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The negroes may be valued at 32/. eacli ; 

 oxen at 3/. each ; and horses at the same ; but 

 by management the two last may be obtained 

 at lower prices. A sugar plantation of the first 

 class, with suitable buildings, may be reckoned as 

 being worth from 7000/. to 8000/., and some few 

 are valued as high as 10,000/. ; but an advance 

 of one-sixth of the price would probably be ac- 

 cepted, the remainder to be paid by yearly 

 instalments. The inland plantations may be 

 reckoned at from 3000/. to 5000/. and a few are 

 rather higher ; but a smaller advance would be 

 required than upon the purchase of prime plan- 

 tations, and the instalments would be more 

 moderate. Plantations of the first class ought 

 to have eighty negroes at least, and an increased 

 number of animals, owing to their capability of 

 employing more hands. * 



The only carts which are used upon the 

 plantations are very clumsily made ; a flat surface 

 or table (meza) made of thick and heavy timber, 



* The following is a statement of the number of cases of 

 sugar exported from Peraambuco, from the year 1808 to 

 1813: — 



1808 4-271 



1809 12801 



1810 9840 



1811 7749 



1812 8577 



1813 9022 



I obtained it from my friend Mr. I. C. Pagen, who resided 

 at Itacife during a considerable portion of the time. 



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