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deemed the moft profitable, and ar# 

 the objedts to which all afpire. Thofe, 

 however, whofe fortunes are unequal to 

 fb expenfive an undertaking, content 

 themfelves with Coffee or Cotton Plan- 

 tations, till they have thereby fufficiently 

 improved their ftock for undertaking 

 a greater objedt. 



The Sugar-mills of thefe Colonies are 

 either turned by mules, obtained chiefly 

 from the Spaniards of Oronoque, by 

 illicit traffic, or by wind, or water. 

 The dwelling-houfes are ufually fur- 

 rounded by piazzas, which in this cli- 

 mate are particularly convenient. The 

 plantations near the fea-caaft are at 

 prefent efteemed much the moft va- 

 luable. They indeed require to be not 

 only furrounded with dykes, for ex- 

 cluding the water which overflows the 

 adjacent woods, and to defend them 

 from the inundation of the tides, which 



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