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182 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, omething like the oats of Europe. The indigo hrub thrives exceedingly in this oil; it is not higher than a roe tree; and it's leaves, when tripped off, are teeped in tubs of water, which extracts the blue": from them; the ediment, after the water has been drained off, is expoed to the fun, which occaions the moiture to evaporate, and the indigo to remain at the bottom of the'veels. The gardens are painted with a variety of beautiful flowers, that: feat the fight, without gratifying the mell: to the roe, and