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on the plains to the westward. The facility, also, Letter to 



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which this division presented tor irrigation, it at Kaira. 

 necessary, was an object of the greatest impor- 

 tance. 



3. To submit the foregoing opinion to the test 

 of experience, you recommended the culture of 

 the plant upon a small scale, but sufficient to as- 

 certain the object without incurring any con- 

 siderable expense. The charges incurred ought 

 not to be received as any criterion of the actual 

 expense the cultivation would require : indeed I 

 feel convinced, that three-fourths of the sum would 

 be fully adequate to the purpose ; but it was not 

 the object in the first instance to control the 

 expenses, but to ascertain from practical experience 

 the capability of the soil and genial influence of 

 the climate to the success of the plan. These 

 grand data once established, the expense of culti- 

 vation will naturally find its level with every 

 branch of agriculture. Averse as the natives are 

 to every attempt at innovation on established cus- 

 toms, they are not less attentive to their own 

 interests when fairly and decidedly brought to 

 their notice. If we can fully establish the advan- 

 tage of the cultivation of Bourbon cotton, we 

 may confidently expect its extensive introduction 

 under the patronage of the Company's govern- 

 ment, at all times willing to encourage, rather 

 than repress, the speculative industry of its sub- 

 jects. 



4. Admitting 



