336 TRAVELS IN AJ'JIICA. 
individuals, and give in the season a large crop 
of grapes. 
Nearly all our garden vegetables are raised 
there, and what with yams, cassada, and pom- 
pions, there is seldom any want of one or other 
of those agreeable and almost necessary requi- 
sites for the table. There are good meat, 
poultry, and fish markets, and almost every ar- 
ticle in the house-keeping line can be procured 
at the shops of the British merchants. 
