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The Sifters should be hung in the upper part of 
the Polygon, and the Picking-table round the cen¬ 
tral upright post ; and thus the presence of one 
person would suffice to superintend the whole of 
the operations. 
During all this bustle, should the picking so 
far slacken as to give him time, the attentive Plan¬ 
ter will avail himself thereof, and spare as large a 
portion as possible to weeding : for on keeping his 
Coffee-patches clear from weeds, and his Pols-cloax 
fences regularly trimmed, and their cuttings duly 
spread over the surface, will depend all his chance 
of an abundant and increasing crop. 
IIis solicitude will now be peculiarly and anx¬ 
iously called forth to the Drying-platforms, or Gla¬ 
cis . Plis Coffee we will suppose carefully spread, 
and duly raked, so as the whole of it equally bene¬ 
fits by the Sun’s beams:—When, lo ! the clouds ga¬ 
ther—his whole force about the Buildings, ser¬ 
vants, male and female, old and young, are col¬ 
lected, and his grain is housed with the utmost ex¬ 
pedition. 
The clouds disperse, and no rain falls—he spreads 
it out again, and blames himself for trusting to 
false appearances.—Again the sky assumes a gloomy 
cast.—He looks, and doubts, and thinks the 
clouds will, as before, disperse. Mistaken his 
conclusion—down comes it—in a delude too it 
comes—and ineffectual now is rendered his former 
pains of many days exposure. He 
