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588.
Some account of St Helena

recon the Meadow grass Anthoxanthum odoratum which is the cheif covering of their pastures & to which I am much inclind to atribute the verdure of the Island  which far exceeds any thing I have before seen in Equaly low latitudes  the Furze also  ulex Europeus  the seeds of which were brought over in the beginning of this Century  Thrives wonderfully & is highly praisd by the Islanders as a great improvement  tho they make no use of it except heating their ovens

Barley has been sown upon this Island about 40 years ago  it producd sufficient to supply itself without any being sent from home  its cultivation was however suddenly drop'd  for what reason I could not find out & since that time has never been atempted  Yams  the same as are calld Cocos in the West Indies  is what they cheifly depend upon to supply their numerous Slaves with provision  these however are not cultivated in half the perfecton that I have seen in the South Sea Islands
 

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