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CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL,
OF THE
BRITISH COLONIES
IN THE
WEST INDIES.
BY BRYAN EDWARDS, Esq. F.R.S. S.A.
ILLUSTRATED BY AN ATLAS,
AND
EMBELLISHED WITH À PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.
TO WHICH IS ADDED A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE
BAHAMA ISLANDS,
By DANIEL M'KINNEN, Esq.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED AND SOLD BY JAMES HUMPHREYS, At the Corner of Second and Walnut-streets.
1806.
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SA 7027.93.9
CONTENTS
OF THE THIRD VOLUME.
BOOK V.
AGRICULTURE.
CHAP. I.
Sugar Cane.-Known to the ancients,-Conjectures concerning its in-
troduction into Europe.-Conveyed from Sicily to the Azores, &c.
in the 15th century, and from thence to the West Indies.-Evi-
dence to prove that Columbus himself carried it from the Ca-
nary Islands to Hispaniola.—Summary of P. Labat's reasoning to
demonstrate that it was found growing spontaneously in the West
Indies. Both accounts reconciled. Botanical name and descrip-
tion.-Soils best adapted for its cultivation, and their varieties
described-Use and advantage of the plough.-Usual method of
holding and planting. Season proper for planting.-Blast.-Ma-
nures.-Improvements suggested.
CHAP. II.
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Crop-time, the season of health and festivity.-Mills for grinding the
canes. Of the cane-juice, and its component parts.-Process for