George had a long story to tell, and he made an earnest defence, accompanied with impassioned gesticulation; but his dialect was of such outlandish description, that we could not understand him.

Mr.B.told us that the main ground of his defence was that Peter's direction was _altogether unreasonable_.

Peter was then called upon to sustain his complaint; he spoke with equal earnestness and equal unintelligibility.

Mr.B.then gave his decision, with great kindness of manner, which quite pacified both parties.
[Footnote A: The process of cutting canes is this:--The leafy part, at top is first cut off down as low as the saccharine matter A few of the lowest joints of the part thus cut off, are then stripped of the leaves, and cut off for _plants_, for the next crop.

The stalk is then cut off close to the ground--and it is that which furnishes the juice for sugar.