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more elevated, but lefs valuable lands, 

 farther up thefe rivers, while that ad- 

 jacent to the fea, was by them neglect- 

 ed, on account of thofe fuperundations* 

 which are the fource of this redundant 

 fertility; which is even fomewhat dis- 

 advantageous, and proves, that even the 

 greateft bleffings, may be difpenfed to ex- 

 cefs; as the inhabitants near the fea, are 

 under the neceffity, of recurring to various 

 expedients, for diminifhing the exceffive 

 fertility of the foil, which they ufually 

 effecl:, by flocking it with plantin trees, 

 for two or three years, and afterwards 

 planting it with canes, which even, af- 

 ter this precaution, are ufually too ro- 

 bud, and luxuriant to make fugar with 

 advantage, and are therefore, during 

 the firfl and fecond crop, converted into 

 rum, which, until the late Act of tho 

 Britijh Parliament, for prohibiting the 

 entry of foreign rum into her Ameri-* 



can 



