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running Vines of every kind, ought to be strictly in¬ 
terdicted, as they wind about the Coffee, entangle 
in its branches, and do it considerable injury. The 
Palma Christi , or plant from which the Castor-oil 
is made, is also among the number of admissible 
plants ; and indeed the occupying the spaces be¬ 
tween the rows with any plant which does not too 
much exhaust the substance of the Soil, is of ad¬ 
vantage, as preventing the effects of the intense heat 
of the Sun’s rays from absorbing its juices, till such 
time as the Coffee plants themselves sufficiently ex¬ 
tend their branches for that salutary purpose. 
Magnioc, if you have a French Manager, he will 
be a strenuous advocate for introducing, it being a- 
m°n gyoar Coffee, and as he terms his privileges. But 
even was this privilege not frequently abused (which 
is not often the case) it ought to be very thinly 
planted, and continued for a very short time ; never 
exceeding one crop of Farine. In short, this descrip¬ 
tion of people will be for introducing potatoes, peas, 
and corn ; for which reason it will ever be my 
maxim, and the leading feature of my instructions to 
my Attornies, never to employ a French Manager. 
Nor fear I here to be accused by the French Plan¬ 
ters with illiberality, or national prejudice. The 
French Proprietors are themselves so well convinc¬ 
ed of the justness of my assertion, that they scarce¬ 
ly ever confer the authority which we annex to the 
character and situation of a Manager, on their 
Monsieur l y Econome .” Some of the most able and 
well- 
