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Show 88 TRAVELS THROUGH NOR T I Al\ FR I CA : l 11. r c rcnt fl ies dcpofit thc!r b . and bet vecn the }c,l'.'CS anc. Hem c. 1' t' t t·s }' \\<tms, , · . ·f · ·t·lyrcmoved ; c nn~ to the inf:1lliblc ruin of the plant J n_ot q utc'" r. t l con- ~<.· ' ,.. ·I .. ·[I ·c 'IS I h;,ve fat 1, for rcrlons o ) . a ){t)lu tdy nccc, .: ry, l lctc oi ' . , .· 1 1 l!o to f '11Jy \\',llkin!r !Jet \'CCD t 11C pI ~ lll t S ll1 ord·~· r to ate l, ~a- nc a . . . lnu. a . l Tl tops arc bro ·~e n o1t at a cct t.1tn trim th ·n at th::: 'l'C per pcrHH s. 1e , , . . . 1 ·if)ht ; nd the fuel r~ , which fpr ing out b :.. tw~cn. tlL l~av s, ar_c I C- . 1C .::> ' • 1' [·· . , 1 Ac ordi nrr alio to the partlCuhr kwd t mov cd <l5 1 oC~ n as <•l covet ec . :o 'ddl tl tobacco ,,hidl the Ilan tcr \vJ.f 1 1 cs to 11 avc., th c lower ' the mt e, o''r)" ,w. . u )Cr kaves arc futu,.. :rcc1 to r.e mat.t .l . The lo\vcr 1 :wes grow the Lu ,..., efL , tl~:y arc al(o milder, and n ore inclincJ to a y~llow c lour than thofc rrro wing towa,· s the top of the pl nt. 0 Wl · .. · 1 ·tt Jl):J.turitv which is generally about the month of 1C I1 ~lil lY • , ' AnguO:, the plants arc cut doH:n, pegs arc driven into the il:cms, and they ~rc hung up in la rge houfcs, built for the purpofc, to dry. I:f the wea-l · ~ [: t 1cr 1s no. ~ 1,y 0111 .. bli.! for dryinoo· the leaves, fire s arc then lrghted, and the fmokc is fuffercd to circulate between the plants ; this is alfo fame-time done to give the leaves a browner colour than what they have naturally. After this they arc tied up in bundles of ~x or _feven ]eaves each, and thrown in heaps to fwcat; then they arc agam dned. Whe_n fuffi.ci ntly cured, the bundles arc packed, by means of preffes, Ill hog01eads capable of containing eight hundred or one thoufand pounds weight. The planters fend the tobacco thus packed to the !1c:1rdl: fhipping town, where, before exportation, it is examined by an mfpector appointed for the purpofc, who gives a ccrti6cate tQ wa rr ~ nt the fhipping of it if it is found and merchantable, if not, he fends 1t. back to the owner. Some of the warehou(es to which the tobacco ~ ~ fc nt for infpeB:ion arc very extenfi vc, and fkilful mcrchan ts can accu ~·atcl_Y te11 the quality of the tobacco from knowing ·the warchoufc at wh1ch ~t has been inf peB:ed *. Where the roads are good and dry, tol>acco IS "' By the laws of America, no produce which ]Jas nnc.lergone any fort of ma nufatlurc, as !bur, potafh, tobacco, rice, &c. can be exported without infpe ion, nor even put into a boat to be conveyed down a river to a fea port. The infpctlors arc all fworn, are paiu by the fiate s, and not fuffcrccl to take fees from any individual. T his is a moll politic mcafurc; for as none but the bell of each art icle can be fcnt out of the coun try, it enhances the price of American produce in fo reign markets, and incrcafcs the demand, fcnt VIR GINI J\ s. fcnt to the wa rehou{.. . s in a fin()'ultr mann r: Two 1. i ;c ]•i11s of wood :1re driven into either end <Jf tl.: hof')'{]Je .d hy way of a ·le ; a 1 a·r of {1 Jafts, mnc e for the purpol(·, ar.: att.lL.hcJ to tlwft.:, .u ~<l tlh· JJ,,._ rLe.l'! i.; thus drawn nlong hy one or t .yo lHJr!c"; wh n tLis i., dune g1 c.tt c·w.: is taken to have the hoo1)s ve r') :flrong. I T obacco is not ncar fo much cultiv;ltul now ;ls it vas furrn(.; riy, tl 1 great demand for wheat havin._r itJduced mofl of tiJC pl.t~Jtr· rs t.> 1 aile that grain in rrcfi·r:.·t~cc . .-1 !wfe \\ ho rail{; tobJCCO anll T ndi .. ll com :11' calbi pLu1tcrs, and thof:: v .. -:w c d tiv atc iin.lll grai:1, farmer:; , T hough many of the h ),:Jcs in the rorthcrn .:cl· arc builr, as I l1 avc [aid, of brick and fl:onc, in the fiylc (l the old Ent;/ lb m:u1o houfcs, yet the greater number til TC, and throughout Virginia, arc of wood; amongfl: which arc all tl1 o!c th at hnvc been l)!lilt of l.lte ye:~ rs . This is chiefly O\'> ing to a prevailing, tbouJh ab furJ opir1ion, th at wooden houfc arc the healtl ieH, hccau[c the in lldc walls never appear damp, like th ofc of bri k and fione, in rainy weather. In front of every hou(e is a porch or pcnt-houic, commonly xtc,;nding the whole length of the building; very on en there is one alfo in the rear, and fometimc. s all rou nd. Thcfc porches aA'ord an agreeable fl1adc fi·om the fim during 1ummcr. 1 he hall, or faloon as it is called, is always a f.wouritc apa rtm ent, during the hot weather, in a Virginian houfc, on account of the draught of air through it, and it is uitrally furn i£hul jimilar to a parlour, with [ofcl , &c. The <: mmon r coplc in th · lower p:::.rts of Vir,3inia have very f.tl ow complex ions, owing to the hu rninr; rays of the fun in fm 1mcr, an ll the bilions comphti nt to \N hich they arc fu bjcc · in the f.tll o: the yc:1 r. The' · men ar · f~tr from be ing comely, and th~ drc:ics, whic\ they wear out of dv rs to guard then frum th · fun, mak · hem appear ilill mor ugly than nature bas J;mncd them. ''here is a kin' of bonne t very commonly ,..., rn, which, in particular, disfiJ;urc.:s tl~m amningly ; it is made with a aul, fi tting clo!l: on the bacl· p.1rt of th h c,l l, and a front fl'ftcned with fi nall pic.ccs of anc, which projcCl.s nea rly t \.' feet from the head in a horizontal dir ·cl:ion. To look at a pcrion N |