54 TIMEHRI. 
The prevention of this “disease,’’ as it is called, 
amongst the plantains, is a point of such high moment 
that we wonder high premiums have not been offered 
to that effe&t. A continuation of it to such an extent as 
to oblige the negroes to be fed on ground or imported 
provisions, would be a reduétion of the value of property 
25 per cent. 
