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some of the Islands to windwarti ; but I suspecTI: there is 

 in ail of them very great room for improvement^ by means of,j^ 

 judicious tillage and artijicial am stance^'' 



Note. " It should have been observed, that it is sometimes a 

 custom, after a field of canes has been cut, to set f re to the 

 trash. This is called burning oJ\ and there are managers 

 and overseers who consider it as one of the best methods 

 of meliorating the land. I confess that I am of a different 

 opinion. Perhaps, indeed, in a moist, stiff, and clayey land, 

 it may do no harm ; and this negative phrase is the 07ily merit 

 I can allow it. From the usual and prevalent nature of 

 the soil best adapted for sugar, I am persuaded that nine 

 - times in ten it is a mischievous pra^icc.^'' 



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