CONTENTS. 



Introductory Chapter. — Comprising Geological facts, tending to illus- 

 trate the Primary Formation of the Island ; Observations on its Mineral 

 and Vegetable Productions, Soil and Climate; Capabilities of Improve- 

 ment ; and on its singular Strength and Security as a Military Station, 



page i to Ixxxvii. 

 PART I. 



Section I. — St. Helena once a ivoody Island — cause of its Denudation — 

 Plans proposed for restoring Wood, and extending Cultivation — the 

 Institution of Goat ranges injurious — Extermination of the Goats 

 recommended, - _ _ - page 1 



Skction II. — Experiments in the Culture of Potatoes — Comparisons of 

 Manures — extraordinary Power of Guana, or Sea-foul Dung, as a Top- 

 dressing — Hints to Proprietors of Islands and Rocks in Scotland, 10 



Section III. — Easy mode of Thrashing , Cleaning and Preserving all Sorts 

 of Grain, as practised in India, and various Parts of Europe, recom- 

 mended in the Infancy of St. Helena Farming, - - ^5 



Section IV. — Experiments illustrating the beneficial Effect of frequently 

 stirring the Soil, _ _ - - - 28 



Section V. — Feeding Chickens — an Exposition of the unreasonable and 

 exorbitant Prices of Poultry at St. Helena, in 1811, - 31 



Section VI — On Planting Trees — Groicth of Pineasters — remarkable 



Change in the Quality of Fir Timber in St. Helena — extensive Plantations 



of Pinensters recommended — Mimosa Myrtifolia [or Botany Bay Willow,) 



its rapid groicth — yields innumerable Pods, containing a sort of Pulse fit 



for feeding Poultry- — its Culture recommended, - - 32 



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