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earth, under the genial influence of the dime, pours forth her various plenty. Rice, wheat, peas, and beans, grow here in abundance; and a fort of grain called jow, ſomething like the oats of Europe. The indigo ſhrub thrives exceedingly in this ſoil; it is not higher than a roſe tree; and it's leaves, when ſtripped off, are ſteeped in tubs of water, which extracts the blue": from them; the ſediment, after the water has been drained off, is expoſed to the fun, which occaſions the moiſture to evaporate, and the indigo to remain at the bottom of the'veſſels. The gardens are painted with a variety of beautiful flowers, that: feaſt the fight, without gratifying the ſmell: to the roſe,
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