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 The land is in general very productive, epecially in the interior parts, but towards the ea coat, it requires to be frequently manured; becaufe the urface of it uually opens into large chams in dry weather, thereby expoing the oil to the exceive heat of the un; o that its vegetative quality can only retored by dunging. This, however, is not very eaily done by the greater part of the planters; becaue they have not in general a ufficient number of cattle on their plantations, in proportion to the land under cultivation, of the ugar cane in particular; from whence, in a great meaure, and to the want of negroes, is to be attributed the mall quantity of ugar exported from this ettlement to England. Several of the mountains of this iland are continually burning with ulphur, of which they emit vat quantities. From thee mountains iue numbers of prings of ral