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this reafon, however, many planters have been 

 difgufted with the culture of cotton *. 



I have not mentioned tobacco to you •, it is 

 likely that it is a native of the country, becaufe 

 the tradition of the Indians, or their ancient word, 

 tells us, that they have always employed it to 

 fmoke in their calumets of peace. I fhall con- 

 clude with an obfervation that has already been 

 made, and which it is good to repeat, till fome- 

 body tries the experiment. The climate of Lou- 

 tfiana^ and the hilly parts of that country, give 

 reafon to believe, that it would not be difficult 

 to plant faffron there ; the colonifls would reap 

 great advantages from it, and the neighbourhood 

 of Mexico would procure them a quick and cer- 

 tainly an ufeful confumption. 



* The people in the Englifh colonies, and in China, cm- 

 ploy an inftrument which fcpajat^s the pcds fjom the cottoa 

 with great cafe. F. 



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