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 to too frequent rains, occaioned by the extenive woods.

Cotton trees thrive extremely well in the land on the ea-coats of Dominica, but the cultivation of them is, at preent, wholly neglected; as is alo that of ginger. The latter having been formerly planted in etates that are now abandoned, it grows there pontaneouly, and in great luxuriance.

The caia-fitula, and cator-oil nut trees, are both raied on ome plantations, but very little of the produce of either is exported. The caia-fitula was conidered by the French as o valuable an article, that oon after they were in poeion of Dominica laft war, an ordinance of the French King was proclaimed in Roeau, for every planter in the country to give in an account of the number of caia-fitula trees he had growing on his etate. Tobacco