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man lefs enlightened would have perhaps 

 preferred the port m the fouth-weft, be~ 

 caufe it is larger and more commodious : 

 but this able leaman knew, as much as any 

 one, the advantages of a port to the leeward. 

 On thofe fhores, where general winds pre- 

 vail, leeward ports are alone fufceptible of 

 an eafy defence when attacked, as the ene- 

 mies fliips muft always be towed in order 

 to bring them, into the harbour. By the 

 fame reafoning the wind is always favour- 

 able for going out, another advantage, 

 which, though inferior to the former, is 

 not to be overlooked. 



The cultivation of corn is that which 

 fucceeded beft in the Ifle of France. The 

 lands there produce fucceffively, every year, 

 a crop of wheat and one of maize, com- 

 monly called Turkey corn. The manioc *, 



which 



* Manih^tj tmgmc or mnmc, is a plant wlilch grows 

 1)4 ill 



