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fhips, ftones for building and for lime ; which are carried by water 

 from the foot of it. But the houfes in general are of brick manu- 

 fadlured from the natural foil, which is a certain proof of its fertile 

 quality. 



Near Merryman's Hill, in Liguanea, a mineral water has, not 

 long fince, been difcovered ; which is laid to contain a vitriolic acid 

 iron, a portion of talky, argillaceous, and abforbent earths, joined 

 to a fixed foffile alkali. Dr. Richardfon, who tried fome experi- 

 ments upon it, acknowledges, however, that this aiialyfis is incom- 

 plete, and requires further experiments, which cannot be made, 

 except at the fountain head. This is commonly known at prefent 

 by the name of Curtin's Spring, and probably contains a very me- 

 dicinal quality ; for which reafon, a more perfect analyfis is ex- 

 tremely defireable, for afcertaining all its Ingredients. 



State of the Parifh : 



•'''"-' Annual Produce of Sugar. 



Sugai-eftates. | Hogflieads. | Other Settlements. 



30 I 2600 J 122 



This parifh is in a flourifliing ftate, and incrcaling in its number of 

 fugar-plantations, though not fo rapidly as might have been ex- 

 peded, confidering its vicinity to Kingfton. This fupinenefs may 

 be attributed to the abfence of the chief proprietors, who refide in 

 the mother-country, and are not folicitous about forming new 

 eftates, which require fome money to be advanced, and perhaps the 

 perfonal fuperintendency of the owners. The diminution in cattle 

 has (among other caufes) proceeded from the ereding of feveral 

 water-mills, which have rendered a lefs number neceflary. The 

 whole ifland, indeed, has owed much of its prefent improved 

 ftate to the extenfive introdudion of thefe ufeful machines. 



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