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than usual were now entertained as to the advantages to accrue from silk culture, and by some enthusiasts it was even anticipated that silk would supersede tobacco.[1] Wine also was expressed from three varieties of grape;

There have been transmitted to us several interesting accounts of what was necessary, about the middle of the

  1. Leah and Rachel, p. 19, Force’s Historical Tracts, vol. III.