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and Canals but there would be no need to prevent proprietors 
from cultivating their own lands, nor to inflict penalties upon 
those who have only made a reasonable use of the streams of 
running water which providence has provided for them.” 
The attention of Capt. Mann was naturally directed to 
those parts of the Island, the northern parts for instance, 
which are entirely deprived of those rh ers with which the 
South of the Island is so abundantly provided, and he recom- 
mends that certain works should lie performed to restore the 
Canal which formerly supplied with water those localities now 
so dry. 
The projected restoration of the Bois Rouge Canal, accor- 
ding to the opinion of Captain Mann, is an important step in 
the right direction, £< and if followed up by similar works in 
other parts of the Island,” he says, “ will assuredly tend to the 
great object we all have in view, the prosperity of Mauritius.” 
Mr. Paruit has presented a work on the cultivation of su- 
gar cane, in which he lays particular stress on the nature of 
the manures to be employed in order to obtain good results. 
He does not approve of the plant been cut several times, 
and would like to see the roots taken up and a new plantation 
made after the second crop. 
In support of his opinion, he cites the “ Bonne Mere ” Es- 
tate at Flacq, on which the plantations are always made with 
manure to which Guano is afterwards added and are renewed 
every two years. By this way, a very small extent of land 
has for years past yielded regularly heavy crops. The exam- 
ple is seductive, we must confess, and easily followed ; and 
we refer the question to the study of our planters. 
Mr. Paruit also suggests an exchange of cuttings from the 
dry to the wet districts and vice versa. 
His opinion being that cuttings from the damp districts 
being gifted with very strong vegetative powers would retain 
their vigor in the dry quarters, whilst the cuttings from the 
latter would derive fresh strength in the well watered districts. 
It may be right. It is a principle in agriculture that a care- 
ful selection should be made of the parts of plants, seeds, 
cuttings etc., intended to be confided to the earth and that 
they should always be healthy and sound. It would there- 
