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mifes fair to become a mofl flourifliing 

 Colony, with proper encouragement; 

 though the Dutch do not beftow all the 

 attention on thefe colonies which they 

 deferve, and in fome meafure negledi the 

 Wejl for the Ea/i Indies. 



The Plantations of thefe Colonies are 

 fituated in lingle tiers on each fide of 

 the River, extending feven hundred and 

 fifty rods in depth from the River, but 

 are of different extent in front, accord- 

 ing to the productions to which they 

 are appropriated ; thofe for Sugar ex- 

 tending ufually either a thoufand or fif- 

 teen hundred rods in front of the Ri- 

 ver ; thofe for Coffee or Cotton feldonv 

 exceed five hundred. Between each 

 plantation the Company has referved 

 twenty-four feet of ground, on which 

 roads are to be made, if ever a fecond 

 row of plantations fhould be formed 

 behind the firft. Sugar plantations are 



deemed 



