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CULTIVATION 01 THE SUGAR CANE. 



And when in some instances they have been unwillingly 

 compelled by their instructions, to pursue a modified form 

 of it, it has been done so carelessly, and so much against 

 the inclination, that its success has in several instances 

 been rendered abortive. I have found it to answer per- 

 fectly well in Antigua, the soil of which island is generally 

 more fertile than that of Barbadoes, and in St. Kitts its 

 success has been most complete and gratifying. 



