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clianting country, diversified with gentle eminences and large valleys 

 well clothed with timber. From the farther margin of the river, 

 which flows at one hundred yards distance in front of the house^ 

 rises a fine hill, well calculated for the culture of every species of 

 produce, and connected with others of equal fertility. 



On the following day I was chiefly occupied in visiting every part 

 of the estabhshment. The distil-house, sugar-engine, and corn-mill, 

 were very much out of repair ; the two latter were worlted by hori- 

 zontal water-wheels of great power. The buildings of the fazenda 

 form a square, the southern side being occupied by the house, and 

 and the three others consisting of dwellings for the negroes, store- 

 houses, carpenters' and blacksmiths' shops, and other offices equally 

 useful. 



Having requested to see the cattle, I was shewn seven fine well- 

 proportioned cows ; their calves were old, and they being unaccus- 

 tomed to be milked regularly, gave very little. I signified to the 

 people my wish to instruct them in the management of a dairy 

 after the English mode ; and the carpenter hearing my description 

 of a churn, readily assured me that he could make one, and set 

 about it forthwith in the following manner. He procured a trunk 

 of a tree of the length and girth required ; sawed it lengthwise in 

 two equal parts, which, (after hollowing them suflficiently, and pre- 

 paring a bottom,) he joined with two* iron hoops so tightly as to hold 

 water. The churn-staff' and top were soon finished : but now an un- 

 expected diflSculty occurred ; here was no place free from dust and 

 dirt to serve for a dairy, nor any pan fit to hold the milk. All the 

 cooking-pots that could be spared were cleaned for this purpose, but 

 they were quite of the wrong make, being wide at the bottom and 

 narrow at the brim. They were, however, laid by along with the 

 churn, to be used the first time the cows were milked. The good 

 lady of the house assisted in our preparations, and seemed much in- 

 terested in them. 



