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make her Tobacco that grew in that Swamp left, for it 
produced fc very large, that it was fuipe&ed to be of 
the Aranoko kind : I told her, though the Complaint 
was rare, yet there was an Excellent Remedy for that, in 
Jetting every Plant bear Eight or Nine Leaves inftead of 
Four or Five, and (lie would have more Tobacco, and 
left Leaves. Now you mud know, they top their To- 
bacco, that is, take away the little top-bud, when the 
Plant has put forth as many Leaves as they think the 
Richneft of the Ground will bring to a Subftance; but 
generally when it has (hot forth four or fix Leaves. And 
when the top-bud is gone, it puts forth no more Leaves, 
but Side-branches, which they call Suckers, which they 
are careful ever to take away, that they may not em- 
poverilh the Leaves. I have been more tedious in the 
Particulars, the fullier to evince how refolute they are, 
and conceitedly bent to follow their old Practice and 
Cuftom, rather than to receive Directions from others , 
tho' plain, eafie, and advantageous. There are many 
other places are as eafie to drain as this, tho' of larger 
extent, and richer Soil, for fbme of which I have given 
Diredions, and have only had the return perhaps of a 
flout afterwards : Even in James town Ijland, which is 
much what of an Oval Figure, there's a Swamp runs 
Diagonal wife over the Ifland, whereby is loft at leaft 
i jo Acres of Land, which would be Meadow, which 
would turn to as good Account as if it were in England: 
Befides it is the great annoyance of the Town, and no 
doubt but makes it much more unhealthy. If therefore 
they but fcour'd the Channel, and made a pretty ordi- 
nary Trench all along the middle of the Swamp, placed 
a Sluce at the Mouth, where it opens into the back 
Greek for the Mouth of the Channel there is narrow, 
has a good hard bottom, and is not paft two Yards deep 
when the Flood is out; as if Nature had defigned it be- 
fore hand : They might thus drain all the Swamp ab- 
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