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water on the remaining mafs, then ftir it about violently ; and, in 

 fome days after, you may prefs out more foye. 



X26. Black-eyed Pea. — Phafeolus, 8. Browne, p. 293. 



This is much like the foregoing, and thought by fome to be 

 rather more palatable. 



127. Cuckold's Increase. — Phafeolus. 9. Browne, p. 293. 



This refembles the calavances in fize and manner of growth. It 

 is a profitable pulfe, and much cultivated. 



128. Sugar-bean. — Phafeolus. 10. Browne, p. 293. 



This is generally cultivated, and ferved up at every table. It is 

 of eafy growth, and continues to bear a confiderable part of the 

 year. 



129. Broad-bean. — Phafeolus perennis. 12. Browne, p. 294. 



This is cultivated more for the fake of its {hade than its fruit; 

 though the latter is equally wholefome and palatable, and fre- 

 quently feen at the befl tables. 



There are fome other varieties, as the great Angola, the clay- 

 coloured, &c. Sir Hans Sloane reckons above twenty-one forts. 



130. The Pigeon, or Angola Pea. — Cytlfus fruSlkofus, ra* 

 mofus, triphyllus, Browne, p. 296. 



This fhrub is chiefly cultivated by the Negroes in their gardens 

 and grounds, becaufe it is a perennial, and does not require much 

 care. It bears a great number of pods. The feeds, or peas, are 

 a hearty wholefome food, and generally in ufe, green or dried. 

 The leaves are very good fodder for cattle. 



131. English Beans and Peas. 



The various forts of thefe, brought in feed, are cultivated here, 

 but thrive befl; in the mountains, particularly the beans : but I have 

 feen exceedingly fine peas in the lowlands, which generally come 

 to maturity in two months. They thrive well in brick-mould, and 

 in the hills near Spanifh Town, the Liguanea mountains, and all 



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