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Ujmg mt ^vinisy woald ^tfa^l^it little 5twntiCn, as tli'e"irilmfrt6V*&d 
fceties, adjoining ' on 'cVcry fiflc, would probably ecfipire his lib'ors. 
Goiiid fc, bn tbe cdntrar)^, faife up, amidft thefe ' magnificent wil^s^ 
etie of the antiquated parterreS/i^ith Ifs canals and fpuntains, whofc 
fytiifft^tfy *heb"as leaihned to defpife; Kis work would produce adftiiratioti 
and delight. A pepper gardeh cultivated in England, would not, in 
point of external appear a nce^ be confidered as an obj^A of extraordi- 
nary beau t)^,' and would ht particularly found fault with for its unifor- 
mity ; yet, in Sumatra, I never entered one, after travelling many miles, 
as is ufually the cafe, through the woods, that I did not find myfelf at- 
fe(£ted with a ftrong fcnfation of pleafure. Perhaps the fimple view of 
human indultry, fo fcantily prefented in that iilandj might contribute td 
this pleafure, by awHi^cumg th<fCf Cnrh] fpplJjies rh^t nfltiifi* ha* tnfpired 
us with, and which make our breafts glow oti the perception of what- 
fever indicates tbe happlnefs of our fellow creatures* 
Once in every year, a furvey of all t^e pepper plantations is taken 
by the Com.pany's European fervants, reiident at the various fettlements, 
in the neighbourhood of which that article is cultivated. The number 
of vines in each particular garden is counted; accurate obfervation is 
made of its ftate and condition ; orders are given, where neceffary, for 
further care, for completion of llipulated quantity, renewals, changes 
of fitwftt(/vi for better foil; and rewards and punifhments are diftributed 
to the planters, as they appeai, fiviw -tk, ^^»gree of their iftduftry or re- 
miiTnefs, deferving of either. Memorandums of all thefe are noted in 
the furvey-booh, which, befide giving prefent information to the chief, 
and to the governor and council, to whom a copy is tranfmltted, ferves 
as a guide and check for the furvey of the fucceeding year. An ab- 
ftradt of the form of the book is as follows. It is divided into fundry 
colums, containing, the name of the village; the names of the planters; 
the number of chinkareens planted ; the number of vines juft planted; 
of young vines, not in a bearing flate, three clafles or years; of young 
vines not in a bearing ftate, three claffes; of vines in prime; 
of thofe on decline; of thofe that are old, but flUl productive;- 
the total number; and laftly the quantity of pepper received 
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