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rife to a great height, efpecially near the 

 Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes ; but 

 alfo to be inclofed and interfered by 

 trenches with gates emptying into the 

 River, which at low tide are opened 

 for difcharging the water which may 

 have fallen on the plantation by rain ; 

 all which requires no fmall labour : 

 But it is amply repaid by other attend- 

 ant advantages. The trenches ferve for 

 canals, by which the canes are, with, 

 great facility, tranfported to the mills ; 

 the fertility of the foil is inexhauftible ; 

 and the land, being covered with but 

 little elfe than Troolies and Manicoles, 

 is much eafier cleared than in the more 

 elevated parts of the River, where in- 

 deed dykes and trenches are unne- 

 cessary ; but the fertility of the foil is 

 much lefs durable, and the lands are 

 covered with large timber, which, in 

 hardnefs, folidity, and weight, is but 

 little inferior to iron : This, however, 



though 



