JO HISTORY OF THE [book v. 
1 st. Of the coal and vegetable ashes, drawn 
from the fires of the boiling and still-houses. 
2 dly. Feculences discharged from the still- 
house, mixed up with rubbish of buildings, white- 
lime, &c. 
3 dly. Refuse, or field-trash, (i. e.) the decayed 
leaves and stems of the canes; so called in con¬ 
tradistinction to cane-trash, reserved for fuel, and 
hereafter to be described. 
4 thly. Dung obtained from the horse and mule 
stables, and from moveable pens, or small inclo¬ 
sures made by posts and rails, occasionally shifted 
upon the lands intended to be planted, and into 
which the cattle are turned at night. 
5 thly. Good mould, collected from gullies and 
other waste places, and thrown into the cattle- 
pens. ■ m 
The first, (i. e.) ashes , is commonly supposed to 
be a manure of itself, well adapted for cold and 
stiff clays; and in some parts of Jamaica, it is the 
practice, in the fall of the year, to carry it out 
unmixed, in cart loads, to the lands where it is in¬ 
tended to be used. It is left there (or in some spot 
adjoining) in large heaps, until the land is holed; 
after which a basket full, containing commonly 
from fifteen to twenty pounds, is thrown into each 
cane-hole, and mixed with the mould at the time 
