OuR PEASANT POPULATION. 293 
Sele& Committee on Sugar Industries in 1879, he said 
that Demerara was like a garden, and Mr. ONSLOW asked 
him (question 4,487) :—‘ That is to say that although 
Demerara is like a garden, you can only grow onecrop.”’ 
Our present attitude would make this question still appli- 
cable, only the words ‘and export a little gold” might be 
added. 
If we do not find some other produce besides sugar to 
make up for the downfall in the wages paid to our pea- 
santry we shall approach the condition of that unfortu- 
nate island, whose inhabitants, according to the midship- 
man, ‘ made a precarious living by taking in each other’s 
washing.’ 
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