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_ | Pond, brought het {elf abed’; and preféntly wafhing her Child in fomie 
| of the water of the Pond, lap‘d itup in fuch rags, as fhe had begg’d 
-| Of the’ Chriftians 5 and in three hours tiie caniehome, with her Child 
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order, and continue it fo. 3 
~Tean name a Planter there, that feeds daily two hundred mouths , 
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and keépsthem in fuch order, asthere are no mu oft them 5 
and yet of feveral nations. All thefe are to be employed in their feve- 
ral abilities, fo asno one beidle. The firftwork to bi confidered, is 
Weeding, for unlef that be done, allelfe (and the Planter too) will 
bé undone, and ifthatbe neglected but a little time, it will beahard 
mitter to recover it again, fo faft willthe weeds grow there. But the 
ground being kept clean, ‘tis ficto bear any thing that Country will} 
afford. After weeding comes Planting, ‘and they account two fe nS 
inthe year beft and that is, Azzy and November 5 but Caties are to be 
| planted at all times, that they may comie in, one field after another 5 . 
otherwife, the work will ftand ftill. _ And commonly they have ina ‘ “i 
field that is planted together, atone timc, ten or a dozenacres. This | 
work of planting and weeding , the Matter himfclf is to fee done; 
-Junlefs he have a very trufty and able Overfeer 5 and without fuch a 
\one, he willhave toomuchto do. Thenext thing heis to confider ,} 
is the Ingenio, and what belongs to that 5 as , the Ingenio it {elf,| 
| whichisthe Priaum apbile of the whole work, the Boyling-houfe, 
_ |with the Coppets and Furnaces, the Filling room, the er; 
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