K
CHAP, while my ears were ftuiinëd with*the datig ©f the Whip,
v V‘ . and the difmal yells of the wretched negroes öh whom iè
was e^ereifed, from morning till night | ahd confider-
ing that this might one day he theifate o f the niifor-
tunate mulatto I have heen defcribing, fhould fhe ëhancè
. to fall into the hands of' a tyrannical matter or miftrefs,
I could not help execrating the barbarity of Mr. D. B.
for having withheld her1 from a fond parent, who by bestowing
cm her a deéeöt edubfetibh and5 fome aéêöüpliflf-
ments, would probably have produced, in this fóifakëh.
plant, now expofed to every rude blaft without protedtipil,
an ornament to civilized fbëiety. n
I became melancholy with thefie reflection s$ dnd^ in ofr-
der to countérbalanee^ïhough in 'a very fmall degree, the
general calamity of the miferable flaves who furfbunded
me, Ï began to take more delight in th^prStfling of rh y
poor negro boy Quacoo, than in all the. falhionable èbfi-
verfation of the polite inhabitants of this colony £ but
my fpirits were depreffed, and in the fpace of twenty-
four hours I was very ill indeed; whea a-tordihl,va few
preferred tamarinds, and a bafket of fines oranges* were
fent by an unknown perfon. This firft contributed to
my relief, and lofing about twelve ounces of blood, I recovered
fo far* that on the fifth I was able, for change Of
y air, to accompany a Captain Macneyl, who gave me a
prefling invitation to his beautiful coffee plantation, called
Sporkefgift, in the Matap^ca Creek.
Having mentioned tamarinds, i will, before we proceed
a on