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i5rap'rt««, tTie appliratinn would be reeomnipn'lril hy 

 Ilif. Exol tnry i<» 'he inaxt* rs of urtaniers, ami at the 

 Sdiiie time Httru't the attention of proprietors tf Sugar 

 estates where 6team is Ubed. 



One of otir rnrrepponrlpntF, Mr. Charle* Telfair, a 

 name tvhirh carefilly trnasureil in imr tnem«»»y, remimls 

 us «)f the hiiihiy t-lented mwri who fdindeil our So. 

 cieiy, has f. irwardpfl from S- ychelles I lands »»ev. tal 

 8pe<imens the jiretttt-r part of which wete cuUrcted ou 

 ** lie ('nrieuhH." 



Mr. Ch Telfair has a'po communicated fonup notes 

 he has collected on the vaxinua prodiicti(»n tf Seyihel- 

 les These isiandu, inide' his iiitellij'eiit yuiilance can- 

 not fiil ill improvinj; their condition The t-oil is rich 

 and f'Tlile, he saye. and u&eful plants buch a* tobacco, 

 fur instance, grow without cultivalion, and yei we all 

 know how superior i« its quality. 



*' Tohatco is not culiivaied, he says. It {jrows in a 

 state of natuie as an iu'lifjeneous we»d ; the blacks 

 ffath r it, dry ir, and ex'hange ji with the shopk epprs 

 for ri e and rum. The shopkeeper probes the carrotts 

 with h kuifa and smells the blade, and if he approves 

 of \\if parfiiin he concludes a bargain 



" 6t(Cw3 c^e Mier are sold, f ir £ 16 ihe hundred and 

 are purciiaeed by th- arabs who, it is faid, piepare a 

 medicine or pfrhap*' an essential oil froiu the poip ur 

 interior part, which is as hard as ir(jn. 



Th^* Arabs send the peparation. whatever it i«, to 

 In lia, but have hitherto contrived to keep it a secret, 

 which might be wo'th finding out. It is oi.ly lat. ly 

 and on account of this *' concurrence" that the cocoa 

 de mer h^ve increased fo n)"ch iu vulue. The sale of 

 them is now a source of revenue 



The Vanilla thiivH» mobi luxuriantly, but thft rulti- 

 v-ition of It Was unknowi before Mr Telfairs arnval. 

 It w-is alloweit to grow ov. r tho tops of the highest 

 mangoe trees and the flowers to fail off without b. injj 

 f cuudatfd. " 1 have got some cuttings, says .Mr Tel- 

 fair, and planted lliein over the grounds in niy gaiden, 

 fiQ as to tench the inhabitants the manner in which it 

 is to be treated, and I am happy to say that this exam.' 



