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1 6 7 1 ] of the Island of Bourbon , &c. 
There’s room in the Island to settle more than 10,000 
persons, as well in these localities & in others most com¬ 
modious. 
The inhabitants of the Isle can live here comfortably in 
farming their settlements. They plant here that which 
follows. The soil, being good, produces bountifully. 
Thus they reap abundantly. 
Rice , which they plant in the fashion of the Blacks, Food crops. 
making a quantity of holes in the earth where they throw 
some rice & cover it up with earth. The rice comes as 
thickly as the corn of Europe. The crop is made three 
months after ’tis planted. ’Tis difficult, because the rice 
does not ripen all together; ’tis necessary to pick the ripe 
ears by hand. 
Large Millet or Indian corn , of which they reap four 
crops yearly, if they wish. 
Brazil Beans , which bear for seven years without re¬ 
planting. They are as good as the broad beans of Europe. 
Antacques are small beans, white, yellow & russet, of 
these three kinds, each separately. They last also seven 
years without replanting & keep bearing. They are good. 
Haricots. Same as in Europe. 
Voesmes in quantity, having their pods a foot long in 
which are found small beans of the same taste as Haricots. 
The pod is also eaten green. 
Ambericques , having a long pod in which are small 
yellow and green peas, which are very good. There are 
also some very good roots, the same as in Madagascar, 
to wit— 
Ouvy Foutchy or ‘ white roots ’ of several sorts. These 
roots ordinarily grow as large as the thigh of a man, & 
more or less according to the good soil where they are 
planted. They are more than nine months in the ground. 
Yams. These roots grow ordinarily as large as two fists 
of a man join’d together. They are little different in taste 
