216 A TREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF 



viz. Mr. EDWARDS'S History of the West India Islands, 

 and which only was perused since the other parts of this 

 work went to press, corroborates, in the strongest; manner, 

 the benefits that horses and cattle would receive, were 

 the grain they are fed with converted into a sweet or sac- 

 charine substance. 



" The time of crop in the Sugar Islands, is the. season 

 " of gladness and festivity to man and beast. So palata- 

 i( ble, salutary, and nourishing is the juice of the cane, 

 " that every individual of the animal creation drinking 

 " freely of it, derives health and vigour from its use. 

 " The meagre and sickly among the negroes exhibit a 

 " surprising alteration in a few weeks after the mill is set 

 " in aftion. The labouring horses, oxen, and mules, 

 " though almost constantly at work during this season, 

 " yet being indulged with plenty of the green tops of 

 *< this noble plant, and some of the scummings from the 

 " boiling-house, improve more than at any other period 

 " of the year. Even the pigs and poultry fatten on the 

 " refuse. In short, on a well regulated plantation, under 

 -" a humane and benevolent director, there is such an ap- 

 " pearance, during crop time, of health, plenty, and busy 



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