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the American refugees, flouriſhes in the moiſt, flat lands, and yields in great perfection. The large plantations there of plantains and bananas, exceed any thing of the kind in the old iſlands; the inhabitants of which are often obliged to have recourſe to this country for a ſupply of thoſe fruits.

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