of tke mi the t- rs of fneh places ate not all fmaghwry s dimes the roof falls in and the miners are untied beneath a inafs if ttones and earth fjmetimes a fudden hood of water di owns than aid at other times they are dell roved by the gunpowder hafts with which they rend the rocks thefe occurrences ate not frequent and yet they have all happened in the owdin mine the greater part of the inhabitants of caf- condition feems as towards the catara i afcend 1 a lddj tleton are miners 1 1cir onchangable as that of the hindu calls far altho not made hereditary by the compul sion of law or the influence of religion it be comes fo by a kind of ueceihty and thus men women and children from generation to generation are all in one way and anoth er employed about the mints having thrown off my miners orefo i went with an other guide to fee the speedwell or navigation mine this mine proved to be a very different thing from that which 1 had j nil lift and i found no difficulty in wearing my ukial drew we entered a wooden door placed in the fide of a hill and defcended 106 ftone fteps laid like thofe of a fet of cellar hairs the paffage was regularly arched with brick and was in all refpedls convenient raving reached the bottom of the freps we found 2 handf rne vaulted paffage cut uirvy h folid limelone the light of our candles difcovered that it extended horizon- tally into the mountain and its floor was covered with an unruffled expanfo of watr four feet deep the entrance of this paf fage was perfeduy fmilar in form to the taouth of a common oven only it was much larger its breadth by my estimation was about five feet at ihe waters furface and its height four or rvc feet reckoning from the iame place on this unexpected and to me at that mo ment mcompreheuiible canal we found launched a large clean and convenient boat we embarked ard puued ourfelves along by taking hold of wooden pegs fixed for that purcofc in the walls oar prorefs was through a pattage wholly artificial it having bten all blalled and hewn nut of the fohd reck you will readily believe that tins ad- ventnre was a delightful vcereati n i never felt more forcibly the power of contrail in- iled of crawling through a dirty paffagewe v bw pitelitiv ethofar fld were pufhing along into i knew not whatlolitary regions of this rude earth over an expanfc a3 ferene as the fummer leas we had not the odors njr the iilken fails of cleopatras barge but we excelled her in melody of found and dtftiufltnels of echo for when in th gaiety of my fpirits i began to ling the doamai ibon gerre to pndcvilardthat no one fnoald ling in his mountain without his permifiion aid before i had uttered three notes he b forth in fuch a ft rain that i was cunicnted to liften and yield the palm without a contelt his voice which was ftrdrt7arand melodious made all thofe fiicnt regions rittg the long vaulted paftae augmented the ciieel echo anfwered with great diftinctneis aad had the genii of the mountain been there tlvy would doubtlefs have taken pafiage with us and hearkened to the fang in the mu time we began to hear the found of a diilant waterfall which grew louder and louder as we advanced un der the mountain till it increafed to fuch a roarino noife that the boatmen could no ion- ger be heard in this manner we went on a quarter of a mile till we arrived in a vait cavern formed there by nature the min ers as they were blading the rocks at the time when they were forming the vaulted paffage accidentally opened their way into thts cavern here i rhfcovered how the ca nal was lupiitd with water i found that it communicated with a river running thro the cavern at right angles with the arched pffag and falling down a precipice twen- t feet into a dark abyfs after croffiog the river the arched way v continued a quarter of a mile farther on the ether fide making in the whole half a nile from the entrance the end of the arch is fix hundred feet below the fummit of the mountain when it is confide red that all this was effected by mere dint of hewing and dialling it mutl be pronounced a ru- pndous performance it took eleven years of conftant labor to effed it in the mean time the fortune of the adventurer was con- i timed without any difcovery of ore except a very little lead and to this day this great work remains only a wonderful monu ment of human labor and pcrfeverance during the whole period o five years clply continued this work after they teth k cavern tile tlli tn rubhitti in- www ab k has aut ftu filkd h they have conr d to j fc r nff zateawth il atfo elevated on a pour i could dilcovcr id t my guide aflured mc that none had be found although they had afefeideq v high this cavern is without excotio the mod grand and folemn place that ha ever feen when you view me as n fl ceitreof a mountain in the micht of vc where the regularity of the walls loo h fil to yield many repealed crcs made by pkcea ox timber fixed in w u mimx feeing now and then adea of the cavern n i with the aid i a cantl j w experience if i without thought on the fulft fa jb lands wiu not bring hemp moll kinds ei foil will yield good crops of it il if poor manure them every hufoanoman can manure and cultivate laud encugn for giving him rich crops of hemp the plow- ings for reducing ground to a mellow gar- denlike ftate fhould be many preceding the fome vail rotunda when you think of n j f every time that young weeds cr as flowing acrofs the bottom of this ca a plow them in repeatedly when the ground is thus well cleared of the feeds of weeds then fow hempfeed znd repeat it year after year on the fame ground giving it a little manure and two autumnal pk wings and the like plowings with harrowings in the utxt fpring immediately before fowiug april vhen the ground is moid clean and mellow in gardenlike condition from plowings and harro wings is the time for fowing hemp the plants then foon appear and rapidly cover and belter the whole fur- face of the ground whereby weeds are kept fa hemp a little theheavieft wrk in prpti or fu lhe breaking and wlcjr ut as it is the w k qf lei jugbear pait of ihe bulincfs ca iccompliihetl and tkie liemp narket in the fpring gommuitigdtl mkssss editor in rl p use has utn prcpojtd a f jam irrcrtjh you wilt have tl g following tfougbti on the jul jt ft a friend 79 7 r em and falling abruptly into a profoud byfs with the running noife of a catanft when you isdgine that by the lihtof fire wok of gunpowder played oifonpu pole to render this darknefs vifible theba of the cataract is illuminated even dii i the furface of the water in the abyfs an the rays emitted by the livid blzc of th preparation are refleed along the dripn walls of the cavern till they are loft in tl darker regions above you will not wade that fuch a fcene fiiould feize on my 0 foul ad fill me with awe and aftonifhmet agricultural kj- 1 for the kindto ga ttv under and exhalation is greatly prevented my hemp never futfered materially from drought but once and that of a fowing in may it was never found nceftary to weed what was fowed for a crop but only fuch as ve foyn thin for producing feed some times feed was faved from the margin of the field where the plants hue room to brunch and werec rarfe i yv hen tjie male or imnreornatino- nlmts ihewea maturity by fome change in lhe col or and by the farina or d ft flying t3 from the bloflbini all was pulled up both male and female end the pulling of every day was put into a fait water cow in the evening of the fame day bound up in fraall bundles and funk 4j fcet h the water in a thick fcuare bed the third da it was infpected and from the third to the fifth it was enough rotted as it is called in examining it with finger aad thumb fome of the roots were broke if they bent or were tough it wrs not enough when they inapt offfliort like lifs it was enough bu the bark alfo was the hemp was tlum taken out of the water ad the heads laid doping down to diaiu till morning for i was ulually taken out in tie evening in the moroing it wa fpread d whikl drying once turned in a few fair days it was diyy and then carted b an yjjgeco houie where it was bulk- g tried messrs fditors presuming it to be ynur rii to make your paper as generally ifcful a poflible permit me to fugged to you h propriety of appropriating fome of ts nl- umiis to the pnrpofe of ddtufiing jjprfrc- ments in agriculture an art which ii boe- ficlal to all raiksuid conditions tf ntn and in which a large part of your fibferb- ers is exclusively occupied swift makes the powerful and benevolent toonalph of broldiognag afiert u that whoeve could make two eara of corn or two bhks of graft to grow upon a fpot of grounc kxrfaere only one grew before would defervebetur of mankind and do more hernial feice to hs country than the whole race c loliti- clans put together but i prefume ot to arrogate luch high pretention in be if of rural oeconomy or even to put it 01 lev el with the lofty as well as profound ecu- lations of mr randy on the ufefurfe of balloons and the wjufovtot tuil i or the notable plan of another of yurcor- refpondents who becaufe wc have tbe mif- fortnne to he overrun by- quacks in phytic would hgy give the fame free fapc to ftettifoe geni i aw vtt it would be no mean advantage tc comi arpe and to the farmer in particular if thtyter could he cusxd of their prejudices agaiwl trie cultivation of hemp if they would kai to improve in the making and preferring of their butter and cheefe in meliorating hat moft ufeful vegetable the potatoe and h in- creating its quantity without taking upfor it a larger portion of foil if they wuid make thcmfelves acquainted with the mtb- od of having conftantly within their rcich the bed feeds for their fields and gardes take fome leflbns for the better managctefit of their orchards and condefcend to be taught how to make the moft of the ich juice of their maple trees as they ire now probably awakened from the ohen vifions which allured fo many of them ito i i f the lumber trade they may be the more n- n vf r g dined to attend to what will more ceitahiv wp the c ji up till the ftuct the other c was over it was roemod fwmdfid into ropey for my farms the reft tld to rapeniikers from the lwingle the rope was bright and llonq and fm to hf a quality ejuung t to the bounty then offered for waterrotted hemp a fmall part of one of my crops of hemp was c3 rotted which va fuffici nriy dil- guftingto forbid a repetriion of that mod- iz was 1 tedious while on the ground winds blew il about and entangled it tt rotted martially not the vhcle of tiie fame fibre dike here it was ftrcng ihere weak where there is only 1 llream of water it might be proper not to place the hemp in he ftrtam but digging a deep coloug re- rentacle let a fufficien- v of the m pafs hrough it when full n one r u l t at- iral current there rot the b r vmter which fhould conftanfy kwieah dc comingr and eatily improve their circumftances wife- out carrying them out of their ordinary pir- iuits on all the abovementioned fubjefts i m 1 opting or being flagrant but not 10 rap- dly as to fret off its kark- after pulling the keni wccds g up vluch were reduced ap ground was left r ir r n it in h clean rottrlitinn till fprimr bv plowinoti m poffeffion of valuable papers publ heu dv 5 conaitun tin t a o 1 t ir r 1 1 i hpvincr nn minntol the quantity ot feed the agricultunl ocietyof the state of mil- riavmg no rnmui i c i- ui t i rimend wiiai kerns be ll fachuictts and communicated to tht lo e- if a c 1 n t aieat v aeooa on the tiate or the ty not by inoculative but by practical mji t it gieatv ae who have thenlelves experienced the advaa- tages of purfiing the courle which they ie- eonpmend should you be difpofed to ap prove of my plan and give them cireulatiitn through the medium of your paper they fliall he very much at your fervice and tht of the public your obi fervt agricola jround and the wnicl the crop t intended little experience will afcer- ain the prop quantity two bnfhels of fed to an a 1 believe are a full portion or ropea little lefs might bebout the uantivtf ifthground be good and wtllprepacd iq cro is more certain than hemp lowed in j and when the foil is moid hemp n n u 4 s the ground from may till bout the unite culture and curing chemp u of a and from early augud it bt a gentleman in maryland the extenftve ufeful nefs of hemp the little interference of its culture with the oth er work of farmers in america and wal luaterrottedy the eafe with which it is prgr- ed for rope as well as the general cer of the crop with a good price led me o ad mire it in preference to other uneori in ar ticles of crop much is aid of the cultivation of hemp and there appears a coniiderabj variety in the modes of rnanagement my practice was iimple ground leveln rather low not wet and a mellow loarf whether of th uld be advantageoufly flieltend with r rowth of buckwheat till this blolloms then during a temperate llrteof heat it js plowed in as a manure buckvheat muft c r to feed on ground to r ivvn with i 1 have had it fpring up ard contend vith growing hemp till the buck has been five feet high h- 14 1 i 1 it is well known tat but fewiov i i tive of good can from the impt tt nature be carried into t ttl whw uitt evils the eitablilhment of would molt certainly be auerrlbd vh inftanc the bank notta fhun if jieateror lefs extent be counterfeit i ave a tendency in p opition as tbt injure the credit of cne bank would b dividuala fufferingimikfirions and pti a temptation to ume to become chut t who would otherwise have remained n other objedlion which has betfa offertd ty of giving the bills of the banka en v tain an exenfive circulation it is fa in montreal would be unfrteodly co f mt at this place and would not erkouiag jg the bills that a bank had already bt i mmtrel but was found imfbc the only or the principal objections v tfi offered to the eliabiiihtnent of the 2 on the other hand i believe it xv that could thefe eviu c iqg 3 w ud refult as well to the pubtic a t from fuch an cftabliflnnent if we dens we hae only to refer to our mr and ta almott evry wealthy and cot n europe if we ok to hetlrib there find that the banking f flem h of much good and e cannot dciiy fequrnces but the evils refiiuin vae united stares are of fuctr prevail in ths place the prii cij t wantof ipecie to lorm fuircient a piymencs of their tm in known a number of bank have 4mhp and i am certain if wo ioquiie th it to have been the one 1 have o wfiry and mifujicierftiinding wb t exift amonij the fevcrl bank thir earlidt eftabiihment 1 generally known that wheo cbcif one fourth the number of bank the fpetie wis alnaoil titlly it vaults and th fe who afien depended on collerfling bili gn t drawing the fpecie from ihe ri created a rivahy anj a wvavi generally in nw enln ani ceptions the banks wttfch h coifiercd tho fpecie bu nt n blli of the new bank ia rt immediatey coijcted h tl ir fpecie and to l nit w iiultiylied that the f re at on the remove from odciank zire evih which certainly anno fiqhhfy k wjuld b- rne only cnf rt wfj mm thcfore there woow b- tatr i d- rorniei w hrtv itlittiiie lh tionsd i believe need firm a very toifniuahyfir jefijon the counicteting bufincii both iiif country ard in th uoicd states has been carried a very g t a excels m oy hid firmed viivary fang uinar expectations f fortutvd to be made hyvt but 1 believe experience bs pretry generally ouvinccd tbefe adventurers of the fiiltacy of thei expectations at irit their foccefj w lotnewhat dairr ng but it preientthe whole comm- tty iz on the vigils codettq them people from ince baw become better judges of bills j the ate ack in cftoaj have dufipaced the principal nefts of counttrf id this country and 1 am convinced fronr thefe and other cuifes the rae of counterfeiting lvao 0 the rjeclirj tr dileafr has arrived at its acj- and it is boed is ku to oe cured i 1 or toe messrs editors 1st0n gjum lavs fton wing iene l vitb d 1 f fe r e xt vnters so v per liate expreffd thlir difference viiotia vefpeaing the pick it afcportionmert i high way labor accoidmglto which the ljweft rate cannot be lefs tman three dnyialyear nor tbe higiiefl move than tweljk witliottt undertaking lo decide tlveqn of proportion i cuniot forbear that this tax like our other taxea mi ral in this province i liaht comrvre thofe of other countries and even tlj boring states as our highway payable in labor they are eafily p i am fure no rateable inhabitant complain of bting required by l tiibute three days 5 j a v improvement of the public roads h as his other taxes aie fo ineonfide i burden of roads is reaionably ck c heavier in a new than in an old c this province is 1 ill comparitivcl and as one of its iuiiabitant j v- maeh more labor were required o this valuable purpofe h would be conony the utility of a fef e expeditious communication beiven tre and the remote parts c the p is not duly eftimattd lll8 for j and 1 l is t lr oiai mrttungfpcahofafhceofgroit to ihe boily politic i ci acuity hapeaid b v ill 1 v vincr rtcry tlwfei 1 up j out 1 cnc 1 f im- 1 dh- tv tlr t