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advantages which are not possessed by those 

 of hemp. They are also lighter, and never 

 rot in consequence of their being soaked 

 with sea-water; nor do they exhale damp 

 or miasmata, which are exceedingly hurtful to 

 the crews of ships who sleep on the same 

 deck where ropes are kept when ships are 

 under sail. These ropes are also easier ma- 

 naged, and run better in the pulleys during 

 nautical manoeuvres. 



Some time since a cocoa-tree was cut 

 down on Mr. Hanson's land, in Jamaica, 

 which had been planted about a century, 

 when, in grubbing up the root, the shell from 

 which the tree had been raised was found 

 quite sound and perfect. 



The cocoa-tree growing in Chili produces 

 a fruit not larger than a walnut, but this is 

 more esteemed than the large kind which is 

 brought to England. 



