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BOOK IV.
AGRICULTURE.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL r em a r k s o n t h e h u s b a n d r y o f t h e
INDIAN ISLANDS.
Extraordinary richness and variety o f the husbandry o f the
Indian islands— Division o f the subject— Seasons— Soil.
_ Descriptions o f tillage.— Cattle.— Implements o f husbandry.
Irrigation.—Dressings.— Systematic rotation o f
crops unknown.— General refections.
T he agriculture of the Indian islands is unquestionably
more -rich and various than that of any
portion of the globe. The indigenous productions
of the country are valuable and useful $ many of
them so singular that no other part of the world
has, or perhaps is capable of producing them. To
the v a r i e d list of native products the connection with
strangers has added an extensive catalogue; and
several of the useful vegetables of China, of the
country of the Hindus, of Arabia, of Europe, and
Am erica, are naturalized in the Archipelago. Of
