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THE BUILDINGS. 



that the tenant shall perform some service in 

 lieu of making his payment in money. The 

 service required is, for instance, that of going 

 upon errands, or of seeing that the woods are 

 not destroyed by persons who have not obtained 

 permission from the owner to cut down timber, 

 and other offices of the same description. 



THE BUILDINGS. 



The buildings which are usually to be seen 

 upon the plantations are the following : 



The mill ; which is either turned by water or 

 by cattle ; some of the plantations possess both 

 of these, owing to the failure of the water in the 

 dry season ; and indeed there are a few estates 

 upon which the crops are so large as to require 

 that there should be both. 



The boiling-house ; which is usually attached 

 to the mill, and is the most costly part of the 

 apparatus, for the coppers, &c. must be obtained 

 from Europe. 



The claying-house or caza de purgar ; which 

 is oftentimes connected with the boiling-house. 

 It is also generally made use of as the still-house 

 or distillery. 



The chapel ; which is usually of considerable 

 dimensions. This building and all the fore- 

 going are almost universally constructed of 

 brick. 



The dwelling-house for the owner or ma- 



