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COTTON-WOOL. 



^Letter to ivhitc, adhering so firmly to the staple, that the 

 at Kaira. latter is tom from it, leaving the ends of its fibres 

 in the seed, which gives it the white appearance. 

 No sample of the white seed has been hitherto re- 

 ceived. The culture of cotton has been introduced 

 in the Islands of Bourbon and Mam^itius within the 

 last thirty years. It would be desirable to know 

 from whence the seed was originally imported : 

 in all probability it came from some of the French 

 West India Islands. It is not unreasonable to 

 infer, that the Pernambuco Sea Islands, and other 

 superior descriptions of cotton, might be success- 

 fully cultivated in this province. The object 

 appears to merit a trial, which experience proves 

 may be done at a very trifling expense. 



The culture is equally simple with that of the 

 common cotton of the country. A few^ plain 

 directions might be furnished to each Tullatee, who 

 would be instructed to explain them to the villagers. 

 To ascertain the irrigation, fifteen begahs of the 

 twenty in some of the villages might have that 

 advantage : the result would be decisive, as the 

 same soil would be subject to different modes of 

 culture. 



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