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HISTORY OF THE [book. v. 
1st. The Common Jamaica ; the seeds of which 
are oblong, perfectly smooth, and have no beard at 
the smaller end. The staple is coarse, but strong. 
Its greatest defect is, that the seeds are so brittle 
it is scarce possible to render it perfectly clean; on 
which account it is the lowest priced cotton at the 
British market. Such however is the obstinacy of 
habit, that few of the British cotton planters give 
themselves the trouble to select a better sort, or 
seem indeed to wish for it. 
2d. Brown Bearded .—This is generally cultiva¬ 
ted with the species last mentioned, but the staple 
is somewhat finer, and the pods, though fewer in 
number, produce a greater quantity of wool. The 
shrub gives likewise a better ratoon. It is there¬ 
fore the interest of the cotton planter to cultivate 
it separately. The only disadvantage attending it 
is, that it is not so easily detached from the seed as 
the other, and therefore a negro will clear a few 
pounds less in his day’s work. 
3d. Nankeen .—This differs but little in the seeds 
or otherwise from the species last mentioned, ex¬ 
cept in the colour of the wool, which is that of the 
cloth called Nankeen. It is not so much in de¬ 
mand as the white. 
opens, when ripe, into three or four partitions, discovering the cotton 
is as many white locks as theie are partitions in the pod. In these 
Jocks are inierspeised the seeds, which ate commonly small and 
