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confess that it contrasts very favourably with some of our sol- 
vent ones ! The most interesting staple is decidedly sugar ; and 
here., again, we find, what we cannot commend too highly nor 
too frequently — the complete illustration of this branch of 
human industry in all its various phases: — the sugar-cane ; crude 
sugar, as extracted from the plant; molasses; very many 
samples of sugar as exported ; about ninety samples of rum, 
and a great variety of liqueurs. 
Another very prominent product of the island is the lace- 
bark ( Lagetta lint ear ea), and other similar substances, com- 
mercially know as “ bast,” and employed for tying up cigars 
and other manufactured goods. But it would be impossible 
even to enumerate the products of this rich island, for the 
mention of them would occupy as much space as this article. It 
asserts its claim to be considered a cotton-growing colony, not 
only experimentally but practically. Its animal, vegetable, and 
mineral products are very numerous, the collections of natural 
history objects deeply interesting, and the Art collection by 
no means unimportant. 
In British Guiana we find samples of cotton-wool which 
have been pronounced equal to the finest Sea-Island; and we 
coidd describe much more that is interesting, did we not fear 
that the patience of our readers is already exhausted by this 
dry catalogue ; we shall, therefore, hurry through our task and 
bring these remarks to a close. 
The contents of the Canadian Settlements present every 
indication of a rising empire. The vegetable products of 
Canada Proper are of the most important and indispensable 
description. Winter wheat, weighing 66 lb. to the bushel, is 
shown with no little pride ; and the enormous “ trophy ” of 
coarse woods sufficiently denotes the flourishing state of a trade 
which is being largely interfered with by the daily-increasing 
employment of non in shipbuilding. This trophy itself is 
composed of enormous planks of oak, maple, birch, ash, ehn, 
cedar, pine, walnut, cherry, and a number of other kinds, of 
which the names are almost unknown here ; whilst the pedestal 
of the trophy consists of gigantic blocks or cross-sections of 
the same woods. 
In the New Brunswick Court the same woods are exhibited 
in a very interesting manner. They form the leaves of a book, 
and are accompanied by the fruit and foliage of the various 
trees to which they appertain. Here, too, we have a valuable 
collection of furs, beaver-skins, &c. ; and one of the chief 
attractions of the court consists of the beautitul pieces of 
furniture, cabinets, “ -what-nots,” &c., constructed by the fair 
hands of the Canadian ladies, of “ cone-work,” in other words, 
with the cones of the fir-tree. 
