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instances pieces of land heretofore coTered by the salt water at tlie 

 fiow of tlie tide, have been laid dr}' by means of dnmiing for tlie 

 Eame purpose ; bnt the desired success ha.s not attended the plan, 

 for the canes haye been fotmd to be nnSt fot making sugar: the 

 symp does not coagulate, or at least does not attain that con- 

 sistence which is requisite, and therefore it can only be used for 

 the distilleries. 



The general mcde of :;rf-r:ir:'-iz :::r li'-ii ::r the C2ne is by 

 holing it with hoes. The i:rrr :r5 5 rand in a r:~. e.rrh rcan 

 strikes his hoe into the griuhi ::rm:ediately ':-::zt h::^, and 

 forms a trench of fire or six inches :_: It rh : i-z r'.TZ 

 the whole row doing the same, an^ riiry ;:::rrh :r rh:^ :rvL:.::;n 

 from one side of the cleared land to r".? :r :v:, :r r.::- r;p 



of a hill to the bottom. The earth vrh: :h 15 rh: :"h- " v.r ;: rae 

 trench remains on the lower silr ir. In the Br:ri;'r AVf-sr In- 

 dia colonies this work is done i:r a ::r:.::her nearly sirihar. "?"ar more 

 STst-er-ariraJy. The hr-h :1s ih Brazil are hrr hrrasrrraa, an i every- 

 thing is done by the eye. The qnarrrrry : f cane -hirh a tiece will 

 require for planting is estimatrd ly s: n:ah- :rr-l;al;: and 

 nothing can he nr:reva_:nr rhan rn:- in:!^ rf :::nrnr-rr:n, r :r rhe 

 load which a carr :a:- :arry hrrrhls nr:n rlr c.nlrmn c: ane 

 oien. upon the natnre rf rlie r a l. and upon rlie Irn.rn :f the 

 cane. Sach is the awk— rhril nnrae :f these rehijles. rhar miieh 

 nicety is nec-essary in 'na:ki:ri- rnern. an: if r— : janes -vill a : :at 

 nt into a canr iTh.ri: - a;.-s, nrnrh nr. re 'vih ';e ::nn:yel rhan rr' rhe 

 canes are longer and they double over each other. 



The plough is sometimes used in low lands, upon which drain- 

 ing has not been fern 1 n rjessary; but such is the clumsy con- 

 struction of the machine ~hi ch they make use. that shr oxen are 

 yoked to it. A plorrar. ara"~n ly two oxen, constructed after a 

 model which was brcn_:hr fr::n Cayenne, has been introduced in 

 one or two instances, L'r:n nig': Ir:: n rhe stumps 01 the trees 

 almost preclnde rhe r :ssibility :r rraas rvhrmnr rhe lah:rers. The 

 trenche- ::ein^ pnrarrl, rfh y----^ y.-; hh.irnhnih;- m 

 the bottom of tnem. and are covered witli rhe rrearesr rarr : me 

 mould which had been taken out ofthetren:. 11 > - _: ;rt _:n 

 to rise above the surface of th^ gr: aha in rhe c:n:;r :r r~e-Tr :r 

 fourteen days. The canes unilera: rliree jlranings h-cm the -"c-e:!? 

 and the sprouts praceeding fr::n r'ne sracnr- :r' rhe rrrcs : ana 

 when the land is poor, and pre an: s a grearer :nanr:ry cr rhe : :r- 

 mer, and contains fe— er :r^ rhr l-rreh r .e - r: nne r: m 

 cleaned afc>urth time, T m cnrrmgs are nn .:.ln la 1- :n:_m m 

 length, but it is judged that the shorter they are l etter, ll 

 they are short, and one piece of cane rots, an n : :e ^hich re- 

 mains vacant is not so large as when the cutriaa- : ; l:::h nna 

 they by any accident fail. The canes which are n;e 1 : - mah.r:_g 

 are generally ratoons. if any exist upon the plantation : but it 

 there are none of these, the inferior plant canes snnnly their 

 places. It is accounted more economical to make an r rl:e ra- 

 toons for this purpose : and maDy persons say that rn.y are less 



