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here found fufficieiit, barely to free the 

 land from its trees, and fcatter the Rice 

 on the unbroken ground, which readily 

 takes root, and grows with the moft 

 luxuriant fertility, and yielding an amaz- 

 ing increafe. 



The Indian Yams are peculiar to this 

 part of the Continent of America, be- 

 ing unknown in any of the Wejl-India 

 iflands, and are different from either 

 the Guinea Yam, or that which is dif- 

 tinguifhed by a Prickly Vine, both of 

 which are here cultivated to great ad- 

 vantage. The Indian Yam is a fari- 

 naceous root, of a reddifh purple co- 

 lour, near the fize of a man's wrift, 

 and feven or eight inches in length : It 

 fomewhat refembles the Potatoe, but 

 has a tafte peculiar to itfelf, which ii 

 very agreeable. They are planted in 

 fmall hillocks, and produce a long flender 

 E 4 vine, 



