Tobacco grows in great perfection, but it is only cultivated by the negroes, who raiſe it in their gardens for their own uſe.
Dominica is, beyond diſpute, the moſt valuable iſland belonging to Great Britain in that part of the world, for the vaſt quantities and excellency of the farinaceous fruits and roots of the Weſt Indies; ſuch as plantains, bananas, manioc, or caſſada, yams, ſweet potatoes, cuſhcuſhes, tanias, eddoes, &c, &c. ſome of which are not to be found in the other iſlands, but which grow ſpontaneouſly in the woods of this. Among theſe are, the wild yams, which grow there in great abundance, and were the chief food of the runaway negroes for a number of years, till it became neceſſary to reduce them.
Alſo Guinea corn, Indian corn, and rice, grow extremely well in Dominica; the latter eſpecially, which being introduced there by
