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THE CROP. 
Previous to this period the Conductor of the 
Estate pays due attention that his Mills are in good 
order ; and. before he proceeds to setting them a- 
going, which is generally done in the evening, 
and by candle or lamp-light, he makes experiments, 
with small quantities of the Cherry-Coffee, to see 
that his Mills are properly braced, and that they 
neither cut the Coffee nor pass out the grains with 
the husks. 
Fortunate is the Planter who hath a stream of 
water sufficient to turn his Mills ; which will afford 
great ease and comfort to his Negroes. If he has 
not, lie should be careful that his Mill-house is 
warm, and closed from the admission of the nffiht- 
air ; for, as the toil is laborious, excessive perspi¬ 
ration is inevitable, and therefore an allowance of 
Rum should be afforded them, as well to excite them 
to labour with cheerfulness, as to fortify the sto¬ 
mach, on issuing hot from a close house, through 
the cold night air, on their, way to their own houses. 
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