| 1796.] 
» many feet in length; the ftems fhoot- 
ing upwards, from feven to ten feet in 
height, with many joints cafting off flag 
leaves at every joint. Under thele leaves, 
jand clofe to the ftem, grows the corn, 
| covered over by many coats of fedgy 
| leaves, and fo clofed in by them to the 
_ftem, that it does not thow itfelf eafily, 
till there burft out at the end of the ear 
anumber of ftrings, that look like tufts of 
horfe-hair, at frit of a beautiful green, 
and afterwards red or yellow. The ftem 
/ends ina flower. The corn will ripen 
In September; but the fin at that feafon 
-not having ftrength enough to dry it, it 
muft be laid upon racks, or thin open 
floors, in dry rooms, and frequently 
turned, to avoid moulding. ‘The grains 
are about as big as peas, and adhere in 
regular rows round a white pithy fub- 
| ftance, which forms the ear. An ear 
' contains from two to four hundred 
grains, and is from fix toten inches in 
length. They are of various colours, 
blue, red, white, and yellow. The man- 
ner of gathering them is by cutting down 
the ftems and breaking off the ears. The 
ftems are as big as a man’s wrift, and 
look like Bamboo cane; and the pith is 


full of a juice that taftes as {weet as 
fugar. ‘The joints are about a foot and a 
half diftance. “Phe increafe is upwards 
ef five hundred fold. Upon a eee fcale, 
to fave the expence of hilling, the feed 
may be drilled in alleys like peas; and to 
faye digging, the ground may be ploug! red 
and harrowed, aie will anfwer very 
well. It will grow upon all kinds of 
land. The ears which grow upon dry 
fandy land are lefs, but ha eed riper. 
The grain is taken from the hutk by 
hand, and when ground upon French 
tones, makes an excellent flour, of which 
it yields much more, with’ much lefs 
bran, than wheat does, and exceeds it in 
eruft, pancakes, puddings, and ail other 
ufes except bread ; but a {weetnefs pecu- 
liar to it, which in other cafes makes it 
‘agreeable, is here naufeous. It is excel- 
lent for feeding poultry and hogs, and 
fattens both much better and fooner than 
peas or barley. The ftems make better 
thedges for kitchen gardens than reeds 
do. It clears the ground from weeds, 
and makes a good feafon for’ any other 
Kind of corn. Pifo, and other Spanith 
phyficians are full of the medicinal virtues 
of this grain. It was the only bread- 
corn known in America when firft dif-. 
covered by the pramatcy: and is there 
ied eae 
Cultivation of Indian Corn...» . Population. 
ith of thé population. 
19} 
For tbe Monthly Magazine. 
Popu LATION OF CORFE CASTLE. 
eee has lately heen printed, an 
extremely minute and curious ac- 
count of the ftate of population, in the 
parifh of Corfe Caftle, Dorfetfhire, ap- 
parently intended as a model for fimr- 
lar régifters, throughout the kingdom. 
Having ween favoured with a copy of 
this piece (not printed for fale) I thall 
make fuch extracts, as I imagine will be 
sceptable to your readers. 
Tran{cripts from the parifh regifter 
are firit given, for two periods; the ‘firtt, 
of 50 years, from 1701 to 1750, inclufive ; 
the fecond, of 20 years, from 1776 to 
1795, inclufive. The averages are as 
follows: 
Fick period— Births, m. 113, f. g$8 tot. 20% 
Burials, m. 95 5 f.1034 tot. 19# 
Marriages, “Apu ina CAE 
f'152 tot. 3110 
f. DEA cot. 2ite 
4 
Secondper.—— Births, m:. 
Burials, m. 
Marriages, 
The increafe of inhabitants in the lat- 
r period, is chiefly attributed to the 
ae of the clay trade, this parifh 
yielding a fine clay, much ufed in the 
Staffordihire potteries. From an aétual 
enumeration of the inhabitants, taken in 
1790, it appears, that the number of 
boufes in the parith, was 2613 of refedent 
inhabitants, 1239, males 613, females, 626. 
Proportion of inhabitants to a houfe, a 
little more than 43. The number of 
perfons receiving confiant parochial relief, 
was 72, viz. males, 16, females, 56, being 
about 1th of the whole. Many more re- 
ceived occofional relief. . 
The number of males, from 15 to so 
years of age, inclufive, was 264, more than 
‘The parifh does 
not feem remarkable for longevity, only 
37 of both fexes being above 70 years of 
age. The proportion of annual births to 
people, is calculated at 1 to 3943 cf 
deaths, t to 564, 
655 
O35 

PEDESTRIAN Tour IN NortTH 
WALES. 
[Concluded from our laf.) , 
ees church is about a quar- 
ter of a mile diftant from the firft 
afcent of Snowdon; and the fky being 
perfectly clear, we refolved to feale the 
fummit of the mountain. Upon enguiry, 
we found that the beft time to make the 
attempt, was about four hours before 
dawn, fo as to reach the top in. time’to 
fee 
