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<* thofe which had been thus planted and ma- 

 <* naged were ground and boiled feparately ; 

 '* the produce of fugar was full as great as 

 ' the beft acre in the fame piece, and the ex- 

 *' pence of boiling was little more than a fixth 

 *' part of the other ; and he fold the fugar for 

 " fix (hillings per hundred weight more than 

 *' he could get for the other. Thefe 

 46 canes are planted thin for the conveniency 

 <* of horfe-hoeing them ; for they are cpm- 

 " monly planted a great deal clofer," as Mr. 

 Miller takes notice. " The diftance," fays 

 he, which the planters ufually allow to 

 thejr canes, is from three to four feet, row 

 <* from row, and the hills are about two feet 

 *' afunder in the rows ; in each of thefe hills 

 ** they plant from four to feven or eight cut- 

 " tings ; which is a very great fault, and is 

 " the caufe of moft of their blights, fo much 

 " complained of lately: for, if all thefe grow, 

 " which is frequently the cafe, they rob each 

 ** other of their nourimment ; and, if a dry 

 " feafon happens before they have acquired 

 " ftrength, they are very foon ftinted in their 

 *' growth, fo are attacked by infets, which 

 ** Ijpread and multiply fo greatly, as to cover 

 46 a whole plantation in a little time; when 

 ." this happens, the canes are feldom good 

 " after: therefore it would be the better way 

 " to root them entirely up, when they are fo 

 ' greatly injured, for they very rarely reco- 

 ," ver this perfectly : for although the infects 



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