438 ' f ^fl^^^I A 1 C A. 



fiiR- number-, of which I have kno\vn iiicontefcable examples in Ja- 

 maica ; and although the iriatdre of the Toil here and there may 

 caufe Ibmc difterencc in refpecl to hard or eafy labour, yet it will 

 flill hold for a good general rule. There are very few plantations, 

 whofe foil is uniform throughout; and, where the foil is moft ftitT 

 and laborious, perhaps the yielding in fugar is equal on the whole ; 

 which works no ohjeftion to the rule. For example : if we fup- 

 pofe a North fide eflate of very fliff land, and compare it with one 

 on the South fide, whofe foil is of a free texture, and that each of 

 them yields, upon average, one hogrhead^^r acre round ; the South 

 fide eftate contains three hundred acres in canes, yields three hun- 

 dred hogfheads, mufters four hundred and fifty Negroes ; and the 

 North fide eftate, three hundred acres, yields three hundred hog- 

 fheads, and muflers four hundred and fifty Negroes. Although the 

 North fide hind is far more laborious, yet the annual plant being 

 far lefs, on account of the rattoon canes, which ftand feveral 

 cuttings, the mrf/ic proportion of labour upon both, for a given 

 number of years, may be found very even ; the South fide eftate 

 being obliged, perhaps every year, to hole and plant double the 

 quantity of ground. 



The proportion, according to the before-mentioned rule, is one 

 liundred and fifty Negroes to one hundred hogftieads. An efti- 

 mate was made, not long fince, on this fubjeft, with reference to 

 the produce of each diftinft parifh. I know not how far it ma}/ 

 be depended on in regard to exa£tnefs; but, if it comes any thing 

 near the truth, it proves that fome have more, but very few lels, 

 than the rate propofed. For better comprehending the table, I 

 ftiall clafs the different parifties according to the general condition 

 of their foils. The firft clafs contains thofe whofe foil is, compa- 

 ratively, the moft ftiff" and heavy ; the fecond, fuch as have the 

 iighteft ; the third, thofe whofe foil may be efteemed between 

 both. 



Firft Clafs. Negroes to 100 Hhds. 



St. Mary, 150 at par o 



St. John, 168 exceeds by 18 



Portland, ■ 182 ditto 32 



St. George, « 158 ditto 8 



Weftmoreland, 



