ſmall quantity of that article for ſuch an extenſive iſland, or even for the number of plantations in it, at preſent under cultivation: for, ſuppofing theſe fifty eſtates contained only two thouſand acres of land in canes, which is a very ſmall calculation, as ſeveral ſingle eſtates have upwards of one hundred acres, and few leſs than ſixty: this is at the rate only of a hogſhead and a half per acre.
In the Engliſh old ſettled iſlands, three hogſheads of ſugar for every acre in canes, on an average, is conſidered as a very moderate produce; for, after good ſeaſonable weather previous to the crop, ſome lands have been known to yield from four to five hogſheads per acre. From the great diſproportion in point of yielding, between the lands of other iſlands and thoſe of Dominica, the ſuperior fertility of the former may be inferred; which, however, is by no means the caſe: for the lands
