growing in the neighbourhood of 

 each other; the situations which 

 they inhabit being extremely dif- 

 ferent. The former may, per- 

 haps, be almost classed among 

 productions of an aquatic kind, 

 as it can seldom be obtained in 

 any abundant way but in a low 

 swampy soil, or contiguous to 

 fresh-water creeks and lakes, on 

 the edges of which the root, the 

 only valuable part of the tree, 

 spreads to a very wide extent. 

 After this remark, it need scarcely 

 be added, that this pursuit is 

 found of a most unpleasant and 

 unhealthy description. It may 

 likewise be observed, that it is a 

 production of local growth, and 

 but rarely discovered in any di- 



rection southwardly from the set- 

 tlement of Balize. 



The price of logwood at Hon- 

 duras is still more fluctuating than 

 that of mahogany, the demand 

 for it being much more unequal. 

 This commonly vibrates between 

 11. and I'^l. Jamaica currency 

 per ton. The most advantageous 

 market for it has usually been 

 found in the United States, to 

 which it is frequently permitted 

 to be carried without restriction. 

 As an article of export to Bri- 

 tain, it has not generally been 

 profitable- 



Memoir on the Tunis broad-tailed 

 Sheep, by Richard Peters, Esq. 

 President of the Philadelphia 

 Society for promoting Agricul- 

 ture. 



[From the Memoirs of the Society.] 



I obtained the original stock of 

 these sheep from colonel Picker- 

 ing, then secretary of state, to 

 whom they were sent by William 

 Eaton, esq. when consul of the 

 United States at Tunis. For this 

 estimable proof of his patriotism 

 he merits the thanks of all who 

 profit by its advantages. I deemed 

 myself bound, though no terms 

 were made with me, to distribute 

 many of their progeny gratuitous- 

 ly, and gave away lambs for se- 

 veral years, with a view to encou- 

 rage and spread the breed. My 

 pastures were overburthened with 

 ewes, sent to my rams when no 

 charge was made. Those who re- 

 ceived the benefit were not suffi- 

 ciently conscious of its value, save 

 that they found the broad tail ex- 

 cited curiosity, and procured a 



