CHAP, IV.] WEST INDIES# 
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CHAPTER IV. 
Of the minor Staple Commodities; viz. Cotton, its 
growth and various species.—Mode of cultivation and 
risques attending it.—Import of this article into Great 
Britain, and profits accruing from the manufactures 
produced by it .— Indigo, its cultivation and manufac¬ 
ture.—Opulence of the first Indigo planters in Ja¬ 
maica, and, reflections concerning the decline of this 
branch of cultivation in that island .— Coffee, whe¬ 
ther that of the West Indies equal to the Mocha?— Si¬ 
tuation and soil.—Exorbitant duty to which it was sub¬ 
ject in Great Britain.•—Approved method of cultivating 
the plant and curing the berry.—Estimate of the an¬ 
nual expenses and returns of a Coffee plantation —• 
Cacao, Ginger, Arnotto, Aloes, and Pimento ; 
brief account of each. 
COTTON. 
T HAT beautiful vegetable wool, or substance 
called cotton, is the spontaneous production 
of three parts of the earth. It is found growing 
naturally in all the tropical regions of Asia, Africa, 
and America; and may justly be comprehended 
