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to gain a few miles ; and frequently when it comes oppo- 
site its destination, should the breeze slacken, the current 
is so powerful as to drift it miles during a single night. 
Vessels in the sugar trade all carry “moses boats,” for the 
purpose of beaching. They are of very clumsy construc- 
tion, but of great strength, and not easily swamped, thereby 
being very suitable for the work to which they are put; 
and as the beach generally is very steep, they can come 
within a few yards of the shore. Each of these boats is 
provided with a pair of skids, of sufficient length to reach 
from the gunwale to the dry sand, along which the hogs- 
heads and puncheons are rolled into the boat; and as the 
surf is frequently high on account of the great swell of the 
Atlantic, this becomes at times a difficult task : the waves 
must be watched, and the cask rolled at the right moment. 
Less difficulty is experienced in the shipment of rum, for 
as the puncheons are water-tight, it is of no moment if they 
get wet. 
Having traced the manufacture of sugar from the plant 
to the shipment, little more can be said. We may, how- 
ever, glance at the imports of these islands, where sugar is 
the chief cultivation. Some of the stores necessary in the 
manufacture are coals for the furnaces, Temper or Bristol 
lime for tempering the cane juice, oils of various kinds for 
burning, lubricating machinery, and for dressing and phy- 
sicking cattle, cart and mill grease, gasketting, white and 
red lead for repairing steam joints, paints, turpentine, rope, 
machinery, including stills, &c., bar and hoop iron, planks 
and boards, medicines, articles of clothing, beer, wine, and 
provisions, cattle, mules, and Coolies, or Africans, saddlery, 
furniture, candles, soap, and various other articles, which 
altogether comprise a very imposing list of imports called 
for to produce the export we have been considering. 
EDUCATION. 
FEW hints on this head may be useful, since the 
importance of paying attention to physical and men- 
tal training cannot be too strongly inculcated. 
If there is one thing connected with this subject more 
worthy of remark than another, it is this, that under no 
