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furgeon); comes to mskie Ms report ; wfeà k&sïg. difmiffed
with x hearty curfe, for allowing] any -flaves te to©isckr
next. makesher'appearanc©fafuperanrmatedmatronrwith
all the yomagrnegfo^chdklcea of: thé cftate, over whom
Ike. is goverriefs ; thefç». being clean walked dn the river,
clap; their hands, and cheer in chorus, when they are ffenfc
away, to breakfaft on alarge platter o f rice and plantains;;
and the levée erisds^ with <a low bow £teoih>the overfeer, as
it jbegrim
His worlhip- now faunters out in^hiV toorning drefè, >
whichitonhRs of . a p ^ tf f dhe finest Holland trowfers,
white ii& ftocklngs, and fe d -orky eftow Morocco flippers;
the neck -of his ihifflt open, and nothing Over if, a loofe
flowing night-gown ofothe firieft India chintz excepted.
On Bis head 'i^ a-cotton night-eap, as thin as- a cobweb,
arid over that an-ehorrtote be'aV^ hat, that protêts his ,
meagre viftige from the-fun, - whichf is alf-eâdÿ the colour
o f mahogany, while hi* whole ^éâïeafe feldom Weighs
ahoyê-ei’ght or ten ftorie, -being gêhérâlly èxbaufted~by
the climate and diflpatiOn. . To^giVe a fnore Gom^et^
idea-' of. this fine gèntleMah, I iri the.vanÉêXëd-plate-
prefent him' to the reader- with a- pipé in- his rhoiith,-;'
which almoft every , where accompanies- him, arid ré-
cfeiVing a, glafs of Madeira-wine arid water, from- à female,
quaderoon flave, to refrefh him during his-walk.
/Havingloitered about his eftate,-oi< fometimes ridden.onj
h'orfeback to his fields',-to View his increafirig lfereS, -he■
returns about eight o'clock, when, i f he goes abroad, he
drefies, hut i f not, remains juft a& he is; Should thé
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