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JAMAICA. 



Bags. Ciflcs. lb. 



1 cwt. each. 6oolb. each. 

 In the yenr 1738 this ifland exported, ^0,933 817 8864 



which is the largeft quantity ever 



fhipped from it in one year. 



In 1748, it fell to 1961 79 



And, at a medium then taken of three 



years, it was found to be /i^rann. ^99- 48 1300 



Which is not quite one-eighth of the export of I7j3. 



At prefentj the export is very fmall, this article not being fo much 

 in demand at the Britifh market as it formerly was, when large quan- 

 tities were re-exported to Rullia and Germany. Yet the price now 

 {or lately) given, feems to make it a commodity worth attending to, 

 efpccially the preparing of the white fort, which as it requires more 

 pains, fo it is much higher prized ; the medium of this fort being lately 

 at 575. 6d., and of the black 30 j. fteriing per cwt. The culti- 

 vation of it will not anfwer fo well, as fome other commodities, in old 

 lands ; but in frefh-opened foil, in a wet part of the country, it might 

 Day well for the planting, by the largenefs of its roots in luch a fitua- 

 tion, and by leffeningthe exuberant richnefs of fuch land, which makes 

 it unfit for the fugar cane. 



The preferved ginger, if exported to Great Britain, is liable to fo 

 high a duty as a fuccade, that the remitter cannot fail of loling confi- 

 derably by his adventure. "^V'hat is fent, therefore, in this form, is 

 chiefly in prefents. 



Whether in its natural ftate or candied, this root is efieemed a good 

 remedy againft the colic, loofenelTes of the belly, and windy diforders. 

 It ftrengthens the ftomach, helps digeftion, and is often added as a cor- 

 redlor to purges ; its ufe in culinary preparations is well known. 



7. Pimento, Jamaica Pepper, All-Spice. — Caryophyllus FoUis 

 lanceolatls oppofith, Flonbus racemojh termiiialibtis, et axillarlbus. 



This tree riles to the height of thirty feet, and is found almofl eveiy 

 where in the woods of Jamaica; it is alio cultivated in many parts of 

 the ifl;uid, but chiefly tlie North fide, and planted in regular rows. 



It begins to fru61ify in three years after it is firfl: planted, but does not 

 arrive at maturity under feven, and then it repays very abundantly the 



patience 



