fogs, has a bad effect on canes; and though the lands on the ſea-coaſt all lie on a declivity, yet the under ſtratum of the ſoil being either a ſtiff clay, or ſtrong terrace, ſo much water is retained from the frequent rains, occaſioned by the woods, as to chill the ſoil.
Theſe conſiderations ſeem to point out the neceſſity, in order to render Dominica a good ſugar country, of clearing the extenſive foreſts of trees in the interior parts of it. When this is done, and not till then, will this iſland be diſtinguiſhed for the number of its ſugar plantations, and for the quantity of ſugar it is abſolutely capable of raiſing.
There are above two hundred coffee plantations in Dominica; but the principal and moſt productive of them belong to French proprietors, who raiſe great quantities of coffee, which they diſpoſe of to the Engliſh merchants, who export it to Europe. There are, however,
