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COFFEE. — COTTON. 



Several years ago, large tracts of mountain-land 

 were cleared and plan ed with it, and good < roj s 

 were obtained, notwithstanding tlie de predations of 

 nionkies and muhan^8 ; but the price of coffee 

 fluctuated so mueh that its cultivation for expor* 

 tut ion. Mas abandoned. A lew thousand plants yet 

 remain on the InlLplantatiens, which have been COIM 

 verted to spice one*. 



The quality of that now obtained, to the amount 

 of j>; rtjups, I(K) piculs \ early, is considered equal 

 to the average oj' that taken to the Europe niaiku 

 from other regions, c\ccptii,g Mod. a. 



COTTON, 



Cotton has never been extensively cultivated at 

 this settlement. It has, however, been lontf intro- 

 duced, and the staple of one of the varieties now 

 cub ivaled,-r— lint whence obtained cannot be easily 

 ascertained — is of a very superior quality. It thrives 

 luxuriantly on the light as Well as tin stiff soils, and 

 equally ivrifl on the hills, as in the valley. The chief 

 obstacle* to the cultivation are, the price of labor, 

 and the sudden VicifcSitudefi of climate from dry (o 

 Met — the latter being apt to injure the pod. 



Bushes of the above mentioned variety — which has 

 a yellow blossom — have been observed, for the last 

 six w ars, in almost constant bearing. The\ begin 

 to bear in Bix or eight mouths after planting. 



The following calculation was given to toe, several 

 years ago, by an intelligent Chinese who intended 

 cultivating cotton, but abandoned the project lor a 

 more lucrative oue. 



One bin al red or long! "ill contain 435, OtJO bushes, 

 and each bush will yield, annually, 50 buds of cotton, 

 or one tae! — which is the low tat averaged rate — ■ 

 being 272 pieuls and 2-3 catties for one wear's produce. 



