The peas, beans, lentils, and lettuces were flourishing, and only required water, and our channels from the river brought this plentifully to us.

We had delicious cucumbers and melons; the maize was already a foot high, the sugar-canes were prospering, and the pine-apples on the high ground promised us a rich treat.
We hoped our distant plantations were going on as well, and all set out one fine morning to Falcon's Nest, to examine the state of things there.
We found my wife's corn-fields were luxuriant in appearance, and for the most part ready for cutting.

There were barley, wheat, oats, beans, millet, and lentils.

We cut such of these as were ready, sufficient to give us seeds for another year.

The richest crop was the maize, which suited the soil.