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in Africa (says our traveller), who were 
acquainted with the growth of the sugar- 
cane in the West Indies, and the nature of 
the lands on which it flourishes most, I 
found they were decidedly of opinion that 
in the southern parts of Africa this com- 
modity might be reared, and brought to as 
high a degree of perfection as in any other 
part of the globe. They went still farther, 
and avowed it also as their opinion, that 
not a spice which grew in Ceylon, or the 
Dutch colonies in the East, but would 
flourish in the southern parts of Africa. 
Fruits of almost every denomination have 
been reared in these colonies; oranges, 
lemons, citrons, figs, apples, pears, apricots, 
peaches, &c., have been cultivated in cer- 
tain districts, and most of them with every 
imaginable success. There could be no 
difficulty, therefore, in extending these 
productions to every part of the southern 
continent. 
Such are the capabilities of this delight- 
ful country; and as I apprehend nothing 
is wanting to perfect the whole but the 
exertions of a wise and liberal government, 
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